A. Gerald Brown

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Chief, Homeland Security Division
(Public Safety, Texas Department of)


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Gerald Brown brings nearly three decades of distinguished law enforcement and military service to his new role leading the Homeland Security Division at DPS. He began his career with the department in 1995 after graduating from the DPS Academy and working as a Trooper in the Texas Highway Patrol Division, serving in Brenham and later Sealy. In 2000, he was promoted to the Criminal Law Enforcement (CLE) Division as a Sergeant-Investigator in the Narcotics Service, with assignments in Laredo and Houston. Two years later, he advanced to Lieutenant, where he supervised a narcotics squad in Houston. In 2010, Brown was promoted to Captain in the Criminal Investigations Division (CID), with leadership roles in Waco, Austin Headquarters, and Houston. He was appointed CID Major for Region Southeast Region in 2014 and promoted again in 2021 to Assistant Chief of CID. In 2022, he again promoted to the role of Regional Director for the Southeast Texas Region overseeing a wide range of criminal investigative operations.

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