Residents are invited to a reception on Tuesday, June 10, to meet the four finalists for Mountlake Terrace Police Chief.
The reception is scheduled from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Lakeview Room at Ballinger Lake Golf Course, 23000 Lakeview Drive.
The finalists, who will interview for the Mountlake Terrace Police Chief position the following day, Wednesday, June 11, are:
• Craig Junginger, who has more than 25 years experience in law enforcement. He is currently a captain and administration operations division commander for the city of Huntington Beach, Calif., Police Department.
Junginger earned a masters degree in emergency services management from California State University, Long Beach in 2007. He also has a bachelor of science degree in public administration from the University of La Verne and an A.A. in administration of justice from Rio Hondo College. He has also attended California POST Command College and the FBI National Academy.
• Mark Layhew has over 31 years of experience in law enforcement with the Simi Valley Police Department in Southern California, including three and a half years as the chief of police. He earned his B.S. in health science at California State University, Northridge. Layhew has received numerous certifications through the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) in California, including POST Command College, a two-year program comparable to the FBI National Academy and masters degree.
• Kent Livsey served as the chief of police of Idaho Falls for 12 years. Prior to that, he had 18 years of management and administrative experience with the Salt Lake City Police Department. Livsey earned his A.A. Degree in police science at Webster State College and his B.S. in business administration from the University of Phoenix. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and also attended Secret Service Dignitary Protection School in Washington, D.C.
• Greg Wilson has 21 years of diverse law enforcement experience with the city of Renton and the city of Federal Way, where he served as commander for seven years. He earned his B.A. in social sciences from Washington State University and received his executive certification from the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission. Wilson is a graduate of the 219th session of the FBI National Academy and is a certified ethics instructor through the National Institute of Ethics.
The new police chief will succeed Chief Scott Smith, who left the city in December to become police chief of the Tulalip Tribal Police Department. In the interim, Larry Dickerson, who served with the city of Lacey Police Department for more than 35 years as well as interim assignments with the cities of Battle Ground, Tenino and Union Gap, has managed the department.
Final selection is expected to be made by early July.
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