A Baldwin County law enforcement careerman from Spanish Fort who spent time with the Foley Police Department and local district attorney's office is set to join the command staff at the county level.

Baldwin County Sheriff Anthony Lowery appointed Baldwin County District Attorney Chief Investigator Donald "David" White Jr. as chief deputy of the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office.

David White grew up in Spanish Fort, where a strong family legacy of law enforcement influenced his career path. His father, Don White, was an ATF agent who served in the Mobile office until his retirement in 1996, sparking an early interest in law enforcement, Lowery wrote in a statement.

After graduating from Daphne High School in 1990, White pursued an associate degree in criminal justice from Faulkner State Community College (now Coastal Alabama Community College), graduating in 1996. He also completed training at the Southwest Alabama Police Academy in Bay Minette in the spring of 1993.

White began his law enforcement career with the Foley Police Department in August 1993, rising through the ranks from patrolman to captain. From 1997 until 2002, he was an integral member of the Baldwin County Drug Task Force, Lowery wrote.

In 2006, he was appointed as interim chief of the Foley department by then-Mayor Tim Russell, serving for 10 months.

White graduated from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, in 2013.

In January 2017, he transitioned to the Baldwin County District Attorney's Office, where he has served "with distinction," Lowery wrote, for over nearly eight years, working as chief investigator for retired Presiding Circuit Court Judge Robert Wilters, who was elected as the District Attorney of Baldwin County.