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Deputy Chief Javier Aguilar
Deputy Chief Aguilar holds a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from Union Institute & University and a master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from Woodbury University. He has attended the Executive Leadership Institute, Executive Development Course, and Command College course through California POST.
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Deputy Director Jonathan Stafford
Deputy Director Stafford has over 29 years of experience in support roles for government agencies, serving in the United States Coast Guard, the Long Beach Police Department, the Port of Long Beach, and the Newport Beach Police Department.
Mr. Stafford was raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico and moved to Long Beach in September 1991 while on active duty in the United States Coast Guard. After assignments in San Francisco and San Pedro, he was honorably discharged in March 1995 and he was hired by the Long Beach Police Department as a communications dispatcher. He worked as a dispatcher, trainer, and assistant supervisor in the Communications Division for a total of seven years before transferring to the Port of Long Beach as an assistant administrative analyst in February 2003. He returned to the Long Beach Police Department upon his appointment as records administrator in November 2004.
In January 2008, Mr. Stafford assumed command of a new Records and Technology Division that was created by combining the Records Division with the Information Technology Division. He retained his records administrator duties and gained responsibility for information technology, fleet, crime statistics, and the Department Operations Center.
Mr. Stafford joined the Newport Beach Police Department in February 2012 and serves as the deputy director of the Support Services Division.
Mr. Stafford has served on boards of directors for several community service organizations and for the Long Beach Management Association. He was also the chief's liaison to the Long Beach Police Department Chaplain's Advisory Group. He graduated summa cum laude from California State University Dominguez Hills in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in Public Administration and is a graduate of the Los Angeles Police Department’s West Point Leadership Program. In July 2019, he attended the Senior Executives in State & Local Government Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
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