Assistant Chief Franz Schoening began his law enforcement career in 1997 and joined the Portland Police Bureau in 2002. He has served in a number of roles including in patrol operations, the Training Division, the Specialized Resources Division, and the Detective Division. Assistant Chief Schoening has been involved in public order policing since 2008. He served as a front-line supervisor with the Bureau's specialized public order unit, the Rapid Response Team, and with the Bureau's Mounted Patrol Unit. He served as the team commander of the Rapid Response Team during the more than 100 days of civil unrest in the summer of 2020 — one of the most sustained periods of disorder in the city's history. He most recently served as one of the Bureau's Crowd Management Incident Commanders during this past year's protests at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland. Assistant Chief Schoening was a member of the Standards Review Committee during the development of the National Tactical Officers Association's Public Order Response and Operations Standards and is currently an instructor for the NTOA's Public Order Commander Course.