Michael DeLeo was named the new dean of the School of Justice, Public Safety and Law Studies at Miami Dade College on May 9.
“[It is] the perfect blend of academic and teaching that I like…helping develop people and explore their pathways and what they want to do, with the professional law enforcement side and public safety that I’ve worked in for 27 years,” DeLeo said.
Prior to MDC, DeLeo worked at the Plantation Police Department for 19 years, working his way up the ranks from officer to detective and then deputy chief. DeLeo also served as Police Chief at the Tallahassee Police Department and as an adjunct criminal justice professor at Broward College and Tallahassee Community College.
DeLeo, 49, earned a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Florida in 1994. In 1999, he earned a juris doctorate degree from Nova Southeastern University. He obtained a master’s degree in public management from St. Thomas University in 2004.
