Hello and welcome to MN Defensive Driver. I'm Mike Flatley retired Minnesota State Trooper. I host defensive driving classes in Gilbert, Hibbing and Grand Rapids and other areas throughout the region.. Please book mark my blog as I will be adding additional information, class times and dates often. I will be also adding the "Ask a Trooper" articles I have been writing since 1998 for newspapers around northern Minnesota.  You will see new ones and some of my old favorites.  If you know of anyone who would benefit from the classes please refer them to the blog or have them email me at mnflats@hotmail.com.

History: I began my duties with the State Patrol, in 1988, patrolling the freeways of downtown Minneapolis. In 1990 I transferred up to the Arrowhead region of northern Minnesota where I grew up.  Some of my other duties included security for dignitaries.  I assisted providing security for Governors Jesse Ventura, Arne Carlson and Tim Pawlenty.  I was assigned to the security detail for Russian Premier Gorbachov when he came to Minneapolis in 1989.  During the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul I was assigned security at the Minnesota State Capital complex.  I became the Public Information Officer for District 3100 out of Virginia, MN in 1998.  A position I held until retirement in 2009.

Thank you for visiting my blog.  Mike Flatley