Behind the Badge
Small town police officer made a big time mark
0Think you can’t come from a small department to become a big deal in police circles? Then you don’t know Eric R. Nuñez. The retiring Police Chief of the Los Alamitos Police Department, who spent his entire 30-year career in two of the three smallest departments in Orange County, rose to President of the California Police Chiefs Association (Cal Chiefs), which represents all 333 municipal police departments statewide. During a five-year stint as Chief of Police in Los Alamitos, Nuñez shaped and maintained a highly professional and respected police agency. And while a new chief will start in January, the…
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