Governor Tim Pawlenty today announced the appointment of Plymouth Police Chief Michael S. Goldstein to the Statewide Radio Board.

Goldstein, of Plymouth, has been the chief of the Plymouth Police Department as well as the emergency management director for the city of Plymouth since 2004. He has held a variety of positions with the Plymouth Police Department since he began his career with the city as a patrol officer in 1990.

Goldstein is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Hennepin County Police Chiefs Association, FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Association, Association of Minnesota Emergency Managers, and the Metropolitan Emergency Managers Association. He is also a member of Hennepin County’s Public Health Emergency Preparedness Advisory Committee, Emergency Management Mitigation Committee, Community Prevention Coalition Partnership Council, and is the Hennepin County chiefs’ representative on the Urban Area Security Initiative.

Goldstein earned his master of arts degree in public safety education and administration and his bachelor of arts degree in criminal justice from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. Goldstein is appointed to the position for a representative of police chiefs from the metropolitan area. He replaces Kent Therkelsen, who recently retired as the Eagan Police Chief, and resigned from the Statewide Radio Board.

The Statewide Radio Board was created to develop a project plan for a statewide, shared, trunked public safety radio communication system, referred to as “Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency Response” or “ARMER”. The board consists of 21 members, including six appointed by the Governor.