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Sarasota News Leader April 26, 2013 POLICE DEPARTMENT NAMES DEPUTY CHIEF Steve Moyer, formerly with the Maryland Highway Patrol, was named the new deputy chief of the Sarasota Police Department on Thursday, April 25. The position had been vacant for more than six years. Moyer will start work Monday, April 29, when he will begin training to be a certified Florida police officer. After he completes that process, he will assume the duties of deputy chief. New Sarasota Police Chief Bernadette DiPino is also from Maryland. During an April 5 get-together in Sarasota with local reporters and the six deputy chief candidates, Moyer said he worked with DiPino in Ocean City, MD, providing "help and support." Moyer was with the Maryland Highway Patrol for 24 years, ending his career as a lieutenant colonel, a position he described as "deputy chief, effectively." Moyer said, "I can have a conversation with anyone. I can relate to people and reach collective agreements." He urged more training for police officers. He has a master's degree from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Arts from Towson University. He is 52 and has been married 27 years; he and his wife have two sons. "The best thing I bring here is support for a community policing policy," he added. "I have budget and management experience." He is currently the director for security at the University of Maryland's Shock-Trauma Center in Baltimore, MD. Stan Zimmerman Deputy Chief Steve Moyer. Photo by Stan Zimmerman Page 54