• Joined the Minneapolis Police Department. in 1989.
• Most recently served as assistant chief, managing the department's day-to-day operations and overseeing the police-community relations program.
• Graduate of Minneapolis' Roosevelt High School, Metropolitan State University with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice, and Concordia University with a master's degree in human services.
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