International Conference of Police Chaplains awards Master Chaplain status to Fr. Fred Lindstrom, Greenville Police Chaplain

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LOUISVILLE, KY — At the  Annual Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, Fr. Fred Lindstrom was recognized as a Master Chaplain.  The certificate reads: “On the recommendation of the Credentials Committee, and the Executive Committee, the Board of Directors hereby recognizes that Chaplain Fred Lindstrom on completion of required professional studies, tenure of service, evidence of significant contribution to Law Enforcement Chaplaincy, and satisfactory interview by a group of peers, has attained training consistent with that of Master Level.”

The Rev. Fred Lindstrom

Fr. Lindstrom began his service as a police chaplain after resigning from the Atlanta Police Department to return to full time ministry in the Episcopal Church.  Monsignor Don Kiernan, a Roman Catholic priest and Chaplain to the Georgia State Patrol, asked Fr. Lindstrom to help form a chaplains program for the Atlanta Police.  Fr. Fred, as he is known in Greenville and Butler County, jokes that he was a paid Detective Sergeant with the APD, but skipped Lieutenant to become an unpaid Captain as a chaplain. He later served as Chaplain with the rank of honorary Major  for the Meridian, Mississippi Police, the Lauderdale County (Mississippi) Sheriff, and the area Post for the Mississippi State Troopers. He was appointed chaplain to the Butler County Sheriff’s Office by Sheriff Diane Harris and Chaplain to the Greenville Police Department by Chief Lonzo Ingram. He currently serves as Chaplain to the Greenville Police Department and South Central Lodge 39 of the Fraternal Order of Police.

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