Bill has served the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation as Chief of Police for the past 16 years. He has served as a subject matter expert for California’s Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training in developing the training curriculums, “Policing Indian Lands” and “Responding to Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Calls on Tribal Lands”. Bill was appointed to the National Indian Law and Order Commission’s Advisory Committee in 2012. He is the current chairman of the Indian Country Section of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), is appointed to the IACP’s Criminal Justice Information Systems Committee, and is a member of IACP’s Board of Directors. Bill is also the chairman of the California Tribal Police Chiefs’ Association. In 2014, he was appointed to the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Advisory Policy Board where he still serves, and also chairs that board’s tribal task force. Locally, Bill serves on the board of directors for Crime Stoppers San Diego. Also, he regularly teaches an in-in-service training course, “Policing Indian Lands” for the San Diego Sheriff’s Department. Bill received his formal law enforcement training at the San Diego Regional Law Enforcement Training Center and executive training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and the US Indian Police Academy.
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