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Membership Drive & Open House Thursday, July 28th

David B. Parker began his 36year career in Law Enforcement as a deputy with the Woods County Sheriff’s Office in Alva, Oklahoma. While attending a college job fair he accepted a position with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Entering as a Correctional Officer, he promoted through the ranks as an Investigator, Divisional Supervisor of Construction and Maintenance, Deputy Warden, Warden, Deputy Director and retiring as Director of Division II over prisons. After retiring he accepted the position of Jail Administrator of the David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center in Tulsa County. He severed in that position for 3.5 years. David is a graduate of Northwestern Oklahoma State University with degrees in Law Enforcement and Biology. Throughout his career he received multiple awards, but his most notable achievement was never received an American Corrections Association facility accreditation score of less than 100%. Which includes both prisons and jail. He served as a committee chair for Southern States Corrections Association, a member of the National Institute of Corrections Large Jail Network think tank, Regional Director of Oklahoma Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics and Area Chairman for Ducks Unlimited. He currently provides consultation as a detention expert.

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