Gov. Brown swears in new CHP commissioner

By Lake County News Reports | Feb. 27, 2018
California Highway Patrol Commissioner Warren Stanley takes his oath of office from Gov. Jerry Brown as his family looks on during a ceremony in Sacramento, Calif., on Monday, February 26, 2018. Photo by CHP Senior Photographer Joe McHugh.

With his mother and five of his 11 siblings by his side, California Highway Patrol Commissioner Warren Stanley was sworn in on Monday morning by Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr.

Stanley, 56, of Sacramento is the 15th CHP commissioner.

He was appointed commissioner by Gov. Brown on Feb. 9 after serving as acting commissioner since 2017.

Commissioner Stanley has been employed with the CHP since 1982 and is one of the distinguished few to have held every position from officer to commissioner.

Commissioner Stanley is the first black American in the history of the CHP to hold the rank of commissioner and oversees the largest state law enforcement agency in the nation, a department with more than 11,000 employees.

California Highway Patrol Commissioner Warren Stanley and Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday, February 26, 2018. Photo by CHP Senior Photographer Joe McHugh.