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WILLIAM F. DADDIO Bill Daddio is the retired Associate Director for Protection/Chief, U.S. Mint Police. He was responsible for directing all protection programs and law enforcement functions for all the U.S. Mints facilities located in Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia, PA; West Point, NY; Denver, CO; San Francisco, CA and the U.S. Bullion Depository at Fort Knox, KY. In that capacity, he provided advice and performed high value asset security services for other governments and other U.S. Government agencies. During his over 25 year tenure, the U.S. Mint Police developed into a nationally recognized law enforcement agency, and the U.S. Mint Police was awarded the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial’s Distinguished Service Award in 2001. He and his organization were commended by the President and the Secretary for their quick and effective response to the Katrina disaster. Before joining the U.S. Mint, Dr. Daddio served as a deputy U.S. Marshal at the Department of Justice where he directed the physical security and executive protection programs for the Department and served as the Attorney General's senior protection officer. Dr. Daddio was an Inspector for the Federal Protective Service, and served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Air Force Security Forces. He received the Bronze Star Medal for his service in the Republic of Viet Nam. Dr. Daddio received his bachelor's degree from the University Notre Dame. After his military service, he returned to Notre Dame and earned an M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology and Anthropology. He currently is an Adjunct Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown Medical School and Adjunct Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University where he teaches courses in bio-terrorism, terrorism, transnational crime, and comparative law enforcement systems. He has been awarded the Vi-centennial Medal by the University, and the Bunn award for faculty excellence. His law enforcement and academic interests focus on understanding terrorism, mitigating bio-terrorism, developing methods that can improve cooperation to prevent transnational crime, and examining survivor issues, especially those of survivors of police officer deaths. Dr. Daddio provides consultation services to numerous countries on the protection and transportation of high-value assets and the control of transnational crime.