Chief Don Sweger

• Don Sweger has served as the Guthrie Police Chief since 2014. Prior to that, he was the Chief at Bristow, the Sheriff of Pawnee County, a reserve peace officer for the Town of Mounds and an adjunct instructor for the University of Phoenix.
• Chief Sweger has a Master’s degree for Northeastern State University in Criminal Justice Administration. Additionally, he has a Bachelor’s and Associate’s degree in Criminal Justice, and an Associate’s degree in Police Science.
• Chief Sweger is very active in the Oklahoma law enforcement, serving on:
  • Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET), as appointed by the Oklahoma Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) appointment.
  • OACP executive board as its 1^st Vice President.
  • Advisory Board of the Central Oklahoma Basic Law Enforcement Academy advisory board.
  • Fetal Infant Mortality Review Board.
  • Oklahoma Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Task Force.
  • Oklahoma Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board.
  • Oklahoma Homeland Security Region 6 Advisory Council.
• Chief Sweger is also very active in the training of Oklahoma Peace Officers. He has continues to teach the following subjects at full-time and reserve peace officer academies across the state:
  • Firearms – revolver, pistol, shotgun, rifle (carbine, lever action, sniper and long range) , machinegun and lever action
  • Advance Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT)
  • Standardized Field Sobriety Testing
  • Ethics
  • Chemical agents
  • Domestic violence
  • RADAR
  • Mental health
  • TASER
  • Patrol techniques
  • Community policing
• Chief Sweger has two beautiful daughters and two very handsome grandsons.