Phillip B.J. Reid
A.A., Law Enforcement; B.A., Sociology
Phillip B. J. Reid was born in Baltimore City, Maryland, on October 27, 1948, one of four sons of Wendell and Ernestine Reid. His early childhood began in Day Village, a small black enclave in the Turner Station section of Dundalk, Maryland. His family later moved to Baltimore City, where he graduated from Edmondson High School in 1966 and joined the Baltimore City Police Department (BPD) in 1969.
Mr. Reid was a member of the BPD for eight years. During that time he was assigned to street patrol duties for three years; the personnel division, where he recruited police officers, for two years; and finally the BPD training academy for three years as a certified Maryland Police Training Commission instructor. In 1972 he received an associate’s degree in law enforcement from the Community College of Baltimore, and in 1975 a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Morgan State University. He was later appointed adjunct lecturer in the Division of Continuing Education of the Community College of Baltimore.
Mr. Reid joined the FBI in 1977, and after graduating from the FBI Academy, he was assigned to the FBI’s Norfolk, Virginia, field office. In addition, he was assigned to FBI field offices in New York; Alexandria, Virginia; Honolulu; Anchorage; Denver; and Washington, DC. In November, 1991, he was promoted to supervisor at the FBI’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), located at FBI headquarters in Washington, DC, where for two years he conducted investigations involving employee misconduct, including that of former FBI Director William Sessions. He subsequently was promoted to field office supervisor and assigned to the Honolulu, Hawaii, field office. Five years later he was promoted to assistant special agent in charge and assigned to the Anchorage, Alaska, field office. During his assignment in Alaska he was promoted in place to special agent in charge. After two years in that position, he was reassigned to the Denver, Colorado, field office, again as the special agent in charge, overseeing the FBI’s investigative responsibilities in Colorado and Wyoming for the next two and a half years. He remained there until he retired in May 2005.