Costa Mesa Police Chief Bryan Glass will retire in September after 26 years with the department
Costa Mesa Police Chief Bryan Glass, 49, announced Wednesday he will retire from the department in September after 26 years of service and nearly two years at the helm.
(Courtesy of the Costa Mesa Police Department)
By Sara CardineStaff Writer
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Costa Mesa Police Chief Bryan Glass who has logged 26 years of service with the department, including 18 months at its helm announced Wednesday he will retire from his post in September.
In a release issued by the city, the chief remarked on the privilege of leading the Costa Mesa Police Department through the rigors of 2020, calling it “a year like no other” that saw not only a nationwide pandemic but a string of Black Lives Matter rallies that sometimes called for a defunding of police units.
Pamela Smith Named First Black Woman Chief of U.S. Park Police
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
Published April 8, 2021
USPP Chief Smith (AP Photo)
Pamela A. Smith, a 23-year veteran of the United States Park Police, will lead the nation’s oldest federal law enforcement agency.
Chief Smith, who becomes the first African American woman to lead the 230-year-old agency, immediately remarked that she would establish a body-worn camera program for USPP within 90 days.
The program will initially begin in San Francisco and be implemented across the country by the end of the year, Chief Smith stated.
New Chief of Detectives Named
Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae is pleased to announce the installation of her new Chief of Detectives, Mach Jackson. Chief Jackson started on March 15, 2021 and is a welcome addition to her staff. He replaces Chief Richard Necelis who retired in December, 2020.
Jackson retired as a Major from the New Jersey State Police in December, 2020.He is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated from Cleveland Heights High School in 1988. He continued his education at Kentucky State University where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting. Upon graduation, Jackson was accepted into the 116th Academy Class of the New Jersey State Police and graduated on December 23, 1994. He was assigned to Troop “A” Field Operations Section as a road duty trooper. During the course of his career, he was assigned to various general policing stations in southern New Jersey including Absecon, Woodstown, Port Norris and Bass River Station.
Pamela A. Smith
Pamela A. Smith, a 23-year veteran of the United States Park Police, will lead the nation’s oldest federal law enforcement agency.
Smith, who became the first African American woman to lead the 230-year-old agency, immediately remarked that she would establish a body-worn camera program for USPP within 90 days.
The program will initially begin in San Francisco and be implemented across the country by the end of the year, Smith said.
“Body-worn cameras are good for the public and good for our officers, which is why I am prioritizing implementing a body-worn camera program within my first 90 days,” Smith offered in a statement.
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