CHICAGO — R. Sean Fitzgerald has been chosen because the particular agent in cost (SAC) for the Homeland Safety Investigations (HSI) Chicago space of operations. A local of Illinois who has additionally served as HSI Chicago’s deputy SAC, Fitzgerald brings a wealth of worldwide and home operations expertise to his new place.
He started his federal legislation enforcement profession as a particular agent in Chicago in 2002, and in 2010, he transferred to the Workplace of Worldwide Affairs and served as an HSI consultant with the HSI Attaché in Mexico Metropolis. Throughout this project, Fitzgerald primarily centered on transnational crime associated to narcotics trafficking and cash laundering.
Fitzgerald completed his project with the HSI Attaché in Mexico Metropolis in 2012 and returned residence to HSI Chicago because the group supervisor for the Monetary Investigations Group. Following three years in that function, he transitioned to serving as an operations supervisor inside HSI Home Operations at HSI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Fitzgerald then went on to serve in different capacities inside Home Operations, together with as particular assistant to the deputy assistant director and appearing operations chief.
In 2017, Fitzgerald was promoted to assistant particular agent in cost for HSI Chicago. The division he oversaw included the Chicago Narcotics Group, the Undercover Operations Group and the Monetary Investigations Group. Throughout his tenure, he additionally supplied management to the Human Trafficking Group and the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Job Power Group.
In his new function, Fitzgerald will lead HSI Chicago’s senior management staff in overseeing investigative, analytical and administrative operations all through HSI Chicago’s space of duty, which incorporates 5 places of work and two posts of responsibility positioned all through Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.
“HSI Chicago has a posh mission, and I couldn’t be prouder to hitch this staff of stellar legislation enforcement professionals,” stated Fitzgerald. “Having labored with the particular brokers, sufferer help specialist, intelligence analyst and a large number of different professionals assigned to this space of operations, I’ve seen firsthand the affect they make to public security each day. There is no such thing as a place that I’d relatively serve my neighborhood on this capability than amongst the professionals at HSI Chicago and our legislation enforcement companions right here.”
Sean earned a bachelor’s diploma in legislation enforcement and justice administration from Western Illinois College in 1998 and has been chosen to function a member of the Senior Government Service.
HSI is a directorate of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the principal investigative arm of the U.S. Division of Homeland Safety (DHS), answerable for investigating transnational crime and threats, particularly these prison organizations that exploit the worldwide infrastructure by means of which worldwide commerce, journey and finance transfer. HSI’s workforce of over 10,400 workers consists of greater than 6,800 particular brokers assigned to 225 cities all through the USA, and 93 abroad places in 56 nations. HSI’s worldwide presence represents DHS’ largest investigative legislation enforcement presence overseas and one of many largest worldwide footprints in U.S. legislation enforcement.
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