Sackett named police chief

rett Sackett, who served more than two years as a Sonoma Police Department sergeant, has been chosen by Sonoma City Manager Mike Fuson as the city’s new police chief.
“It was a very competitive process – there were four people in the bullpen at the main office and we’re all good friends and all competing for the same job,” Sackett explained. “It wasn’t one of those things where they came in as ‘window dressing,’ because I was the guy who had been here before. It was a very competitive process.”
Fuson seemed pleased with the decision at a March 29 press conference at City Hall, which was attended by a handful of reporters, city personnel and Sackett’s wife Andrea.
“Brett Sackett will be an outstanding addition to the city’s management team and is ideally suited to continue the progress in police services that has been made through the contract police service approach that the city began in 2004,” said Fuson, referring to the city’s decision to contract with the sheriff’s department to provide police service.
Fuson interviewed all four lieutenants who applied for the position with help from a panel consisting of two members of the city’s management staff as well as three community representatives.