OCEANSIDE
Oceanside police Capt. Fred Armijo, a member of the department since 1994, will be the city’s 19th police chief, City Manager Deanna Lorson announced Thursday.
Armijo has been the interim police chief since his predecessor, Chief Frank McCoy, retired in December. McCoy was the longest-serving police chief in Oceanside’s 132-year history.
“I am very honored to be selected as our next chief and am very humbled by the broad range of support I have received from our community,” Armijo said in a city news release. “I want our community to know that its Police Department is comprised of some very outstanding people who recognize we are living through challenging times and that we have a lot of work ahead of us.
Anglea is CEO of Interfaith Community Services. He lives in Escondido.
“We believe that you have the capacity to bring an open mind, making our faith places safe places.”
That’s what Kadri Webb says in the opening of Interfaith Community Services’ new anti-racism training for faith communities.
So I ask each reader here, do you have the capacity to bring an open mind to the topic of racism and equity? Are you willing to approach this often-difficult subject from a position of love and understanding? As we seek to heal and overcome the tumult and division of 2020, an open mind may be the most important salve to healing wounds and moving forward in unity as a San Diego community.