Chief
Mesa (AZ) Police Department
Mesa, Arizona, United States
Police Chief Ken Cost has been with the Mesa Police Department for over 29 years. Prior to joining the Mesa Police Department, he was a sworn investigator for almost two years with the State of California in East Los Angeles.
Chief Cost has served in several areas of the department and in every rank leading up to assistant chief. These assignments include: Patrol, Bicycle Unit, Special Investigations-Gang Unit, Community Action Team, Street Crimes, Violent Offender-US Marshal’s Task Force and Criminal Investigations (Homicide, Financial Crimes, and Recovered Property). As a Commander his assignments included Fiesta Patrol, Human Resources and Training.
Chief Cost holds a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from California State University at Fullerton, a master's degree from Xavier University, Ohio and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy for Police Executives and the 44th session of the FBI's National Executive Institute.
Chief Cost is very active in the community and volunteers numerous hours throughout the year coaching and mentoring youth
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