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CHAPTERCHAT
tensen and Immediate Past
President Max Santiago.
n 4th Vice President, Eric Son-
stegard, presented Sacramento
members Bill Deasy and Scott
Pearce each with a resolution
from the membership. This is
the highest honor bestowed by
our Chapter. Congratulations Bill
and Scott! Scott was not able to
attend the conference and will
be presented his plaque at the
Sacramento Luncheon.
n During the Monterey Trainer
and Conference Craig Chew, NA
248 from the Alameda County
District Attorney’s Office was
elected as the new 4th Vice
President with his term begin-
ning in 2017. Craig will repre-
sent the San Francisco Division.
Congratulations Craig!
n President Russell McKin-
ney appointed Todd Garr, NA
250, as the Chapter’s first Area
Representative. Todd’s appoint-
ment is effective for 2017 and
his responsibility is to expand
services to those members in
northern-most portion of the
Sacramento Division. Congratu-
lations Todd!
n The 2017 California Law En-
forcement Executive Develop-
ment (LEEDS) Seminar is open
and accepting registrations.
The Los Angeles Division will be
hosting the 2017 LEEDS seminar
at the Mandalay Beach Em-
bassy Suites, Oxnard, California.
The dates are May 8-11, 2017.
Contact Los Angeles Division
Vice President Eric Sonstegard
at eric.sonstegard@oxnardpd.
org for registration and event
details.
n Save the dates! 2017 Califor-
nia Chapter Advanced Trainer
will be held at the Hyatt Re-
gency Mission Bay Resort in San
Diego, California from August
30th to September 1st, 2017.
Conference Chair and 1st Vice
President Mike Barletta and his
team are planning a memo-
rable event full of outstanding
presentations and social events.
Registration will be open in the
spring of 2017.
PROMOTIONS
n Congratulations to David
Maggard
Jr., NA 178,
on his ap-
pointment
to Chief
of Police
of the Los
Angeles
Airport
Police.
n Congratulations to Eugene
Harris, NA
263 on his
appoint-
ment to
Chief of
Police of
the San
Gabriel
Police De-
partment
END OFWATCH
n The California Chapter con-
veys our deepest sympathy to
the family and love ones of:
Alfred Mitchell, NA 107, Alam-
eda Sheriff’s Office, EOW August
4, 2016.
n Richard “Dick” Staniland, NA
130, Oxnard Police Department,
EOW August 28, 2016.
n Jymes Carter, NA 121, UCLA
Police Department, EOW, 2016
n President Reynolds and Past
President Muldoon welcome
Former Secretary of Defense
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& Central Intelligence Direc-
tor Leon Panetta to the 2016
FBINAA California Chapter Re-
trainer in Monterey, California
EUROPE
n Ion Gabriel Sotirescu, Session
182, Beloved son, husband and
father and deserving police
officer,
passed
away on
July 18,
2016 in his
home city,
Bucharest,
Roma-
nia. He
was only
54-years
old and a very recent grand-
father when he was snatched
from among his loving family by
a fierce illness that abruptly cut
off his life and career.
Gabriel graduated the Roma-
nian Police Academy in 1983
and later on the Law School of
the Bucharest University. During
his first years as a police officer
he successfully fulfilled various
roles in the Homicide and Anti-
Drug departments.
Gabriel continued to expand his
skills and expertise by attend-
ing numerous post-graduate
courses and training sessions in
Romania and abroad, acquiring
valuable knowledge in differ-
ent areas of law enforcement
such as criminal investigations,
undercover operations, combat-
ing organised crime, anti-cor-
ruption, change management,
counterterrorism, international
relations, internal communica-
tion, public policy, intelligence
analysis, crisis management,
project management etc.
Most notably, in 1995 he was
chosen to be the first Romanian
police officer to attend the FBI
National Academy. Subsequently
Gabriel took part in most of the
retraining sessions of the FBI NA
European Chapter and in 2009 he
organised and hosted the retrain-
ing in Bucharest as President.
His main area of expertise was
countering organized crime. In
1993 the Romanian Organized
Crime Squad was created and
he was one of the first officers
that were recruited. He saw the
first steps of this new field, he
helped it grow and he remained
devoted to it. He was succes-
sively Head of Unit, Head of
Office, Director and General
Director of the General Director-
ate for Countering Organised
Crime within the Romanian
Police Inspectorate.
Gabriel took part in the negotia-
tions for the establishment of the
regional organization Southeast
European Cooperative Initiative
(SECI Center, currently SELEC)
in Bucharest. After the centre
was set up he joined it as the
(L-R) Eric Sonstegard, Bill Deasy.
David Maggard, Jr.
Gabriel Sotirescu
Eugene Harris
(L-R) Ex-Board President, Joey Reynolds, Leon Panetta, Past-President Doug Muldoon.