We are so excited to announce our speaker for our anniversary celebration is Sugar Land Chief of Police Mark Poland.  Chief Poland’s 28-year law enforcement career includes a diverse and robust background in law enforcement, management, and leadership. He was born and raised in northern Virginia, just outside the nation’s capital. He credits integrity, work ethic, and leading by example as the attributes that led to his appointment as Chief of Police for the Sugar Land Police Department.

Before Sugar Land, he worked for the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office, Virginia’s largest full-service sheriff’s office.
Chief Poland fosters and implements formal public-private partnerships involving numerous community stakeholders working towards crime suppression and shared community goals. He is a dedicated and professional commander with previous assignments that included Patrol, Gang Detective, Special Victims Unit Detective, Sergeant positions within Patrol and the Narcotics Unit, respectively, 2nd Lieutenant in the Patrol and Internal Affairs Unit, Assistant Division Commander of the Criminal Investigations, Division Commander of Field Operations and Undersheriff. Before becoming Chief and Undersheriff with the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office, Poland managed a $111-million-dollar budget and over 850 personnel for Loudoun County.
Chief Poland graduated with a master’s degree from the Naval Postgraduate School, Center for Homeland Defense and Security, with a degree in Homeland Defense. He graduated with honors, Summa Cum Laude, from The George Washington University with a degree in Police Science and a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Academy, Session 260.
He recently assisted as a subject-matter expert for the Department of Justice’s Commission on Law Enforcement report. He is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the Texas Police Chief’s Association, the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy Virginia Chapter, the Major County Sheriffs of America, the Virginia Sheriff’s Institute, the Virginia Sheriff’s Association, and the National Sheriff’s Association.