Columbia Heights Police Chief Lenny Austin (center) holds the IACP Award for community policing presented last week in Florida to the local department. Austin was joined by officers Sgt. Justin Pletcher (left) and Capt. Erik Johnston (right).
Columbia Heights Police Department Chief Lenny Austin, left, presents Columbia Heights Public Schools Superintendent Zena Stenvik with the 2021 T. Nightingale Community Service Award at the April 12 School Board meeting. The award was not only given to Stenvik, but also all district staff.
Columbia Heights Police Chief Lenny Austin, left, meets with a resident during the “Cone with a Cop” event recently at the Dairy Queen.
Columbia Heights Police Chief Lenny Austin (center) holds the IACP Award for community policing presented last week in Florida to the local department. Austin was joined by officers Sgt. Justin Pletcher (left) and Capt. Erik Johnston (right).
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Columbia Heights Police Department Chief Lenny Austin, left, presents Columbia Heights Public Schools Superintendent Zena Stenvik with the 2021 T. Nightingale Community Service Award at the April 12 School Board meeting. The award was not only given to Stenvik, but also all district staff.
After nearly three decades with the Columbia Heights Police Department, Police Chief Lenny Austin will retire on Friday, April 26, capping off a 35-year career in law enforcement.
When Austin landed a job with the Columbia Heights Police Department in 1995, he was one of several hundred vying for police officer positions in the metro. Austin recalled that the pool of candidates hoping to become police officers was so large that applicants were filling auditoriums to take written tests. Austin was one of three police officers hired by the CHPD at the time, marking the beginning of a 29-year career with the department.
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