VALLEJO - The Vallejo Police Department (VPD) is excited to welcome Deputy Chief Michael Kihmm to the Vallejo Police Department, who will be sworn in on November 30, 2020.
Deputy Chief Kihmm will be joining us from the San Jose Police Department with 29 years of continuous law enforcement experience. Kihmm began his career in 1991 as a full-time police officer with the Milpitas Police Department and lateraled to the San Jose Police Department in 1994. He promoted through the ranks to Captain and has a broad range of experience where he has worked and led numerous units (i.e., Patrol, Internal Affairs, Homicide, Traffic/Motor Unit, Sexual Assaults, and the Chief’s Adjutant, just to name a few).
Over the years, Deputy Chief Kihmm has been involved with numerous special projects most recently leading the implementation of the California-DOJ Racial Identity Profiling Act (AB953) and worked in partnership with the University of El Paso, Texas – Center for Law and Human Behavior (UTEP) to conduct an analysis of the Department's limited detention data on traffic and pedestrian stops.
Deputy Chief Kihmm holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice Administration from San Diego State University, and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy (Session 262), Police Executive Research Forum-Senior Management Institute for Police (Session 69) at Boston University, and the Los Angeles Police Department’s Leadership Academy (formerly West Point Leadership Class).
Deputy Chief Kihmm enjoys working out and spending time with his wife and three children, two who are in college and one in high school.
"I am excited and grateful that Deputy Chief Kihmm will be joining our department," Vallejo Chief of Police Shawny Williams stated.
"Michael is a servant leader who brings a wealth of knowledge and experience that will will assist us with our collaborative reform efforts and goal of building strong community partnerships. As we strive for a safer Vallejo, I am confident that Michael will help us advance the principles of 21st Century Policing and cultivate an environment that engages the hearts and minds of all employees, community stakeholders and our youth."
Please join us in welcoming Deputy Chief Kihmm.
The additional Deputy Chief position will be filled temporarily in an interim capacity and is expected to begin in December 2020.
For media inquiries, please contact Public Information Officer, Brittany K. Jackson by email at VallejoPolicePIO@cityofvallejo.net. or by phone at (707) 651-7147.
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