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Craig Steckler |
Chief Craig Steckler shares a philosophy with most Public Safety Officers: any crime is too much crime. Although the inability to have a truly crime-free community is a common frustration in his line of work, Chief Steckler believes that crime prevention efforts and citizen participation are essential to any successful crime reduction plan.
To prevent crime, the Police Department has implemented many community police partnerships. Chief Steckler's goals for these partnerships are to educate citizens, and in turn the Police Department, about how to be on the lookout for criminal activity, to report it before it happens, and to help deter young people from criminal activity by channeling their energy into education, recreation and positive community activities. |
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Chief Steckler received a Bachelor of Science degree from California State University Los Angeles in 1975 and did graduate work in Public Administration at Cal State Fullerton. He has continued his education with attendance and graduation from the F.B.I. Academy, Class 128, and the California Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission Command College, Class 2. He joined the Fremont Police Department as Deputy Chief in 1986, and was appointed Police Chief in 1992. Prior to that he served as Chief of Police in the City of Piedmont, and in various capacities with the Police Department in San Clemente from 1968 to 1980. He is co-author of two college textbooks: "Fundamentals of Police Administration" and "Written an Interpersonal Communications in Law Enforcement."
Chief Steckler lives in Fremont, is a Past President in the Niles Rotary, and serves on the Board of Directors of SAVE, a local domestic violence shelter. Chief Steckler also is the [2000] Past President of the California Police Chiefs Association and a member of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. |
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