U.S. Marshal, Southern District of Georgia

U.S. Marshal James T. Roberts, Jr.	United States Marshal Tom Roberts began his law enforcement career as a military policeman in 1956. During his military service he served as a patrolman, drill sergeant, law enforcement station (district) commander, law enforcement company commander and training battalion commander. After two tours in the Republic of Vietnam as a scout and sentry dog company commander and later infantry advisor, he served in the Office of the Chief of Army Law Enforcement, Headquarters, Department of the Army. He later served as District Commander, as Director for Investigative Operations, and as Deputy Commander for the US Army Criminal Investigation Command. His last military assignment was as the Provost Marshal/Director for Law Enforcement and Security for the US Army Medical Command. Other experience includes law enforcement, security and emergency management policy and planning work for the Department of Energy, law enforcement assessments for the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, and security and emergency management consulting. In 1998, he was asked to establish the Augusta Technical College criminal justice technology program. He remained at Augusta Tech until shortly before he was appointed to his current position by President Bush in August 2002. He is a Certified Protection Professional and a Certified Fraud Examiner. In addition to a number of law enforcement related training courses, Marshal Roberts is a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Bachelors in Public Administration), Georgia Southern University (Masters in Education), the Armed Forces Staff College and the Army War College.
Marshal Roberts currently serves on the education and training committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police and on the law enforcement liaison council of the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS). Previously he served on the Professional Certification Board of ASIS. His family includes his wife Mary Anne and daughters and sons, Marsha Dawn, Darby Michelle, Jim and Fritz.

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