MIRAMAR PICKS EX-CIA AGENT AS ITS NEW CHIEF OF POLICE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00587R000100030061-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2011
• Sequence Number: 61
• Publication Date: April 5, 1985
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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MIAMI HERALD
5 April 1985
A agent
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Miramar picks
as its new chief of police
McLaren owns a one-man con-
By LINDA ROBERTSON suiting firm, McLaren Associates
Herald Staff Writer Police Consulting and Research
A former CIA agent and chief of Service. His wife, Cuyler, 45, is
the Arlington, Va., County Police secretary.
Department will replace td Wer- "I would now like to return to
.der as Miramar's police chief, active Police administration,"
Mayor Frank Branca announced McLaren said. "I don't view this
Thursday. position as an opportunity for
Angeles
Roy C. McLaren, 57, of Arling- the Job." ton, will take command April 15 if officer and of a graduate Los
nthe
city commissioners approve his police
appointment at their meeting that ,University of Southern California,
night. !began his career as an officer with
Werder has served as acting the Berkeley, Calif., Police Depart-
chief since he announced his ment. He was an interrogation
resignation Jan. 18 to become specialist and investigator with
Broward County Sheriff Nick the CIA from 1954 to 1965.
Navarro's chief of staff. As Arlington County chief from
"As we interviewed Chief 1973-78, he managed a budget of
McLaren today, I got the same $10 million and a staff of 364. He
feeling as when I interviewed also served as police chief . of
Chief Werder for the job one year Novato, Calif.
and nine months ago," Branca said McLaren is co-author, with
Thursday. "I just knew he was O.W. Wilson, of the college-level
right - like when you put on textbook Police Administration.
something comfortable that fits "I know I am moving into a
beautiful community from previ-
well."
McLaren was one of six finalists ous visits to the area," said
- two from within Miramar's McLaren, who has two sons. "I
department and four from other hope to continue where Chief
states - from a pool of 168 Werder left off."
applicants.
He will earn $42,500 a year and
oversee 66 police officers and 14
other employees.
ter.
Arlington, Va. County chief.
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