Dale Walz (September 16, 1964 – June 8, 2024) was an American politician and police officer.

Life and career

Walz lived in

Brainerd, Minnesota Brainerd ( ) is a city and the county seat of Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 14,395 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Brainerd straddles the Mississippi River several miles upstream from its confluen ...

, and received his associate degree in criminal justice from

Central Lakes College Central Lakes College is a public community college with campuses in Brainerd and Staples, Minnesota. It is part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System. The college was formed from the merger of three different colleges: Braine ...

. He served in the

Baxter, Minnesota Baxter is a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 8,612 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Brainerd, Minnesota, Brainerd Brainerd micropolitan area, Mic ...

police department. Walz served in the

Minnesota House of Representatives The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the U.S. state of Minnesota's Minnesota Legislature, legislature. It operates in conjunction with the Minnesota Senate, the state's upper chamber, to write and pass legislation, whic ...

from 2001 to 2004 and was a Republican. Walz died in

Tucson, Arizona Tucson (; ; ) is a city in Pima County, Arizona, United States, and its county seat. It is the second-most populous city in Arizona, behind Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix, with a population of 542,630 in the 2020 United States census. The Tucson ...

, on June 8, 2024, at the age of 59.Former state legislator and Baxter Police captain Dale Walz dies at 59
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1964 births 2024 deaths People from Brainerd, Minnesota American municipal police officers Law enforcement officials from Minnesota Republican Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives 21st-century members of the Minnesota Legislature {{Minnesota-MNRepresentative-Republican-stub