BIOGRAPHY

Dave Christensen was born and resides in the Seattle area. Dave graduated from Green River Community College with an AA degree in Applied Sciences in Law Enforcement and Sociology and holds two technical degrees in the field of police science.

Since 1998 Dave has been employed as a Detective with the Auburn Washington Police Department. His current assignment is the burglary/arson desk. He is a state certified arson investigator and a technical accident re-constructionist. Dave began his law enforcement career in 1985 with the Washington State Patrol as a Trooper. He was assigned to the Dignitary Protection Unit that served local dignitaries and Presidential Security. He was also assigned to the Emergency Response Team for civil disobedience and was a Field Training Officer. Dave was a detachment supervisor for one year.

Dave has been active with community programs such as the Boys and Girls Club, Boy Scouts of America, local Food Banks and was a Foster Parent for three years. Dave serves as a speaker to civic, church and government agencies on the topic of Law Enforcement.

Dave is married to Jackie and they have three children, Matt, Adam and Joshua.

TESTIMONY

“Destiny is simply having the vision to realize your dreams and the perseverance to keep working toward them”. –C. Phillips.

I was 22 years old and I had great dreams and a great vision for my future. In 1985 I was married to Jackie and a few months later I was in the Police Academy. Since I had been a small child I knew what “I wanted to be when I grew up”, a Police Officer and get married. I persevered through schooling and tests and finally I got the call the week I got back from my honeymoon, “Would you like to come to work as a State Trooper?” 1985 was a very good year. I set my career on the fast track and soon my vision became a little blurred and my priorities misguided. I was a workaholic. Work came first and family second. The challenges of balancing a career and family became overwhelming.

Poor choices brought an abrupt end to my dream when Jackie and I separated. She filed for divorce and I felt alone and isolated. My career was lack luster, nothing satisfied. I quit my job and melted into depression. I even contemplated suicide as a way out of my pain. When you hit bottom there is no place to go except up. I had been raised in a Christian home, attended church and even made a personal choice to let God come into my life when I was a teenager. But I never lived for Christ, only for myself.

One night in a damp basement where I rented a small room, I read my Bible. 1 John 1:9 said,” If I confess my wrongdoing, God is faithful and just to forgive Dave his sins and purify Dave from all unrighteousness”. I accepted Christ’s forgiveness. I forgave myself. I was reminded that God had a destiny, vision and a dream for me and my family. I asked for forgiveness from my creator and those that I had hurt. I shared the same message of hope with Jackie. After that we threw away those divorce papers and started living through Christ’s destiny and vision for us. My family was restored as well as my law enforcement career.

“It is a short walk from the Admiralty to Buckingham Palace. Yet I felt that I had been walking with destiny and that all my life had been preparation for this trial and this hour”. –Winston Churchill

All of my life experiences both positive and negative have brought me to where I am today. To serve Police Officers as Christ served the Church. To bring Peace to the Peacemakers.