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Chief of Police (Ret), Carlsbad Police Department
Mickey Williams is a retired Police Chief with 29 years of municipal law enforcement experience. Mickey retired as the Chief of Police for the Carlsbad Police Department which is located in San Diego County.
The Carlsbad Police Department serves a residential population of 115,000. Chief Williams oversaw an annual budget of $56 million with 187 employees, including 132 sworn personnel. Chief Williams has extensive experience in all areas of municipal policing including patrol operations, traffic investigation and enforcement, homeless outreach, investigation operations, undercover investigations, budget preparation, internal affairs investigations, employee association relations, hiring processes and background investigations, and promotional processes. Chief Williams also had the opportunity to create a Community Police Engagement Commission which serves the City of Carlsbad.
Chief Williams is a licensed California attorney who has extensive experience as a law enforcement trainer and college professor. Chief Williams serves as an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego in the Law Enforcement and Public Safety Leadership Master’s Degree Program and at Point Loma Nazarene University in the Legal Studies Program. Chief Williams has also developed and taught courses for police managers with a focus on ethical leadership.
Chief Williams possesses a Bachelor of Science Degree, a master’s degree in public administration, and a Juris Doctorate Degree. Chief Williams is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and the Los Angeles Police Department Leadership Program.