1982 Graduate of Howell High School

1988 Honorable Discharge from the United States Marine Corps

1988 Hired by Livingston County Sheriff Department assigned to Corrections Division

1989 Graduate of Michigan Department of Corrections Academy

1990 Graduate of Oakland Police Academy

1990 Assigned to Road Patrol

1992 Voted by his peers “Officer of the Year”

1993 Appointed Firearms Instructor

1995 Appointed Field Training Officer

1996 Graduated Michigan State University Traffic Accident Reconstruction series

1996 Assigned to Secondary Road Patrol, Traffic Accident Reconstructionist

2000 Graduated Underwriter Laboratory Watercraft Collision Reconstruction

2001 Promoted to Sergeant, assigned to Traffic Bureau

2002 Graduate Eastern Michigan University School of Police Staff and Command