St. Louis Park Police Officer Mitch Swanson has been named St. Louis Park Police Department’s 2022 Robert Linnell Officer of the Year. The police department presents this award annually to the officer who has demonstrated consistent principles of integrity, fairness and a commitment to service within the community.

Those nominating Officer Swanson for the award cited his creativity, proactiveness and problem solving to better serve the community. An example is his role in creating a partnership between St. Louis Park’s retail stores and other agencies to proactively address retail theft and other crimes. Officer Swanson has gone above and beyond in building partnerships, while also maintaining a high level of service and performance and helping to train other officers as investigators. In 2022, Officer Swanson worked as an investigator and as an officer with the West Metro Mobile Field Force.