FEMA Appoints Law Enforcement Advisor

October 18, 2007 -- Charles F. "Rick" Dinse has been appointed law enforcement advisor to the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), part of the Department of Homeland Security. The new position was created by the Post-Katrina Emergency Reform Act of 2006.

Mr. Dinse will provide FEMA with a law enforcement perspective on agency plans and policies. He will also be the senior advisor to FEMA on law enforcement programs and will support FEMA's growing interaction with law enforcement associations, fusion centers and terrorism task forces and will provide expert support to preparedness, protection, response, and recovery programs.

Mr. Dinse retired in 2006 as chief of police for the Salt Lake City Police Department. He managed a $43 million budget, including 600 employees. Among other things, as chief of police and vice chairman of the Utah Olympic Public Safety Command, he maintained a leadership role in developing and successfully implementing the public safety plan for the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympic Games.

His more than 40 years of law enforcement experience also includes several positions with the Los Angeles Police Department. He served as deputy chief-commanding officer of the department, responsible for providing the full range of police services within a large geographic portion of the city of Los Angeles.