Biography - Who Am I?
I am a 24 year old college graduate. I received my bachelor's degree in Law Enforcement with a minor in Psychology
at Minnesota State University, Mankato, in Mankato Minnesota. My original career path was not that of a police
officer, but hopefully something in the law enforcement field. Due to the current job market, I have decided to go back
and finish the required courses to allow me to become a licensed police officer in Minnesota. My dream job would
be a school resource officer, probably my only dream job, working with kids while being a police officer, only time will
tell if this is my true calling. Other than patch collecting, my other love is my fiancée, Meagen, whom I have been with
since September 2003. She is a great inspiration to my collecting and is very understanding and encouraging. I could not
have the collection I do without her help. To read the story how I proposed, take a look at the Proposal Story I wrote on
the homepage.
Many people ask me why I got into the hobby without being a police officer officer. I have to thank my Uncle for
that. He is a retired police sergeant from Union Township, NJ. He used to give my brother and me
his old uniforms (the ones from Union Township in my collection are his), and after having
them for many years I decided to look online to see if anyone else has uniforms or what they might
be worth. What I found changed my life! I found that people not only collected uniforms, but badges, whistles, pictures,
restraints, patches, trading cards, lightbars and everything else police related. I also found the massive hobby of patch collecting
and boy I was intrigued. I quickly started buying them on eBay and spent a lot of money really quickly, not a good
idea on my part. Luckily my parents support this hobby and help out every-so-often but majority of my collection
was built by hard work, persistence and spending numerous hours online looking at many different websites.
Anyway, I made this webpage to display my collection and hopefully help other collectors just starting out in the hobby.
I will also use this webpage to help me trade the extra patches in my collection. I also want collectors and police departments
to know that I am not out to make money in this hobby. I am out to have fun and help other collectors as many have helped me along
the way. If I can be of any help, please email me.
