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U.S. Marshal R. Don Ladner, Jr. |
R. Don Ladner, Jr. was appointed by President
Donald J. Trump and took office as the United States Marshal for the
Northern District of Florida on September 17, 2018.
As the US Marshal, he oversees U.S. Marshals Service
operations within the Panhandle of Florida, with offices and federal
courthouses located in Pensacola, Panama City, Tallahassee and
Gainesville.
Prior to joining the United States Marshals Service, Marshal Ladner
retired from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) as the
Assistant Commissioner of the Investigative and Forensic Science
Division. As the Assistant Commissioner, he was second-in-command of the
agency and oversaw all investigative, intelligence and forensic science
efforts of the agency. He began his career with FDLE in 1995 as a
special agent and rose through the ranks, holding various supervisory
and senior leadership positions to include, Special Agent in Charge of
the Tallahassee Regional Operations Center, Director of the Office of
Executive Investigations, Director of the Capitol Police, and Chief of
Protective Operations for the Governor of Florida immediately following
September 11, 2001. He also coordinated the agency’s response to the
Pulse Night Club Terrorist Attack and the agency’s response to
hurricanes and natural disasters. Marshal Ladner was the incident
commander for the State of Florida’s initial law enforcement response to
the State of Mississippi in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Marshal Ladner began his law enforcement career in 1981 and has served
as a border patrol agent with the United States Border Patrol and as a
local police officer, detective and detective Sergeant with the Palmetto
Police Department and the Manatee County, Florida Sheriff’s Office.
Marshal Ladner received a Master’s Degree in Homeland Defense and
Security Studies from the Department of Homeland Security’s Center for
Homeland Defense and Security, United States Naval Post Graduate School,
in Monterey, California. |
