He was a cadet at the Police Cadet School and joined the RTP in 1973, He received a Masters in Criminal Justice in 1973 at Eastern Kentucky State University and a PhD in 1978 from Sam Houton State in Texas. He would rise through the ranks ending up a Lieutenant Colonel. He was a bureaucrat in the Planning Division. He married the daughter of a Police General. He served from 1973 to 1987.
He was going to rise through the ranks due to family connections.