By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
David Cuthbertson, head of the FBI’s El Paso Division, has been named assistant director of the Justice Information Services Division.
Cuthbertson joined the FBI in 1988 and was assigned to the Cincinnati Division working motorcycle and violent street gangs and drug trafficking.
In 1992, he transferred to the Dallas Division, where he investigated Mexican drug trafficking organizations. He was also assigned to the Plano Resident Agency, where he investigated white-collar crime, drug trafficking, and violent crime.
In 1997, Cuthbertson was promoted to a supervisory position in the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division. He also served as acting unit chief of the Latin American Unit.
He was subsequently promoted to serve as field supervisor of the Denver Division’s Metro Gang Task Force. He eventually assumed program coordinator responsibilities for the organized crime and drug programs.
In 2002, he headed east to Chicago where he served as assistant special agent in charge of the Criminal Enterprise Branch. In 2004, he was given responsibility for the division’s international terrorism and domestic terrorism programs.
The following year, he was designated as an inspector. He was promoted to section chief in the Criminal Justice Information Services Division in 2005. Shortly after, in 2006, he was promoted to deputy assistant director within the division.
In November 2007, he was named head of the El Paso FBI.
