Kerry Pettingill – Director – OKOHS
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Kerry has served the people of the State of Oklahoma for more than a quarter of a century. Beginning as a State Trooper in 1982 he has risen in the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) to his current rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Throughout his tenure, Kerry has served in specialized positions utilizing his training as a bomb technician, hazardous materials technician and in tactical operations. He served as commander of the OHP Bomb Squad and Tactical Teams, as liaison to the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), and Deputy Director of Homeland Security.
It is his experiences of tracking and apprehending criminals, executing high risk warrants, conducting render safe procedures on Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), developing intelligence contacts, assisting in the establishment of the Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security and being one of the first on the scene of the Alfred P. Murrah Building bombing on April 19, 1995 that led Governor Brad Henry to appoint him as his Homeland Security Director in January 2004.
Kerry is a graduate of the 39th OHP Academy, Leadership Oklahoma Class XIX, FBI National Academy, FBI Hazardous Devices School and has his Bachelor of Science from Southern Nazarene University.
