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O. Paul Mortensen
O. Paul Mortensen was born in Idaho in 1948 and spent his early years raised on a farm or doing farm work for other farmers. He graduated from Brigham Young University in 1973 with...view moreO. Paul Mortensen was born in Idaho in 1948 and spent his early years raised on a farm or doing farm work for other farmers. He graduated from Brigham Young University in 1973 with a bachelor of science degree in law enforcement, then later in 1992 from the University of Baltimore with a master of science degree in criminal justice. Mortensen’s thirty-one-year professional career was a combined nine years serving his country as an officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1974 to 1983 and an additional twenty-two years as a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, retiring from the Bureau in 2005. Before finally retiring in 2020, Mortensen was a substitute school teacher, a sheriff’s department marine and transport deputy, and a special deputy with the United States Marshal’s Service contracted as a federal court security officer. Mortensen and his wife, Stephanie, reside in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. They are the parents of four sons and have eleven grandchildren.view less