The Maryland Department of State Police (MSP) is a full-service law enforcement agency whose mission is to be a statewide force for a safer Maryland. Statewide initiatives reduce traffic crashes, drunk driving, aggressive driving, unsafe vehicles, and other threats to highway safety. Concurrently, our criminal enforcement emphasis is on cross-border and inter-jurisdictional crime that involves illegal drug importation and distribution, apprehending fugitives, and reducing violent crime.
An important part of our mission is to support local law enforcement. MSP works to coordinate efforts between local and federal law enforcement. MSP assistance includes investigative services, mobile field force support, and specialized services such as computer crime investigation and fugitive tracking. Our Aviation Command provides statewide medevac and aerial law enforcement assistance, and more than 70 percent of the evidence analyzed by our Forensic Sciences Division is completed for local law enforcement agencies.
Michael A. Jackson
Acting Superintendent
https://mdsp.maryland.gov
A lifelong public servant, Michael A. Jackson
gained executive management and leadership
experience during his twenty-two years with the
Prince George’s County Sheriff’s Office. These
skills sustained him while serving over five years
as Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #112 President
and through his eight years as the elected Sheriff
for Prince George’s County (2002-2010).
A recipient of numerous honors and awards, Jackson’s name was entered into the
Congressional Record for having established the first 24/7 Domestic Violence
Intervention Unit in the Mid-Atlantic Region. He has also directed the Maryland
Community Crime Prevention Institute, the Leadership Development Institute, and the
Maryland Sheriffs’ Association.
Elected to the Maryland General Assembly in 2014, Jackson served as the State Delegate
for Legislative District 27B from 2015-2021. While a member of the House of Delegates,
he sat on the Appropriations Committee and ascended to the position of Vice Chairman
in 2020. He also served as Chair of the Prince George’s County House Delegation and as
House Chair of the Joint Committee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and
Biotechnology. In January 2021 he was appointed and subsequently elected in November
2022, to represent District 27 in the State Senate. During his time in the Senate, he has
served as Chairman of the Pensions Subcommittee as well as the Public Safety,
Transportation and Environment Subcommittee. He has also served as the Chair of the
Senate Veterans Caucus, as Chair of the Prince George’s and Calvert County Senate
Delegations, and as a member of the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee.
A United States Marine Veteran, Jackson is an alumnus of The Johns Hopkins University
(M.S., Management), DeVry University (B.S., Technical Management/Electronic
Engineering Technology), and St. Mary’s Seminary & University (Graduate Certificate,
Biblical Studies). Professionally he served as the Deputy Director for Administration and
Support Services with the Prince George’s County Office of Homeland Security and as
an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland University College and an Assistant
Professor at DeVry University.