MNOA Past President Frank Till has over 36 years of law enforcement experience. Frank is a father of two, both of which are currently attending college in Missouri, one attending Missouri University in Columbia and the other attending the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg.
In 2020 Frank Till retired from the St. Joseph Police Dept as a detective and took the position of Chief of Police for the Village of Country Club. During his time as detective in St. Joseph he was part of the Buchanan County Drug Strike Force (BCDSF), as well as serving over 19 years on the Special Response Team. Frank was a Firearms instructor for the SJPD and the BCDSF and was also an FTO.
In November of 2023 Frank was hired as the Executive Director of the St. Joseph Safety and Health Council. In his current role, he oversees the daily operations and special events of the Council, develops the budget and oversees spending, instructs classes on a variety of safety topics, does media releases and speaks at community and social events, plans and coordinates all events and fundraisers and develops new programs to better serve the community.
In 2010 Frank became one of the first people in the Nation to develop a class on a new dangerous class of drugs hitting the streets. These synthetic drugs sold under names such as “bath salts”, “pot cleaner”, “K2”, “spice” and many other names. These drugs were sold at convivence stores and “head shops” as an alternative to other stimulants such as meth, cocaine (cathinone’s), and Marijuana (cannabinoids). These products were “not for human consumption” but clearly marketed as a consumable product that would allow you to “get high” without testing positive to drug test as well as not being “illegal”.
These drugs soon became a nationwide epidemic. He began teaching these classes to community groups, medical personnel, juvenile workers, and Law Enforcement Officer across the Country.
Frank also testified in Jefferson City to our congressional leaders about the dangers of these drugs in support of a law to make them illegal and was features in a video used at schools to inform children of the dangers of these drugs.
In 2018 Frank was recruited to teach part time for Federal Resources. These classes consisted of various drug topics and aided in the instruction of Federal, State, and local officers on the use of drug testing equipment such as the MX908 and the Gemini.
Frank Till has been a member of the MNOA since 1996 and has served as a Board Member all but one year of that time.
We are very fortunate to have assembled a team of board members with so much knowledge and experience. Every active MNOA board member has served in some capacity and shares a passion for law enforcement and protecting the great state of Missouri.
