In his previous role he served as the Deputy Chief of Police/Chief of Staff for the New Bern Police Department, New Bern, North Carolina. He was the Vice President of the Eastern North Carolina Law Enforcement Executives, a member of the North Carolina Law Enforcement Executives Association, North Carolina Narcotics Enforcement Officers Association and North Carolina Homicide Investigators Association. He was a board member of the North Carolina Fusion Center Exchange of the Eastern Regional Information Center and a board member of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) node of North Carolina Law Enforcement Exchange System (NCLyNX).

Ed Started his career as a patrol officer and worked his way up through the ranks of the New Bern Police Department following serving as a Legal Officer in the United States Marine Corps. Ed has worked as a Major Case Detective, Undercover Narcotics Detective and eventually became supervisor of the New Bern Police Department Narcotics Unit and oversaw several Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Investigations (OCDETF) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN) Prosecutions as part of the Eastern District of North Carolina U.S. Attorney’s Office. In March of 2020, he became a Majority Shareholder in Benchmark Professional Seminars.

Ed is originally from southern West Virginia, attended High School in South Florida and served on active duty for six years. He received his Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Administration from Mount Olive University and his Juris Doctor of Law from Concord Law School. He is a published author and was a co-writer for the “West Virginia Crimes” treatise as well as adjunct professor for Salem University and guest lecturer at West Virginia University.