U.S. Marshal Mike Klein

Mike Klein was nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as the United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Kentucky in January 2008.  His nomination was confirmed by the Senate on October 10, 2008.

Marshal Klein is responsible for the management, administration, and direction of operations throughout the Eastern District of Kentucky.  Marshal Klein is also responsible to act as the chief policy maker, decision maker, disciplinary official, and for implementation and development of new programs both administratively and operationally within the District. 

Mike began his law enforcement career in 1973 while attending Eastern Kentucky University.  He was made a special deputy with the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office and made some of the first undercover cases in Northern Kentucky.  As a senior at EKU, he wrote the original proposal for the Northern Kentucky Narcotics Strike Force.  After graduating from EKU in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice, he accepted a position as Commonwealth Detective for the Campbell County Commonwealth Attorney’s Office.

In August 1978 Mike entered the Kentucky State Police Academy as a cadet and graduated in December.  During his 21 years of service with the Kentucky State Police he served as a uniformed trooper at the Morehead and Dry Ridge posts and as a detective with the KSP Narcotics Unit.  He was also a member of the post level Special Response Team and KSP Pistol Team.  His last assignment before retiring was as an instructor at the State Police Academy. He also was the Vice President of the Kentucky State Police Professional Association, President of the Kentucky DARE Association, and DARE Officer of the Year for Kentucky in 1999.  During his tenure with the KSP, Mike twice received the State Police Commissioners Commendation Medal. 

In 1999 Mike was recruited by the newly elected Sheriff in Kenton County to be a member of his command staff.  He retired from the KSP in August 1999 and was appointed as a Captain with the Kenton County Sheriff’s Office and Commander of the Operations Division.  During his tenure with the KCSO he also commanded the Court Services Division and the Sheriff’s Special Response Team.  In 2002, Mike graduated from the 3^rd Session of the Department of Criminal Justice Training, Criminal Justice Executive Development Program.  During this 8 week program, Mike was selected as Class President and provided the commencement speech at graduation.  Marshal Klein is certified in Kentucky as a Law Enforcement Manager and through the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center as a firearms instructor.  Mike has also been a featured speaker at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training, Academy for Police Supervision.

In 2005 Mike was offered a position with Cinergy Corp. as an investigator with Corporate Security and resigned his position with the Kenton County Sheriff’s Office.  In 2006 he left Cinergy and ran for Sheriff in Campbell County.   After losing a relatively close election to a 17 year incumbent, he was offered a position with Daymar College in Newport, Kentucky as the Lead Instructor for the Criminal Justice/Paralegal program.  He held this position until his appointment as United States Marshal.

Marshal Klein is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, life member of the Kentucky State Police Professional Association and State DARE Association, Fraternal Order of Police, and Kentucky Peace Officers Association. 

In addition to his other duties, Marshal Klein has assisted the community by volunteering his time working with local juveniles and area food shelters.