Tony Bouza

Tony Bouza
Born	Anthony V. Bouza 10 April 1928 Ferrol, Spain
Nationality	Spanish and American
Occupation	United States law enforcement, New York City and Minneapolis

Anthony V. Bouza (born 10 April 1928 in Ferrol, Spain) is a 40-year veteran of U.S. municipal police, serving in the New York City Police Department and as police chief of the Minneapolis Police Department from 1980 to 1989. He was heavily criticized while Chief in Minneapolis.

Born on October 4, 1928 in Ferrol, Spain, Bouza came to the United States with his family at age 9. After graduating from Manual High School in Brooklyn and serving in the U.S. Army, Bouza worked briefly in sales in the garment industry in Manhattan before joining the New York City Police Department, eventually becoming commander of police in The Bronx. In 1976, Bouza was featured in the seminal TV documentary The Police Tapes, and became deputy chief of the New York City Transit Police later that year. He was brought to Minneapolis by Mayor Donald Fraser, who when newly elected in 1980, wanted an outsider to head the department following a series of scandals under his predecessor. He retained Bouza for a total of three three-year terms. After stepping down as chief, Bouza served as Minnesota gaming commissioner from 1989 to 1991 and briefly as director of the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence in Washington, D.C.. In 1994, Bouza unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Farmer Labor Party nomination for Governor of Minnesota, with R.T. Rybak (who in 2001 was elected mayor of Minneapolis) as his campaign manager. Bouza was perceived as the frontrunner until about 10 days before the primary election when he called for the confiscation of handguns and his support collapsed. (The winner of the DFL primary went on to lose to Republican incumbent Arne H. Carlson.)

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