Dan Carlson is a sergeant with the Burnsville Police Department. He is the Emergency Management Coordinator for the City of Burnsville, Minnesota. He holds a Master’s degree from St. ThomasUniversity. He has presented programs, such as Continuity of Operations in a Pandemic Setting, at the 2008 State of Minnesota Public Health Conference and the 2008 National Public Health Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, and at a local public school system, where he is a board member. He is an Adjunct Professor at a local Twin Cities university.