Chief Williams
Chief Jeri Williams has been in command of the Oxnard Police Department since January 2011 and is the city’s first female chief of police. She has been in the law enforcement profession for more than 23 years (22 years in Arizona). In her role as chief, she is responsible for roughly 400 sworn and civilian employees and an annual operating budget of more than $50 million.
Chief Williams believes in the Community Based Policing philosophy which pairs law enforcement and entities in the community as partners to identify challenges and work together to resolve those challenges. This philosophy has been on-going in the city of Oxnard over three decades. To this end, Chief Williams has created an environment where members of the Oxnard Police department are encouraged to work with various ethnic, religious, business, neighborhood and socio-economic groups to develop service levels and service systems to best fit the needs of the myriad of communities served by the police department.
“The Oxnard Police Department is an agency I am most proud of. Each day, our employees provide the highest levels of customer service; one contact at a time and our Mission Statement: Protecting the community with exceptional service is the model we use in this effort. We have been successful in lowering our crime rate this past year while simultaneously moving to become more fiscally responsible by adjusting expenditures. The city of Oxnard, the men and women of the Oxnard Police Department, and the community partnerships formed this past year and those established many years prior have created the environment that supports the Department being one of the best in the nation.”
Chief Williams is known for her “servant” leadership style of management and has a broad educational background. Williams holds a BS Degree from Arizona State University and a Masters Degree in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona University, where she has completed her Comprehensive Examinations in pursuit of her Doctorate in Educational Leadership.
Chief Williams is known for her approachable and sincere manner. She is possessed of a natural command presence upon which members of the community and department can rely to “get the job done” with integrity, hard work and dedication.
On a personal note, Chief Williams has been married to Judge A. Cody Williams (Justice of the Peace) for 22 years and has two sons Alan, 19 and Cody, 17.
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