Police Chief Swan is Honored MVD Employee, Veteran of Labor, etc.

[Simon]

Yes, I agree - this stinks. In his defense, however, I've been witness to well-meaning Russians unofficially giving badges, Umalotovas (if these can be "officially" given), etc., usually after the consumption of alcohol. I know an American given a Soviet Comsomol shock-worker badge merely for participating in a volleyball game in either '89 or '90.

This guy's particular choice of decorations is extremely suspicious, however.

Thank you for shedding some light. My initial reaction was that this guy is fake to the core. He graduated high school in 1963. To truly deserve his medals, he would have to have worked for decades in USSR (Veteran of Labor), be either a veteran of or defense industry worker during GPW or concentration camp survivor (50th Anniversary of Victory), have served in Soviet Armed Forces, MVD or KGB for 20 years (Irreproachable Service 1st, 2nd, 3rd classes).
While he had supposedly had such a lengthy career in USSR, we know from an online article that "After nearly three decades leading the Illinois State University Police Department, Chief Ron Swan is retiring in November." Maybe he simply fell victim to Russians who played a cruel joke on him.