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Director, Police Department

Police Chief
Daniel Sharp

Oro Valley Police Department

11000 N. La Cañada Drive
Oro Valley, Arizona  85737
 

Phone: (520) 229-4901
E-mail: 
dsharp@ovpd.org
 
Biography:

Daniel G. Sharp has served as chief of police for the Town of Oro Valley since January 2000.

Prior to his appointment as chief, Sharp spent over 21 years with the Tucson Police Department, working in virtually every area of the department. Sharp has served as an adjunct faculty member for law enforcement programs at Pima Community College and as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Arizona. He is a frequent guest lecturer on public policy related to community policing and ethics.

Sharp holds a master’s degree in educational leadership and is a graduate of the 190th Session of the FBI National Academy. He is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the Police Executive Research Forum, the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Association, and the Arizona Association of Chiefs of Police.

Additionally, Sharp is the vice-chairman of the Arizona Automobile Theft Authority Board, and is a member of the Arizona Public Safety Communications Commission and the Pima County Wireless Integrated Network Executive Committee.