Oxnard Police Chief John Crombach has retired, effective November 5th, after a career than spanned a third of a century.
Durante sus cinco años y medio como jefe de la policía de Oxnard la tasa de criminalidad en Oxnard se redujo en más de 22% per cápita. Desde 1992 la tasa de criminalidad se redujo en casi 65% – one of the sharpest declines in any city in the nation.
Fue el primer director de la cantera de Oxnard en más de cuatro décadas, cuando se hizo cargo en 2005. Before that, every police chief since the 1960’s came from outside the department.
Jefe Crombach pasó toda su carrera policial predicar con el ejemplo – crossing cultural, económico, and other societal boundaries to bring together diverse coalitions of residents and businesses to prevent and address crime and disorder problems.
Él ayudó a desarrollar un innovador "Competencia Cultural” programa en Oxnard que trae la policía y miembros de la comunidad en conjunto. This cultural competency training has forged long lasting and productive community partnerships.
His commitment to establishing community partnerships and providing transparency in the problem-solving process were widely credited with helping build an excellent police-community trust and cooperation while getting dramatic crime-reduction results.
Crombach fue un líder aplicación de la ley conocida en California – writing op-ed pieces on juvenile justice issues and testifying before the California State Assembly on issues such as gang injunctions.
For his commitment towards building bridges of understanding and effective collaboration between significantly diverse groups in his community, Chief Crombach was recognized numerous times through awards from the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and the NAACP.
As Chief, John Crombach developed a neighborhood policing model for all four districts in the City, which was employed to provide tailored services to meet the expectations and priorities of Oxnard’s very diverse community.
The unique, trend-setting police-community efforts in Oxnard during the past several years earned the Oxnard Police Department the distinguished James Q. Premio Wilson por su excelencia en la policía de proximidad de los EE.UU.. Departamento de Justicia – one of the highest honors any police department can receive.
Actualmente, Chief Crombach serves on the board of directors of the century old National Council on Crime and Delinquency, the California Police Chief’s Association, the Ventura County Justice Policy Taskforce, and the Greater Oxnard Boys and Girls Club.
He has also served on the board of directors of Oxnard’s component of California First Five, a statewide effort to educate parents and caregivers about the important role they play in their children’s early development.
A new Chief is expected to be named soon and will likely assume command of the department in January.
Esa persona se ejecutará un departamento que tiene un $50 millones de presupuesto y 238 oficiales juramentados.
