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From 1996 to 2001, Deen was the president of the Northwest Division of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement, an agency created under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct federal funds to local and state law enforcement entities with the goal of making them more effective in protecting the public.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rrdnw.com/History1.htm|title=History of Northwest Law Enforcement Agency|publisher=rrdnw.com|accessdate=February 17, 2014}}</ref>

From 1996 to 2001, Deen was the president of the Northwest Division of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement, an agency created under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct federal funds to local and state law enforcement entities with the goal of making them more effective in protecting the public.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rrdnw.com/History1.htm|title=History of Northwest Law Enforcement Agency|publisher=rrdnw.com|accessdate=February 17, 2014}}</ref>

In the aftermath of [[September 11, 2001]], Sheriff Deen provided security for a visit by [[U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]] to Barksdale Air Force Base, from which Bush addressed the nation on the terrorist threat. Deen's department, along with some one hundred other patrol cars,  barricaded entry to Barksdale to protect Bush from threat that did not materialize. The Bush visit and the terrorist threat subsequently propelled Deen to launch the program "Operation Exodus," which was designed to preserve vital resources in event of a catastrophe. The program depends heavily on services from retired law-enforcement personnel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?p=1359340#Ziw0FGAqfF4wRSi2.99|author=Drew Pierson|title=Bossier sheriff launches 'Operation Exodus'|date=February 27, 2010|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=February 4, 2014}}</ref>

In the aftermath of [[September 11, 2001]], Sheriff Deen provided security for a visit by [[U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]] to Barksdale Air Force Base, from which Bush addressed the nation on the terrorist threat. Deen's department, along with some one hundred other patrol cars,  barricaded entry to Barksdale to protect Bush from threat that did not materialize. The Bush visit and the terrorist threat subsequently propelled Deen to launch the program "Operation Exodus," which was designed to preserve vital resources in event of a catastrophe. The program depends heavily on services from retired law-enforcement personnel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?p=1359340#Ziw0FGAqfF4wRSi2.99|author=Drew Pierson|title="Bossier sheriff launches 'Operation Exodus'"|date=February 27, 2010|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=February 4, 2014}}</ref>

In December 2003, Deen was stopped for speeding in East Texas while returning to Bossier Parish from a personal trip to [[Longview, Texas|Longview]]. An altercation with the trooper who stopped him was aired some eight months later on KTBS-TV, the [[ABC]] affiliate in [[Shreveport]], adjacent to Bossier Parish. Deen paid an $86 ticket for driving 84 m.p.h., fourteen miles above the limit. He also issued a public apology in which he expressed "embarrassment that anything I have done caused any negative shadow to be cast on the parish."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realpolice.net/forums/archive/t-16249.html|author=Francis McCabe|title="Bossier Sheriff caught speeding, admits its not the first time: Sheriff apologizes for how he behaved when stopped in east Texas in December," August 6, 2004|publisher=''the Shreveport Times''|accessdate=February 4, 2014}}</ref>

In December 2003, Deen was stopped for speeding in East Texas while returning to Bossier Parish from a personal trip to [[Longview, Texas|Longview]]. An altercation with the trooper who stopped him was aired some eight months later on KTBS-TV, the [[ABC]] affiliate in [[Shreveport]], adjacent to Bossier Parish. Deen paid an $86 ticket for driving 84 m.p.h., fourteen miles above the limit. He also issued a public apology in which he expressed "embarrassment that anything I have done caused any negative shadow to be cast on the parish."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realpolice.net/forums/archive/t-16249.html|author=Francis McCabe|title="Bossier Sheriff caught speeding, admits its not the first time: Sheriff apologizes for how he behaved when stopped in east Texas in December|date=August 6, 2004|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=February 4, 2014}}</ref>

In 2008, [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]] appointed Deen and his Caddo Parish counterpart, Sheriff [[Steve Prator]], to the 27-member Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, a multi-agency program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gov.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=detail&articleID=98&printer=1|title=Governor Bobby Jindal Announces Appointments to the Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice|date=March 4, 2008|publisher=gov.louisiana.gov|accessdate=February 4, 2014}}</ref>

In 2008, [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]] appointed Deen and his Caddo Parish counterpart, Sheriff [[Steve Prator]], to the 27-member Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, a multi-agency program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gov.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=detail&articleID=98&printer=1|title=Governor Bobby Jindal Announces Appointments to the Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice|date=March 4, 2008|publisher=gov.louisiana.gov|accessdate=February 4, 2014}}</ref>

In the 2011 nonpartisan blanket [[primary]], [[Republican Party |Republican]] [[Julian Whittington]], a former chief criminal deputy under Deen, won the right to succeed Deen, who decided to retire. Whittington polled more than 68 percent of the vote.<ref name=electionreturns/> Whittingon's closest rival, Mike McConnell, a former deputy sheriff under Deen<ref name=mybossier/> and also a Republican, received 20 percent of the ballots cast.<ref name=electionreturns>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns for Bossier Parish, October 22, 2011.}}</ref>Prior to the 2011 primary, Deen had endorsed Whittington over McConnell.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksla.com/story/15786823/whittington-leads-bossier-parish-sheriffs-race|author=Carolyn Roy

In the 2011 nonpartisan blanket [[primary]], [[Republican Party |Republican]] [[Julian Whittington]], a former chief criminal deputy under Deen, won the right to succeed Deen, who decided to retire. Whittington polled more than 68 percent of the vote.<ref name=electionreturns/> Whittingon's closest rival, Mike McConnell, a former deputy sheriff under Deen<ref name=mybossier/> and also a Republican, received 20 percent of the ballots cast.<ref name=electionreturns>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns for Bossier Parish, October 22, 2011.}}</ref>Prior to the 2011 primary, Deen had endorsed Whittington over McConnell.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksla.com/story/15786823/whittington-leads-bossier-parish-sheriffs-race|author=Carolyn Roy|title="Whittington easily wins Bossier Sheriff's race"|date=October 22, 2011|publisher=KSLA-TV|accessdate=February 4, 2014}}</ref>Deen later changed his voter registration to Republican; so did Vol Dooley.

title="Whittington easily wins Bossier Sheriff's race"|date=October 22, 2011|publisher=KSLA-TV|accessdate=February 4, 2014}}</ref>Deen later changed his voter registration to Republican; so did Vol Dooley.

==Deen today==

==Deen today==