David Clarke jr

DAVID A. CLARKE JR. SHERIFF OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY MONDAY 2002-PRESENT SHERIFF OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY, WI 1999-2002 COMMANDING OFFICER, INTELLIGENCE DIVISIO N, MILWAUKEE POLICE DEPARTMENT (MPD) 1996-1999 CAPTAIN OF POLICE & COMMANDER OF THE FIRST DISTRICT, MPD 1992-1996 LIEUTENANT OF DETECTIVES, MPD 1989-1992 DETECTIVE, MPD 1978-1989 PATROL OFFICER, MPD Born and raised Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Sheriff David Clarke Jr. has spent more than 37 years in law enforcement. He began his career as a patrol officer with the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) in 1978. In 1989, he was promoted to detective and quickly assigned to the Homicide Division, where he served as part of a team that investigated more than 400 cases in a four-year period and made arrests in over 80% of homicide cases.

Clarke continued to rise through the ranks of the Milwaukee Police Department. In 1992, he was promoted to lieutenant of detectives, and in 1996, he earned a promotion of captain of police and became part of the department’s command staff. As captain, Clarke was responsible for the department’s First Division, and in 1999, he became commanding officer of the MPD’s Intelligence Division.

In 2002, Clarke was elected sheriff of Milwaukee County with 64% of the vote. He was re-elected in 2006 (73% of the vote), in 2010 (74% of the vote), and in 2014 (79% of the vote). Clarke and his wife live on the northwest side of Milwaukee.

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