47 ... Dana Point ... Appointed Costa...

47 ... Dana Point ... Appointed Costa Mesa’s police chief in May ...

Biggest accomplishment this year was “getting this job” ... Has been

in law enforcement 20 years and spent eight years in the U.S. Army’s

Military Police unit ... Chairman of the Orange County Alcohol and

Drug Advisory Board ... Biggest challenge for him as chief will be to

incorporate community policing on an “organization-wide basis” ...

Collects artifacts and memorabilia from the Custer War, which has

always intrigued him because it was a war without survivors ... Plans

to be a history teacher after he retires ... Lives with his wife,

Jody ... Unranked last year