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Captain Candice Cobarrubias - Field Services Division
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Captain
Candice Cobarrubias is currently the Commander for the Field Services Division
responsible for the Custody, Event Planning and Intelligence, Technology, Fleet,
Animal Control, and Budget sections.
Captain
Cobarrubias began her law enforcement career in 1996 with the Los Angeles
Police Department. She worked in the
areas of patrol, gangs and narcotics. In
2000, she joined the Santa Monica Police Department where she was assigned to
the Special Policing District (SPD) and was a Financial Crimes and Arson
Investigation Detective. She promoted to Sergeant in 2010, where she supervised
Patrol Operations, the Community Service Officer II Program, the Downtown
Bicycle Unit and Harbor Patrol. As a
Sergeant, she participated in the City’s Management Rotation Program where she
completed a four-month internship with the City, working in Human Resources,
Finance, the City Manager’s Office and the Fire Department.
Captain
Cobarrubias promoted to Lieutenant in 2015, where she managed Patrol Operations
and the Traffic Division. While in
Traffic, she oversaw a unit of 103 personnel both sworn and non-sworn. She was responsible for the Traffic
Enforcement team, Traffic Service Officers and Crossing Guards. In 2019, she was appointed as the Chief’s
Executive Officer and Public Information Officer, where she handled all press
and social media content and served as a liaison between the Chief and local,
state and federal entities.
Captain
Cobarrubias is a member of the Senior Management Institute for Police, Class
76, the National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives, PERF and the
IACP. She received her master’s degree
in Public Administration from the University of Southern California and
completed her undergraduate studies at Cal Poly Pomona in Political
Science.
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