Retiring Minnesota DNR Officer Called to Serve the Public

By Justin Stakes

St. Paul, MN -(AmmoLand.com)- For retiring Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officer (CO) Brad Johnson of Maplewood the most enjoyable or rewarding part of the job was serving the public.

“I had a lot of calls from the public on animal and bird issues during my tenure,” said Johnson, who retires March 8. “If I write a book, it will be titled something like, ‘The critters that bit me.’ I still have the scar from a beaver bite.”

Johnson, who grew up in Osseo and Brooklyn Park, started his law enforcement career as a police officer with the Los Angeles Police Department in 1987, moved to the Minneapolis Police Department in 1991, and became a Minnesota DNR conservation officer in 1994.

“My goal when becoming a CO was to get out of the city and into the woods,” Johnson said.

His DNR career led to field stations in Lino Lakes, Silver Bay, Ham Lake, and Maplewood.

“Silver Bay was my favorite on the North Shore of Lake Superior, into the Superior National Forest, and Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness,” he said.

He also served as a K-9 handler with one of …Read the Rest

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