Brian J. Mullan graduated from Mohawk College with a diploma in Business Administration in 1991 and a Certificate in Police Sciences in 1982. He has earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from British Columbia Open University; completed the National Leadership Institute training and general at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Academy, in Quantico, Virginia; graduated from the University of Toronto School of Management’s Police Leadership Program; and he also completed the Bay Area Leadership Program. In 1995, he received the Ontario Police Exemplary Service Medal and in 2007 he was appointed to the Order of Merit for Police Services.

Mr. Mullan became a Member of the Hamilton Police Service in 1974 and he retired as the Chief of Police 2009. In 2010 he became a Member of the Parole Board of Canada and he currently services as a citizen representative on the Ontario Attorney General’s Judicial Appointment Advisory Committee.

He has previously served as the Chair, Hamilton Community Care Access Centre; President, Federal Bureau of Investigation National Associates Association; Vice President, St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation; Area Director, Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police; Member of the Ancaster Lions Club; Director, Hamilton-Wentworth District Health Council; Chair, Central West Emergency Health Services Committee, and was the Founder of the Hamilton Employment Equity Network.