Mark Nelson (police officer)

Mark A. Nelson was born in 1957 and is a native of St. James, Minnesota, US. Col. Mark A. Nelson was the superintendent of the North Dakota Highway Patrol. He became a member of the highway patrol in 1981 in Rolla, ND and Devils Lake, ND.[1] In 1988, he became a patrol officer in Grand Forks[2] and was promoted to sergeant in 1989.[3] He was then a graduate of the Northwestern University Traffic Institute's School of Police Staff and Command (1991). He was promoted to captain in 1996 as a district commander, and as superintendent in 2007, with a promotion to colonel.[1] He graduated from Park University in Parkville, Missouri in 2002.

  1. ^ a b "Nelson named new commander of North Dakota Highway Patrol". Grand Forks Herald. 17 July 2007.
  2. ^ "Chief Nelson | City of Grand Forks, ND". www.grandforksgov.com. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Mark A. Nelson, Superintendent, North Dakota Highway Patrol". 20 August 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-08-20. Retrieved 5 October 2021.