mike chapman is the new sheriff in town and while he just started the job, he has big plans in store. news 4's julie carey has more. >> day on the job and new loud on county sheriff mike chapman found himself in front of the board of supervisors advocating for a substation. he defeated the sheriff in november and has already brought in a new leadership team that includes administrators from both the dea and fbi. chapman himself is a special agent. >> i wanted to establish a dynamic team. i decided to have a blend of the institutional knowledge we have in the department and bring in outside expert who is personally i will work with. >> worry former federal agents in tope pogsz, the department will work cooperatively with federal law enforcement to attack the top problem in the county. drugs. >> you integrate effort and talent, but when you seize a drug dealer's car, you share the assets and a lost money comes back which will be a great benefit. >> the sheriff is not all that's new. for the first time since the board was elected in 1992, every somebody a republican. one of the board's f

mike chapman might not be moved into his office yet but he is hard at work.es for folks. >> reporter: day one on the job. a new loudoun county sheriff mike chapman found himself in front of the board of supervisors advocating for a new $8 million substation. he defeated his opponent in december and has brought in a new leadership team. one that includes former administrators from both the dea and fbi. chapman himself is a former dea special agent. >> the first thing i wanted to do was establish a new die naturalic leadership tale. i decided to have a blend and bring in some outside experts who i personally work. with. >> reporter: he said with former federal agents in top positions, his department will be able to work cooperatively to attack the top problem in the county. drugs. >> we're able to accomplish terrific investigations. when we seized assets, we're able to get the money back to the state and local law enforcement officers that assisted with the case. so it is also a financial gain as well. >> reporter: the sheriff says another focus will be improve

mike chapman is the new sheriff in town. already has big plans. >> reporter: day one on the job and the new loudoun county sheriff found himself in front of the board of supervisors, advocating for a new $8 million substation. he defeated steve simpson in november sxhas already brought in a new leadership team. one that includes administrators from dea and fbi. he himself is a former dea member. >> i decided to have a blend of the institutional knowledge and bring in some outside experts who i personally work with. >> reporter: he said with form he federal agents in top positions, his department will be able to work cooperative to attack the top problem in the county. drugs. >> you integrate effort and talent. when you seize a drug dealer's home or car, you share those assets. it come back to the county which will be a great benefit. >> reporter: the sheriff is not all that's new here. for the first time since the board of supervisors was elected in 1992, every member of a republican. and one of the boards' first order of bu

irv chapman, bloomberg, and mike amandi, director of communications and former spokesperson for u.s. immigration and custom enforcement. i thank all of you for joining us today. [ applause ] >> today i'm very pleased to welcome our featured speaker, secretary of the united states, department of homeland security, janet napolitano. as secretary of the department of homeland security, napolitano leads our nation's collective efforts to secure the country from both terrorism threats and natural disasters. today she will deliver her second annual state of america's homeland security address. as just the third person in history to hold this position, secretary napolitano oversees the department with an evolving and wide-ranging mission and coordinates the government's responses to an increasingly complex and interrelated array of threats. the department's concerns range from border security and immigration enforcement to disaster preparedness, response and recovery as well as the growing field of cyber security. secretary napolitano's tenure at homeland security has been notable for her e