Steve Newton is a retired police chief. He also served in the Marine Corps as the United States Navy and is the 3rd vice president of the National Association of Police Chiefs, a recipient of the Department of Defense Exceptional Public Service Award, and the Gold Presidential Volunteer Service Award. He is the founder of the Silver Star Families of America and since retiring, he writes articles for various veteran, law enforcement, and military publications. Steve Newton now has Parkinson’s disease and lives somewhere in the deep woods of Missouri.