Rob Lokhorst
Instructor
Rob Lokhorst is currently a Sergeant in the Gang Unit of a large city agency in Minnesota. He has been a sworn police officer in metropolitan police departments since 2010. Rob has served in several assignments including at the officer level, such as patrol, gang investigations, street-level narcotics investigations, and as a task force officer on a federal weapons task force. After being promoted to Sergeant, Rob was initially assigned to the Gun Unit before his eventual transfer to the Gang Unit. Within these assignments, he has written and executed hundreds if not thousands of search warrants, coordinated and participated in surveillance, undercover, and wiretap operations.
Rob has been a guest speaker on the topic of gang investigations for numerous law enforcement groups, such as the Special Operations Training Association (SOTA), the Midwest Gang Investigator’s Association, and other settings such as Hamline University graduate programs and Ramsey County Social Services.