Corporal Tim Utzig was in the U.S. Army five years before working with the Department of Corrections for the State of Maryland. He graduated from the Baltimore Police Department academy in 1995, then transferred to the Anne Arundel County Police Department in 1997 where he spent twenty-seven years before retiring. 

During that time, he spent sixteen years as a Domestic Violence Officer and six years as a School Resource Officer (SRO). While a Domestic Violence Officer, he assisted the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence with the implementation of the Lethality Assessment Program. The Lethality Assessment is a tool used to prevent intimate partner homicides and serious injuries. The Lethality Assessment was started as a pilot project in 2005 and was expanded nationwide. As a part of this project, he trained nationwide traveling the U.S. to train other jurisdictions as they implemented the program. In addition, he obtained certification from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) Domestic Violence trainer program. He is also certified as a general instructor for the Maryland Police and Corrections Training Commissions (MPCTC), and is also Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) trained and certified. 

Cpl. Utzig was a part of the Arbutus Little League for 18 years and holding various positions within the organization, including Vice President.