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The POST Commission

The POST Commission forms a balanced group of city and county administrators, law enforcement professionals, educators, and public members. The Governor appoints 15 of the Commissioners, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for three-year overlapping terms. The Attorney General is an ex-officio member and serves as the 16th POST Commissioner.

The Commission meets three times a year to establish standards, regulations, and to give direction to POST staff. Commissioners serve without pay, but are reimbursed for their expenses for attending meetings. All Commission meetings are open to the public.

COMMISSION CHAIR	Lai Lai Bui Sergeant, Sacramento Police Department
	Lai Lai Bui is a sergeant with the Sacramento Police Department, assigned to the Patrol Division. She has served as a narcotics investigator, gang investigator, patrol officer, and problem-oriented police officer. She is also a POST instructor and is certified in Integrated Narcotics Training.

COMMISSION VICE CHAIR

Jim McDonnell
Chief, Long Beach Police Department

McDonnell

Jim McDonnell served with the Los Angeles Police Department for 29 years prior to being appointed 25th Chief of Police for the Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) in March 2010. Chief McDonnell serves on numerous Boards of Directors that focus on furthering the interests of local youth and leadership in the policing profession on both a local and statewide level. He is an active member of several more organizations, including the California Peace Officers’ Association, where he currently serves as President. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, and a Master's Degree in Public Administration from the University of Southern California.

COMMISSIONER

Walter Allen
Member, Covina City Council

Allen

Walter Allen, of Covina, has served as the Governor’s appointee to the California Council on Criminal Justice since 2006, as mayor of Covina since early 2009, and on the Covina City Council for three terms since 1998. He has served in law enforcement and local agencies, and the Department of Justice. Mr. Allen earned a Bachelor of Science degree in urban planning from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

COMMISSIONER

Thomas Anderson
Public Member

Anderson

Thomas Anderson has divided his career into three areas: law enforcement, higher education, and training. He served in both the San Francisco Police and Sonoma County Sheriff’s Departments. Mr. Anderson has been both full and part-time faculty at the University of California Berkeley, the University of Guam, the University of Illinois and Golden Gate University, San Francisco. Mr. Anderson is the recipient of the Governor’s Award 1996 for lifetime contributions to law enforcement training.

COMMISSIONER

Robert Cooke
California Narcotic Officers' Association

Cooke

Bob Cooke is the Director of Training for the Northern California High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). Mr. Cooke retired as the Special Agent in Charge for the California Department of Justice, Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement, on Dec 30, 2011. Mr. Cooke is a past President of the California Narcotic Officers' Association and is the Regional Director of the National Narcotic Officers' Association for the seven (7) southwestern states. Mr. Cooke's 40 year law enforcement career also includes time served in the capacity of task force commander, supervising police officer, officer, dispatcher, and reserve officer.

EX OFFICIO
MEMBER

Kamala D. Harris
Attorney General, Department of Justice

Harris

Ms. Harris served as a deputy district attorney in Alameda County from 1990 to 1998. After holding positions in the offices of the San Francisco district attorney and city attorney, she was elected District Attorney of San Francisco in 2003 and re-elected in 2007. In that post, she increased felony conviction rates, expanded services to victims of crime and their families, created new prosecution divisions focused on child assault, public integrity and environmental crimes, and launched innovative initiatives to prevent recidivism. One such program, "Back on Track," was recognized by Gov. Schwarzenegger as a model for California counties and by the U.S. Department of Justice as a model for prosecutors across the country. She is the author of the book Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer.

COMMISSIONER	Floyd Hayhurst Deputy Sheriff, Los Angeles County
	Floyd Hayhurst has served as a deputy sheriff for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department since 1982. He has also served as vice president of the Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs since 2005 and has been on the Board of Directors since 2001.

COMMISSIONER

Sandra Hutchens
Sheriff - Coroner, Orange County

Hutchens

Sandra Hutchens served with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department for 29 years prior to being elected the 12th Sheriff of Orange County in December 2010. Sheriff Hutchens is an active member in the National Sheriffs Association (NSA) and the Orange County Chiefs of Police and Sheriffs Association. She also serves as a board member for the California State Sheriff’s Association (CSSA), California Peace Officers Association (CPOA), and both the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts of America. She has completed Leadership Training at the FBI Academy, the FBI National Leadership Institute, and attended the National Leadership Preparedness Course at Harvard University.

COMMISSIONER	Ronald Lowenberg Director, Criminal Justice Training Center
	Ronald Lowenberg has served as dean and director of the Golden West College Criminal Justice Training Center since 2003, and has served as chief of police for Cypress, Huntington Beach, and Pomona. He also served on the Commission from 1989 to 1998.

COMMISSIONER	John McGinness Sheriff (Retired), Sacramento County
	John McGinness has served as sheriff of Sacramento County since 2006, and was undersheriff for the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department from 2002 to 2006. He has been as a POST instructor for the Robert Presley Institute of Criminal Investigation from 1995 to 2006.

COMMISSIONER	J. Paul Parker Sheriff - Coroner, Sutter County
	J. Paul Parker has been the Sheriff-Coroner of Sutter County since 2008 and has served the Sheriff’s Office for over 41 years, coming up through the ranks as Cadet, Deputy Sheriff, Detective Sergeant, Captain, Division Commander for both Jail and Patrol operations and Undersheriff. He has been a POST instructor at the academy level and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy.

COMMISSIONER

Michael A. Ramos
District Attorney, San Bernardino County

Ramos

Michael A. Ramos has served as District Attorney in San Bernardino County since 2002. During his tenure, he has fought corruption and made victims’ rights, public safety, and anti-gang programs the cornerstone of his office. He is past president of the California District Attorneys Association, and he currently represents the State of California on the National District Attorneys Association (NDAA) Board of Directors and serves as co-chair of the NDAA’s committee for corrections and re-entry.

COMMISSIONER	Michael Sobek Sergeant, San Leandro Police Department
	Sergeant Michael Sobek has over 20 years experience in law enforcement, serving the San Leandro Police Department since 1991 and the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department from 1984 to 1991. He has also served as adjunct faculty at Chabot/Los Positas Community College since 2002.