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SAN BERNARDINO, CA— The City of San Bernardino held a public swearing in ceremony for its new police chief Darren Goodman on Wednesday, June 15 at the Feldheym Main Library located at 555 West 6th Street in San Bernardino.
Goodman, whose starting date was June 6th, joins a department with 262 sworn officers and 150 civilian staff. He is the first African American police chief in the San Bernardino Police department’s 117-year history.
Goodman has been in law enforcement for over 31 years, and came to San Bernardino from the City of Upland, where he spent four years as its Chief of Police. Prior to joining Upland, he spent 27 years with the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department, including serving as the Police Chief for the Chino Hills Police Department and Commander of the Frank Bland Regional Training Center. He also worked in Corrections, Patrol, Narcotics, Emergency Operations, Regional Gang Enforcement, Fugitive Apprehension, and SWAT.
For those that missed the ceremony, a recording should be available on the city website at https://sbcity.org.
