Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) officials have selected Vail Colorado Police Chief Dwight Henninger as the first Senior Law Enforcement Partnership Advisor to the Director.
“Everything we do at ATF begins and ends with public safety, and we hold dear our strong local, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement partnerships,” ATF Director Steven Dettelbach said. “That is why we created this high-level position, which will focus exclusively on ATF’s prized relationships with our law enforcement partners. We are thrilled to have a national leader like Chief Henninger join ATF’s team.”
Dettelbach said Henninger possesses 43 years of law enforcement service, with 21 of those years in key leadership roles, including president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
Henninger’s duties will focus on law enforcement coordination work across 25 ATF field divisions, supporting ATF’s relationships with law enforcement entities via technical expertise to develop and maintain effective, sustainable relationships with local, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies.
“ATF has a long history of supporting their law enforcement partners, and I am looking forward to using the lessons I have learned as president of IACP and as chief of police to help ATF enhance their collaborative efforts across local and state law enforcement to execute on their mission of protecting communities from violent criminals,” Henninger said.
Henninger is retiring in March from the Vail Police Department, where he served as chief of police since 2002.