{"id":16403,"date":"2020-09-15T11:08:33","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T11:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=16403"},"modified":"2020-09-15T11:08:35","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T11:08:35","slug":"matt-christenson-named-police-chief-at-minneapolis-st-paul-international-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/minnesota\/matt-christenson-named-police-chief-at-minneapolis-st-paul-international-airport\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Matt Christenson Named Police Chief at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chief Christenson has tremendous knowledge of the entire\npolicing operation at MSP, everything from anti-terrorism efforts to patrol,\ninvestigations, traffic control, community outreach and records\nadministration,\u201d said Mike Everson, director of public safety for the\nMetropolitan Airports Commission. \u201cHe is a proven leader and has developed\nstrong relationships and trust both within the department and throughout the\nMSP Airport community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Matt-Christenson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16404\" width=\"170\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Matt-Christenson.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Matt-Christenson-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><figcaption><em>Matt Christenson<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Christenson began his law enforcement career at the MSP\nAirport Police Department (APD) in 1991 as a community service officer. He\nbecame a police officer in 1993, was promoted to sergeant in 1999 and\nlieutenant in 2002. Christenson achieved the rank of commander in 2005 before\nbeing appointed deputy chief in 2013. Among his achievements, Christenson led\nthe APD\u2019s investigative division for almost 20 years, launched its explosives-detecting\ncanine program in 2003 and helped develop the Airport Watch community policing\nprogram in 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne of the things that attracted me to serving in law\nenforcement at an airport is the tremendous variety and complexity of work\ncombined with so many opportunities to build community with federal law\nenforcement agencies, airlines and other airport business, employees and\ntravelers,\u201d Christenson said. \u201cit is a tremendously dynamic environment where\nsuccess is predicated on partnerships, relationship building and mutual trust.\nI am extremely honored to serve as chief of MSP\u2019s police department.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christenson holds a master\u2019s degree in public and non-profit\nadministration from Metropolitan State University, a bachelor\u2019s degree in\norganizational leadership from Bethel University and an associates\u2019 degree in\nlaw enforcement from North Hennepin Community College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is a graduate of the 217th session of the FBI National\nAcademy and is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police,\nMinnesota Chiefs of Police Association and the FBI National Academy\nAssociation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief Christenson has tremendous knowledge of the entire policing operation at MSP, everything from anti-terrorism efforts to patrol, investigations, traffic control, community outreach and records administration,\u201d said Mike Everson, director of public safety for the Metropolitan Airports Commission. \u201cHe is a proven leader and has developed strong relationships and trust both within the department and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minnesota"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16403"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16405,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16403\/revisions\/16405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}