Governor Tim Pawlenty today announced the reappointment of John A. Bolduc and Scott Harr to the Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST Board).  Both are appointed to four-year terms that expire on January 4, 2010.

Bolduc, of Fort Ripley, is the Brainerd Police Chief, a position he has held since 2001.  Previously, he was the Mora Police Chief from 1998 to 2001, and a peace officer with the city of Maple Grove from 1986 to 1998, achieving the rank of sergeant.  Bolduc is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, North Hennepin Leadership Academy, and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Management Series.  He is a member of the Minnesota Chief's of Police Association Board of Directors, and the International Association of Chief's of Police.  Bolduc, who has been a member of the POST Board since 2003, is reappointed as a representative of municipal police chiefs.

Harr, of Edina, chairs the criminal justice department at Concordia University in St. Paul.  He has been with Concordia since 2002.  Previously, Harr was a law enforcement and criminal justice instructor at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, from 1999 to 2002, and at Normandale Community College in Bloomington from 1986 to 2000.  He has also been a licensed private investigator since 1986.  Harr was the Chanhassen public safety director from 1987 to 1998, a detective at Canterbury Park (then called Canterbury Downs) in Shakopee from 1986 to 1987, a legal investigator at Meshbesher and Spence in Minneapolis from 1983 to 1986, and a peace officer with the city of Chaska from 1980 to 1982 and Edina from 1978 to 1980.  He has been active in a variety of professional and community organizations and authored numerous publications in criminal justice and law enforcement.  Harr, who has been a member of the POST Board since 2002, is reappointed as a representative of peace officers or former peace officers who are currently employed on a full-time basis in a professional peace officer education program.

The Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training establishes minimum qualifications and standards of conduct and regulates professional peace officer education and continuing education programs.  The board consists of 15 members, including 14 appointed by the Governor.