Meeting Speaker for January 5, 2015
Chief Samuel D. Somers Jr.
Sacramento Police Department
Sam Somers Jr., was sworn in as the Sacramento Police Department’s 44th Chief of Police on February 22, 2013. He has been a member of the Sacramento Police Department since 1984, when he began working as a Community Service Officer. He was born and raised in Sacramento, and is a second generation police officer.
Chief Somers’ prior assignments include Deputy Chief of the Offices of Field Services, Technical Services and the Office of Homeland Security. He also spent his career working a variety of assignments including Patrol, Field Training, Special Operations, SWAT, Internal Affairs, and Media Relations. In addition, Chief Somers has served as a board member on the Regional Training Joint Powers Authority (JPA) at McClellan Park, Sacramento Boys and Girls Club, Salvation Army Advisory Board and on the Sacramento Police Foundation.
Chief Somers has attended many hours of training in a variety of areas. Some of these include: the FBI National Academy, the FBI’s National Executive Institute, POST Command College, Police Executive Research Foundation’s Senior Management Institute for Policing, POST Supervisory Leadership Institute, FEMA’s Disaster Preparation at Emmetsburg, FEMA’s Integrated Emergency Management Course, POST Executive Development Course, POST Management School, and POST Strategic Planning. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies from California State University at Sacramento and received his Masters in Emergency Services Administration from California State University at Long Beach.