 From 2000 to 2001 he was a general investigator with the Reykjavík police.From April 2001 to June 2005 he was part of the United Nations security force in Kosovo and serving as the Chief Security Officer for the UN in Liberia during the mission start-up phase.Snorri Magnússon was elected as the chairman of the Icelandic Association of Police Officers in May 2008.