Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Professional Designation (CPD)
Mark Alan Solomon
Biography
Mark Solomon is a Crime Prevention Coordinator for the Seattle Police Department. A Seattle native, Mark has been with the Department for over 29 years, working with community groups, individuals and businesses on public safety issues, and quality of life issues that impact public safety.
Mark is a retired United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel. He was also the founder of Obsidian Security Group, a Seattle based security staffing and consulting enterprise. He has a depth of community involvement ranging from being a Board member of the Beacon Hiill Community Councfil being on the Boards of YouthCare (an organization focused on serving homeless youth and moving them to stable housing, educatio9n and employment) to the Washington Coalition of Crime Victim Advocates, to being a regional director for the Washington State Crime Prevention Association. Mark lives in the Beacon Hill area of Seattle with his wife, Suzanne (a high school art teacher) in the home his grandparents built. Mark is an admitted Sci-Fi and comic book nerd.