Chief
Michael Edgell joined the Department of Public Safety in 1998, and following a
brief retirement in 2023, returned to continue his exceptional service to
Nevada as the Chief of the Investigation Division. Chief Edgell has served in
multiple divisions within the Department of Public Safety, including the
Highway Patrol Division where he worked in Commercial Enforcement, Traffic, as
a Public Information Officer, as a Training and Personnel Sergeant, and as a
Lieutenant over the Carson/Tahoe/Minden regions. Edgell then promoted to Deputy
Chief of the Training Division, where he managed the Northern and Southern
Command Academies. He then transferred to the Investigation Division, where he
held the title of Deputy Chief.