Chief Jason Freedman

Phone: 701-787-8001

Email:JFreedman@grandforksgov.com

 

Chief Jason Freedman is honored to begin his service with the Grand Forks Police Department in January of 2025.  “I am so appreciative of how welcoming and helpful people here have been—inside and outside of the department.  I feel very grateful to be joining the GFPD law enforcement family and this community”. 

Prior to coming to Grand Forks, he spent 28 years with the Madison, WI, Police Department (MPD); during that 28 years he served as an officer and sergeant in several assignments, was the commander of the Narcotics Task Force, and spent 8 years as a district Captain.  He also spent over twenty years on the SWAT team in roles from operator to Team Commander and was the Commander of the Peer Support Team since 2019.

Chief Freedman received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and his Master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh.  He is a graduate of the United States Marine Corps Officer Candidate School (1995) and the FBI National Academy (2020).