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  George W. Venables was appointed by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate on October 10th, 2008 as the United States Marshal for the Southern District of California.

Marshal Venables is responsible for the management, administration, and direction of operations throughout the district. His overall responsibilities include protecting the United States Courts, criminal investigations, executions of federal court orders, and other law enforcement activities. Marshal Venables is also responsible to act as the chief policy maker, decision maker, final disciplinary official, and for implementation and development of new programs both administratively and operationally.

In 1975, Marshal Venables started his career in law enforcement in Flagstaff Arizona as a Police Officer. After serving five years with the Flagstaff Police Department, Marshal Venables signed on with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as a Special Agent.

Marshal Venables was a Special Agent from December 1980-January 1993. During this time Marshal Venables conducted and managed complex criminal investigations targeting drug trafficking organizations, seized assets, and conducted undercover operations. Marshal Venables developed the curriculum for seminars and trained hundreds of foreign law enforcement officers’ worldwide in investigative techniques and procedures. Marshal Venables served in multiple offices as a Special Agent, including: Phoenix, Arizona, Los Angeles, California, Guadalajara, Mexico, Yuma, Arizona and the DEA/FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia.

In January 1993, Marshal Venables was promoted to Supervisor Special Agent in San Ysidro, CA. During his time as a supervisor, Marshal Venables managed the technical operations and security programs of the DEA San Diego Field Division. In addition, he developed and maintained the Disaster Recovery Program and was responsible for the physical security of 400 employees and 4 DEA offices within San Diego, CA. Marshal Venables was the liaison to Mexico while supervising the DEA/FBI Task Force.

After serving 27 years with the DEA, Marshal Venables retired in 2007 to become the Assistant Security Manager for the San Diego Convention Center.

Marshal Venables holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Police Science and Administration and Master of Science Degree in Education from Northern Arizona University.

Marshal Venables serves on the Board of Directors for the San Diego Chapter of the American Society of Industrial Security and San Diego County Crime Stoppers. He is the chairman of the Circle of Friends Committee of the Vista Hill Foundation and a member of the Autism Society of America. He is also a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). Marshal Venables is also a member of the Association of Former Federal Narcotics Agents and Federal Law Enforcement Officers’ Association.

Marshal Venables and his wife Mary have two children.
 

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