Jensen named Hudson Police Department chief

Hudson Police Department veteran Sgt. Marty Jensen is the department's new chief. The Hudson Police and Fire Commission offered the job to Jensen who accepted at meeting early Friday morning.

Jensen, a 21-year member of the HPD was chosen over one other candidate, The Jeff Cummins, police chief of Glencoe, Minn., a city of around 6,000 about an hour west of Minneapolis.

This will mark the third time since spring of 2006 that the commission has chosen a new police chief. Eric Atkinson has been acting HPD chief since the resignation of Andrew Smith last August.

Following the retirement of former chief Richard Trende in May 2006, the commission hired James Coan, who lasted three weeks, and Smith who was on the job for about six months.

The Police and Fire Commission also includes Tom Redner, Terry Gherty, Anthony Markowski and Dale Willi.

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