1976    Graduate Garden City High School, Garden City, MI.

1978    Police dispatcher, Garden City Police Department, Garden City, MI.

1980    Associate degree from Schoolcraft College, Livonia, MI.

1983    Graduate, Detroit Metropolitan Police Academy

1983    Police officer, Van Buren Township Police Department, Belleville, MI.

1983    Deputy Sheriff, Livingston County Sheriff Department, Howell, MI.

1988    Assigned Undercover officer, Narcotics enforcement

1989    Bachelors Degree, Criminal Justice, Madonna College, Livonia, MI.

1990    Assigned Undercover officer, LAWNET

1992    Assigned Traffic Safety Division

1992    Promoted to Detective Bureau

1996    Officer of the Year, Livingston County Sheriff Department

1999    Assigned to Homicide Cold Case Task Force

2001    Promoted to Detective Lieutenant, Livingston County Sheriff Department