- Began service with the Decatur Police Department on January 7, 1998
- Graduate of Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command, Class 449 (2019)
- Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Millikin University (1997), Decatur, IL
- Graduate of Peoria Central High School (1993), Peoria, IL
- Promoted to Deputy Chief of Police in 2021
- Promoted to Lieutenant in 2015
- Promoted to Sergeant in 2012
