DAPHNE, Ala. — Daphne Police Chief David B. Carpenter II recently joined the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Commission. 

Carpenter joined the 19-member statewide commission as a voting member because of his position as president of the Alabama Association of Chiefs of Police.

“The president of that organization is automatically a member of (the commission),” said Lynn Childs, public information manager for the commission.

Carpenter is a long-time resident of Baldwin County — graduating from Fairhope High School in 1978 — and he received his bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Alabama in 1983.

He joined the Daphne Police Department in 1989 as a patrol officer, and he was promoted to chief of police in 2003.

Carpenter graduated from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va., in September 2001, and he became a certified law enforcement executive through the Alabama Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission in September 2008.

Carpenter is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the Alabama Peace Officers Association, the Fraternal Order of Police and the FBI-LEEDA. He has served as past president of the Daphne Public Safety Employees Association, and he serves as a board member for the Law Enforcement Advisory Committee.

“It is always a privilege to have law enforcement professionals such as Chief Carpenter be a part of our commission and help create policies and standards for criminal justice agencies across the state of Alabama,” Childs said.

The commission was established in 1975, and it oversees the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center — the state agency designed to accumulate, store, retrieve, analyze and disseminate vital information related to certain criminal activity.

The commission leads the nation in groundbreaking technology and connects local, state and federal agencies to the National Crime Information Center administered by the FBI.

Carpenter and his wife of 27 years Susie are the parents of two daughters, 21-year-old Kayli and 18-year old Brooke.