The Atlantic City Council, Wednesday evening, unanimously approved Mayor Dave Jones appointment of Lt. David Erickson as the City’s new Chief of Police, effective January 1, 2017. Erickson succeeds Chief Steve Green, who is retiring at the end of the year. Green’s last official day on the job is Dec. 13^th. Afterward he will be on vacation until the end of the year, but still available to handle the duties of his office.

Mayor Jones said he’s known Erickson for more than 25-years. He said Erickson is “Very capable, not afraid to make decisions. He’s hard-nosed, but he’s fair. He’s active (in the community), and (his selection as Chief), is a no-brainer.” Jones said also, that Erickson has essentially been groomed for the Police Department’s top job for the last three-to four-years, and making him the successor to Green “Has been talked about for a while.”

Atlantic Police Lt. Dave Erickson – soon to be Chief Erickson.

Erickson joined the Atlantic Police Department in January, 1997. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 2008. Previously, he’s served as a Sergeant in the U-S Marine Corps’ Military Intelligence Division, attached to the Corps’ Sniper “Surveillance and Target Acquisition” (STA) Platoon. While in the Marines, he served in Central America and Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War, and after leaving the service worked for Atlantic Coca Cola Bottling company as a salesman/territory supervisor, and with the Atlantic Police Department’s Reserve Unit. Erickson is a graduate of the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy and is a certified firearms instructor, field training officer and has been in charge of numerous children’s programs associated with the Police Department.