Kerlikowske ran two small police departments in Florida, then became chief of police in Buffalo, N.Y. in 1994. He remained Police Chief for the city of Buffalo from 1994 to 1998. From 1998 to 2000, Kerlikowske was Deputy Director of the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. Kerlikowske became Seattle's police chief in 2000 and brought the city's crime rate to a 40-year low, despite a resurgences in youth and gang violence. He was police chief for the city of [[Seattle]] from 2000 to 2009.<ref name=GB/>
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Kerlikowske ran two small police departments in Florida, then became chief of police in Buffalo, N.Y. in 1994. He remained Police Chief for the city of Buffalo from 1994 to 1998. From 1998 to 2000, Kerlikowske was Deputy Director of the Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. Kerlikowske became Seattle's police chief in 2000 and brought the city's crime rate to a 40-year low, despite a resurgences in youth and gang violence. He was police chief for the city of [[Seattle]] from 2000 to 2009.<ref name=GB/>