Stephen Monier

President George W. Bush nominated Stephen Monier as United States Marshal on April 15, 2002. He served as the U.S. Marshal for New Hampshire from May 19, 2002, until October 30, 2009. Marshal Monier and his Chief Deputy, Gary DiMartino, received the 2007 U.S. Marshals Service “Leadership Beyond the Standard” Award for their handling of the Ed & Elaine Brown stand-off in Plainfield, NH. Steve Monier is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of St. Anselm College. Marshal Monier is also a graduate of the Delinquency Control Institute at the University of Southern California, and the National Crime Prevention Institute at the University of Louisville. He began his law enforcement career with the Goffstown NH Police Department in 1969, rising through the ranks until his appointment as Chief of Police in 1984. He served as Chief until his retirement on January 1, 1999. In 1992, Stephen Monier and Attorney Gregory Ahlgren coauthored the book "Crime of the Century," about the Lindbergh kidnapping case. Marshal Monier is a past president and life member of the NH Association of Chiefs of Police, a life member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, and a past chairman of the Commission on the Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA), Inc.; the agency which accredits law enforcement and communications departments nationwide. Steve's newest book, "No One Has to Die: Inside the Longest Armed Standoff in the History of the U.S. Marshals," will be released on October 4, 2024.