2024 IACP 3rd Vice President Candidate

Colonel Matt Packard, Colorado State Patrol

Colonel Packard was promoted and appointed as the Chief of the Colorado State Patrol in 2017 by then Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper. He has been a member of the IACP since 2012, and after his promotion became involved in the IACP's State and Provincial Division (S&P). He was appointed to serve on the Board of Directors for IACP in 2019.  After being elected by his peers within S&P as the General Chair of the division, he began a two-year term on the IACP's Executive Board of Directors in October of 2022. 

Chief Packard started his career with the Colorado State Patrol in 2000. Throughout his tenure, he served in and led the accident reconstruction team, homeland security section, hazardous materials group, criminal investigations, executive security, communications, the training academy, media relations, and budget. Colonel Matthew Packard is the 9^th Chief of the Colorado State Patrol.

He is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Center of Public Safety School of Police Staff and Command session #357 and the FBI’s National Executive Institute session #43. In 2023, Colonel Packard was appointed as the Vice Chair for the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) and holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Northern Colorado.