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Public Meet and Greet with Cody PD Chief Candidates Thursday Night
Thursday (Jan. 14) evening citizens of Cody will be able to meet and chat with the candidates for Chief of the Cody Police
Department.
The event will be Thursday from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm at the Olive Glenn Country Club.
The five candidates are:
Chuck Baker —Mr. Baker is a police commander who has over 36 years of municipal police experience, he came up
through the ranks gaining a diverse exposure to all aspects of municipal law enforcement, supervision and organization
management, and he is currently serving as an acting deputy chief for the Commerce City, CO, Police Department. He
has served the City since it was a small community in the Denver area, and has also served as the Acting Chief of Police
for significant amounts of time, when his agency was staffed by 88 sworn police officers. He has experience in
administrative duties, as well as investigations, patrol operations, and support services. During his tenure, he has
supervised units including school resource officers, crime scene investigators, property and evidence, animal control,
SWAT, traffic, and volunteers. Mr. Baker has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Applied Management, and in 2006
completed his Master's Degree from the University of Colorado at Denver, Graduate School of Public Affairs. Mr. Baker has
received advanced police executive development and leadership training from Pennsylvania State University and the FBI
National Academy Session 196, in Quantico, Virginia.
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Jonathan Beck— Mr. Beck has recently served as the Interim Chief of Police, as well as, served as acting Chief of Police for
the City of Cody, where he has served as a police sergeant for 14 years, including experience as a detective sergeant.
Before coming to Cody, he was a patrol deputy for about two years for the Albany County Sheriffs Office. He has been
involved in the review of department policy, and has assisted the chief of police with community policing, intelligence -led
policing, and computerized statistical analysis, as well as the expansion of the Department's K-9 program. Mr. Beck has
earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Business from the University of Wyoming in Laramie, and has
attended a number of supervision and leadership courses including the sergeants' academy and FBI command courses.
David Kvam— Mr. Kvam has 26 years of municipal police experience and is presently a police commander with the
Maplewood, Minnesota, Police Department. Maplewood adjacent to St Paul and has 38,000 residents. He has served as
Acting Chief of Police and has served at the ranks of police officer, investigator, sergeant, and lieutenant as well.
Commander Kvam is the Commander of the Investigations and Specialized Services Division. He has been a media
liaison, and has leadership experience in investigations, internal investigations, patrol operations, policy development,
and property and evidence as well. He has earned a Master of Arts degree in Police Leadership from the University of St.
Thomas in St. Paul. He is a graduate of the 231 st Session of the prestigious FBI National Academy in Quantico, VA.
Ron Leonard — Mr. Leonard has 28 years of law enforcement experience and is currently a lieutenant with the Jefferson
County Sheriffs Office in Colorado. As a lieutenant, he has served in the Criminal Investigations Division, the Detention
Services Division, the Support Services Division, and the Uniformed Patrol Division. He also served in local mountain
communities as a commander in the Mountain Precinct of Jefferson County. He has a great deal of experience in the
accreditation of law enforcement agencies, having served as the manager for the Sheriff's Office accreditation process with
the national Commission on the Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA), as well as, participating as an
assessor for CALEA. He has earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Metropolitan State University
in Denver, and has attended the Leadership in Police Organizations course hosted by the International Association of
Chiefs of Police (IACP). He has also attended the Senior Management in Policing course at the Police Executive
Research Forum (PERF).
Keith McPheeters — Mr. McPheeters has 24 years of municipal police experience and is presently the Deputy Chief with
the Farmington, New Mexico, Police Department, a police agency of 182 employees in northwestern New Mexico which
serves a community of about 46,000 residents. He has served in leadership positions for many years, and has experience
in police operations, accreditation, budget, internal affairs, investigation, and records and evidence. He has been
responsible for his department's international accreditation, with excellence, from the Commission on Accreditation for Law
Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). Other assignments have included crisis negotiator, detective, field training officer, grant
coordinator, patrol sergeant, and SWAT supervisor. He was raised in the Cody region, on the west side of Yellowstone
National Park, in Rexburg, ID. He has earned a bachelor's degree in the criminal justice program of Excelsior College, is
a graduate of the 161 st Session of the Northwestern University School of Staff and Command, and a graduate of the 232nd
Session of the prestigious FBI National Academy in Quantico, VA.
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