Mr. Mahaney served twenty-two years as a state trooper with the Alabama Department of Public Safety (1978-2000), including duty in uniform patrol, criminal investigations, and as assistant legal counsel for the Department. After retirement from state service, Mr. Mahaney served overseas with the U.S. State Department’s civilian police operations in Kosovo, Jordan, and Iraq. Mr. Mahaney received his B.A. from The Citadel, Charleston, S.C. and his law degree from Jones School of Law in Montgomery, Alabama.