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''''Edward A. Flynn''' (born circa 1948), is an [[United States|American]] law enforcement official, currently serving as Chief of the [[Milwaukee Police Department]]. <ref>[http://www.ci.mil.wi.us/EdwardAFlynnChiefofP24315.htm Edward A. Flynn-Milwaukee Police Department Biography]</ref> Edward Flynn began his law enforcement career rising through the ranks of the [[Jersey City, New Jersey]] Police Department, serving as officer, sergeant, lieutenant, captain, and inspector. He subsequently served as police chief in the towns of [[Braintree, Massachusetts]] and [[Chelsea, Massachusetts]]. From 1998 to 2002, he served as Police Chief in [[Arlington County, Virginia]], where he was responsible for leading the police department's response to the [[September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11, 2001 attack]] on the [[The Pentagon|Pentagon]], and the 2002 [[Beltway sniper attacks|Beltway sniper shootings]]. He returned to [[Massachusetts]] in January 2003, when then-Governor [[Mitt Romney]] appointed him as Secretary of the state Executive Office of Public Safety, the parent agency of the [[Massachusetts State Police|State Police]], [[Massachusetts Department of Correction|Department of Correction]], the [[Massachusetts National Guard|National Guard]], the Department of Fire Services, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Parole Board, and the [[Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency|Emergency Management Agency]]. He resigned from Romney's Cabinet in March 2006, when he was appointed as Police Commissioner in [[Springfield, Massachusetts]], serving in that post until his first four-year appointment as Milwaukee Police Chief in January 2008. <ref>[http://www.wisn.com/news/14608634/detail.html?rss=mil&psp=news "Edward Flynn Named Milwaukee's New Police Chief" (wisn.com Article)]</ref> While in Milwaukee, he had an affair with a local radio host and journalist Jessica McBride<ref>http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/milwaukee-police-chief-admits-to-affair-with-reporter-who-profiled-him/</ref>. Both were married at the time.<ref>http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/noquarter/48568662.html</ref> In late [[2011]] his contract was renewed as Police Chief for the City of Milwaukee for an additional four years. <ref>http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-20111020-flynn-extension,0,6835288.story,</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-civ|pol}} {{succession box|before=John V. Polio|title=[[Braintree, Massachusetts]] Chief of Police|years=1988-1993 |after=Paul Frazier}} {{succession box|before=Joslin Ham|title=[[Chelsea, Massachusetts]] Chief of Police|years=1993-1998 |after=Rafael P. Hernandez, Jr.}} {{succession box|before=Robert A. Dreischer (Acting)|title=[[Arlington County, Virginia]] Chief of Police|years=1998-2003 |after=Steve Holl}} {{succession box|before=[[James Jajuga]]|title=Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety & Homeland Security|years=2003-2006 |after=[[Robert C. Haas]]}} {{succession box|before=William J. Fitchet (Acting)|title=[[Springfield, Massachusetts]] Police Commissioner |years=2006-2008 |after=William J. Fitchet}} {{succession box|before=Nannette Hegerty|title=[[Milwaukee Police Department|Milwaukee Chief of Police]]|years=2008-Present |after=}} {{s-end}} {{Mitt Romney cabinet}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Flynn, Edward A. | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Flynn, Edward A.}} [[Category:1940s births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American police chiefs]] [[Category:State cabinet secretaries of Massachusetts]] [[Category:People from Jersey City, New Jersey]] [[Category:People from Arlington County, Virginia]] [[Category:People from Milwaukee, Wisconsin]] {{law-enforcement-bio-stub}}'