the honorable stacia hylton. and before i begin my comments on this i would like to take a moment of privilege and thank her. i also not only have the honor of being the sheriff in my home county, but i have also been sworn in as the deputy u.s. marshal. so something that i'm equally as proud of. director stacia hylton has 30 years of law enforcement experience. she began her career as a deputy united states marshal serving in the district of columbia, southern district of florida and the eastern district of virginia. she has held numerous positions during her career with the united states marshal service. director hylton was an instructor at the training academy teaching firearms, physical fitness and consenting, interrogation and interviewing. she also served as witness security inspector, assistant director of prisoner operations and chief for the judicial security programs at headquarters. while in the position of chief deputy united states marshal in south carolina, she also served as the agency's emergency

i am honored to present director stacia hylton. [applause] >> thank you, mr. president, for that welcome. um, i won't say that aaron cared while he was reading my bio leaned over and said, wow, you're old. [laughter] but i am particularly pleased to know that the serving president is a sworn special deputy here and both at iacp. i take great privilege in our partnerships and the honor of so many that are sworn in to help us in our duties every day. i am also honored to be here today with all of you and share the dais with men of such great distinction. i am particularly pleased to be a keynote speaker here at the winter conference since i have been a longtime member of the national sheriffs' association and served on many of their committees. but i would like to take a moment and reflect and recognize the accomplishments of this great organization. like the marshals service, nsa has a rich and proud history. nsa, to me, has never lost the very spirit and intent in which it conception created which began in 1888 with a small group of sheriffs in minnesota and t