John Schaefer

Experience

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  Cypress Police Department

  Jun 1985 - Sept 1998

  Lieutenant

  Administrative Services Commander: Managed and supervised Community Relations/Crime Prevention, including Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.), School Resource Officer, Police Explorers and Volunteer Programs. Served as Emergency Services Coordinator, Public Information Officer and Systems Administrator for all Police Department Computer Systems and Police Budget Administrator. Managed Records, Property and Evidence, Personnel and Training, Fleet Maintenance and Facilities. Established a Disaster Team of city employees and completed the city's mandated Disaster Plan. Drafted and oversaw adoption and implementation of a False Alarm Ordinance. Served as police representative on Planning Department's Design Review Committee. Investigations Bureau Commander: Managed and supervised the Investigations Bureau, Special Enforcement Team, Warrant Entry Team, Records, and Personnel and Training.Improved departmental perception, interdivisional cooperation and overall efficiency of Detective Bureau. Coordinated and implemented shared court liaison services with Los Alamitos and Seal Beach. Coordinated various investigations of major and sensitive cases, certain aspects of asset seizures, as well as licensing, bingo and criminal intelligence. Patrol Bureau Commander: Managed the patrol function including Field Training Officer Program, Canine Program, Communications Bureau, Traffic and Motor Programs. Investigated citizen complaints, participated in various facets of disciplinary matters and various civil liability issues. Drafted application for a traffic grant that re-instituted motor program. Implemented a D.U.I. cost recovery program and initiated use of senior volunteers for crime analysis. Developed and implemented a pilot Problem Oriented Policing program and represented City in negotiations with police association. Show less

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  Seal Beach Police Department

  Sept 1998 - Nov 2004

  Police Captain

  Responsible for command of all uniformed functions including Patrol, Field Training, Traffic and Parking Enforcement, Investigations as well as Records, Property, a contract jail operation, Animal Control, Senior Volunteer Program, budget and all other Support functions. Coordinate field response to emergency and major events, work with Chief and City Staff on sensitive political matters, develop, train, mentor and evaluate first line supervisors and serve as Acting Chief of Police in Chief’s absence. Worked with merchants, service clubs and alcohol distributors to reduce problems associated with Main Street pub patrons. Sought and obtained grant funds for regional traffic program, and various equipment and technology. Worked with management and labor organizations on Department’s first interest based problem solving team. Served as interim Director of Recreation. Show less

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  Placentia Police Department

  Nov 2004 - Mar 2007

  Chief of Police

  Department head for a municipal police department with 55 officers and 18 full time civilian personnel serving a population of 50,000 residents with an annual budget of approximately $11,000,000. Policing responsibilities include Patrol, Traffic, Parking Enforcement, General Investigations, Special Investigations (Gangs, Narcotics, Vice), Regional SWAT and support functions -Communications, Records, Jail, Property and Evidence. Partnered with community, City Staff and other law enforcement agencies to enhance safety of city. Served as City liaison for fire and animal control contracts. Implemented street sweeping parking enforcement program, sought and obtained traffic grant to expand Traffic Bureau and added Commercial Enforcement Officer. Re-instituted Reserve Police Officer Program, enhanced gang enforcement efforts by adding an officer to the Tri-Agency Resource Gang Enforcement Team (TARGET), initiated partnership with the O.C. District Attorney’s Office for a civil gang injunction and the California Department of Justice Gang Suppression Team (GSET), migrated drug and gang education program from DARE to SAFE, collaborated with Boys and Girls Club to obtain gang prevention grant and assumed responsibility for entire City’s Information Technology. Show less

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  San Marino Police Department

  Oct 2007 - Jul 2012

  Chief of Police

  Department head for a municipal police department with 28 sworn personnel and 6 full time civilian personnel serving a diverse population of 13,000 residents with an annual budget of approximately $5,000,000. Policing responsibilities include Patrol, Investigations, Parking Enforcement, Records and Communications and Code Enforcement also managed animal control and crossing guard contracts. Improved relationship with majority Chinese population, worked with Council to amend municipal code for medical marijuana, residency restrictions for sex registrants, overnight parking, false alarms and barking dogs, initiated Department participation with regional SWAT Team and DEA drug task force. Oversaw implementation of women’s self defense class. Show less

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  City of San Marino

  Jul 2012 - now

  City Manager

  Serve as the Chief Executive Officer for a full service City. Recommend and/or implement programs and policies established by the City Council. Lead an Executive Management Team consisting of six Department Heads. Responsible for a $20 million operating budget and $3 million capital improvement budget as well as 135 full time equivalent employees.