Reflections Magazine Issue #80 - Spring 2014 | Page 16

Feature Article

Leadership Role Suits Kyle
Bowman as Head of the Michigan
Intelligence Operations Center

K

yle Bowman was content in
his career with the Michigan State Police.
The former trooper had worked his way
on to the security detail for then Governor
John Engler.
Then Sept. 11, 2001 happened. Everything changed.
“That hit a lot of us very emotionally,”
said Bowman, ’07 who also earned his
master’s degree in Homeland Security from
Siena Heights University in 2009. “That
started it for me.”
That “it” was his interest in taking more
of a leadership role in law enforcement.
Currently, Bowman is the director/commander of the MSP’s Michigan Intelligence
Operations Center. This “fusion center” is

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