{"id":274997,"date":"2023-09-01T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=274997"},"modified":"2023-09-01T16:19:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T21:19:32","slug":"valley-city-police-chief-search-down-to-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=274997","title":{"rendered":"Valley City Police Chief Search Down to Three Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Valley City &#8211; On August 28, interviews were conducted with the three finalists for Valley City Police Chief.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hiring committee has requested that as a matter of due diligence, standard law enforcement background investigations be completed on the candidates.&nbsp; It is anticipated that this process will be completed in approximately two weeks, at which time the committee will reconvene.&nbsp; Further information will be available following the next committee meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sergeant Nicholas Horner, Valley City Police Department<\/strong>.&nbsp; Sgt. Horner is a life-long Valley City resident who has worked for the Police Department for 11 years, receiving promotions to Field Training Officer and then Patrol Sergeant.&nbsp; He is a graduate of Lake Region State College (AAS \u2013 Criminal Justice) and Valley City State University (BS \u2013 Career &amp; Technical Education).&nbsp; Sgt. Horner supervises the local alcohol server training program and serves as the department Community Relations Officer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Officer Sean Hagen, Valley City Police Department<\/strong>.&nbsp; Officer Hagen has worked for the Valley City Police Department for a total of 13 years as a patrol officer, Field Training Officer, Instructor, Patrol Supervisor, and for the last six years as School Resource Officer for Valley City Public Schools.&nbsp; Officer Hagen received a BS in Criminal Justice (Minor in Psychology) from North Dakota State University.&nbsp; He is certified as an instructor in Active Shooter Response, Ground Control and Spontaneous Knife Defense, has received a Life Saving award, and was named Officer of the Year in 2014.&nbsp; Officer Hagen has further served the Valley City community by helping to obtain a grant for school safety resources and equipment; serving on community focus groups for safety, mental health, and substance abuse; conducting school presentations; and participating in community improvement programs such as Check and Connect Mentorship for at risk youth.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Trooper Brett Westbrook, Minnesota State Patrol<\/strong>. Trooper Westbrook has worked for the Minnesota State Patrol for 19 years, and is currently assigned to the State Capitol Complex in St. Paul. He previously served as a patrol officer and Gang Unit Detective with the Arlington Texas Police Department from 1999 to 2004.&nbsp; After graduating with a BA in Spanish\/Secondary Education from Bethel University, Trooper Westbrook began his career as a high school Spanish teacher in Wisconsin and Minnesota from 1996 to 1999.&nbsp; He has received numerous recognitions and awards with the Highway Patrol including Meritorious Service, Exceptional Service, Life Saving award, Commissioner\u2019s award, Chief\u2019s award, and Captain\u2019s award.&nbsp; He has also been nominated as trooper of the year and officer of the year, and has received regional and national recognition for canine narcotics detection.&nbsp; Trooper Westbrook is actively involved in his local community, holding a substitute teaching license and coaching for the Pine City High School boys varsity hockey team.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valley City &#8211; On August 28, interviews were conducted with the three finalists for Valley City Police Chief.&nbsp; The hiring committee has requested that as a matter of due diligence, standard law enforcement background investigations be completed on the candidates.&nbsp; It is anticipated that this process will be completed in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":63565,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-valley-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=274997"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":275299,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274997\/revisions\/275299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=274997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=274997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=274997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}