Governor Larry Hogan has appointed J. Michael Zeigler to replace Stephen T. Moyer as the acting secretary of the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS).

The Baltimore Sun reports:

A Maryland State Police veteran of 28 years, Zeigler served as the executive director of the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions in 2015, and was appointed in January 2016as deputy secretary of operations for the corrections department.

“It’s an honor,” Zeigler said of his appointment in a statement. “We will continue to move the department forward in a positive way while keeping to our mission to protect the public, our staff and those in our custody.”

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