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Assistant Chief Mark G. Stainbrook is currently the Acting Chief of the San Diego Harbor Police Department. He retired as a lieutenant with the Los Angeles Police Department and is a lieutenant colonel in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. He has served tours in Kosovo and Iraq. He also completed research at Leeds University in England on a Fulbright Police Fellowship. For comments or questions e-mail mgstainbrook@msn.com.
"Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it, and then move on." — Bob Newhart
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