Urbandale Police Department

Patrol Division

Lieutenant Kent Knopf has been a Police Officer since 1983. He started his career by working part time as a Police Officer while attending Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge. He graduated from Iowa Central with a degree in Law Enforcement in May of 1984 and from the Iowa Law enforcement Academy in December of 1984. He began his full-time duties upon graduation from I.L.E.A for the Rockwell City Police Department.

He joined the Urbandale Police Department in 1987 and worked three years as a police officer for the city. In 1990 he joined the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement as a Special Agent working in undercover narcotic investigations. In 1992 Lieutenant Knopf returned to the Urbandale Police Department and worked in the Patrol Division.

Lieutenant Knopf was promoted to Sergeant in 2002. He has served as a Watch Commander for the Patrol Division and a Sergeant in the Staff Services Division. He is a past Commander of the Urbandale Tactical Unit and Executive Officer for the combined S.E.R.T. Team. He also serves as an Ad Junct Instructor for I.L.E.A. in Precision Driving, Less Lethal Munitions, and the Police Taser.

February 1^st 2010 Lieutenant Knopf was promoted to his current rank. He is the Commander of the Patrol Division which includes 3 patrol shifts that provides service to the Urbandale Community.

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Lt. Knopf can be contacted at 515-278-3919 or e-mail at kknopf@urbandale.org

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