Courtesy: The Madison TimesMADISON (WKOW) -- Wisconsin will be looking for a new Department of
Corrections(DOC) Secretary after Gary Hamblin announced
Friday he
will retire on October 26.
A written announcement from the DOC says Secretary Hamblin and his wife are addressing with individual health issues.
"I am proud to have
been part of Governor Walker's administration and thank him for the
opportunity to serve at the Department of Corrections,"
Secretary Hamblin said in the DOC statement. "I also want to thank my Executive Leadership
team, including Deputy Secretary Chuck Cole and Executive Assistant
Dennis Schuh, the Division Administrators and Assistant Administrators,
and the rest of the DOC staff for assisting me
in my duties as Secretary and for all the great work they do every day. Their
contributions
protect citizens and increase the quality of life in this great state. I am
honored to have
been a part of the Department of Corrections."
Governor Walker appointed Hamblin DOC secretary in January of 2011.
Hamblin started his law enforcement career as a
Sawyer County Deputy Sheriff, before joining the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division
of Criminal Investigation a year later.
In 1997, former
Governor Tommy Thompson appointed Hamblin Sheriff of Dane
County to fill a vacancy and he was re-elected three
times before retiring in early 2007. A month
later, Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen
appointed Hamblin the Administrator of the DOJ's Division of
Law Enforcement Services.
