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By Lookout Staff
August 21 -- Santa
Monica’s top female cop
and the commanding officer of
the department’s Office
of Criminal Investigations (OCI)
is leaving her post to head
the Inglewood Police Department.
Captain Jacqueline Seabrooks,
a 26-year law enforcement veteran,
will assume command of the 300-employee
Inglewood Police Department
on October 1, becoming the force’s
first female chief.
“Captain Seabrooks’
leadership and influence have
been far reaching in the law
enforcement arena, in this organization,
and certainly in the community,”
said Santa Monica Police Chief
Timothy Jackman.
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Seabrooks,
who joined the Santa Monica
Police Department in 1982,
moved up the ranks, becoming
the first woman to earn
promotions to the rank
of sergeant, lieutenant,
and captain in this organization’s
history.
Seabrooks will become
one of 15 women who head
law enforcement agencies
statewide and only the
second to head a municipal
law enforcement agency
in Los Angeles County.
Seabrooks was one of
three “rotating”
chiefs appointed by City
Manager Lamont Ewell last
August while he searched
for a permanent replacement
for outgoing Chief James
T. Butts Jr.
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Last year, Seabrooks was responsible
for leading a crackdown on gang
violence in the Pico Neighborhood,
known as Operation Safe Streets,
police said.
A graduate of both the FBI's
National Academy and the Senior
Management Institute of Police,
Seabrooks has been a volunteer
mentor and tutor for Santa Monica's
youth in her spare time and
teaches law enforcement-related
courses at various area colleges.
“As the Chief of Police
for Inglewood, I will continue
to emphasize enhancement of
the community’s safety
and quality of life by providing
professional, equitable and
responsive police service,”
Seabrooks said in a statement
released by the City of Inglewood
last week.
“The cornerstones of
my operating philosophy are
a values-based approach to leadership,
a firm belief in the value of
collaborative efforts, and ensuring
both personal and organizational
accountability.”
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