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    Chris Briggs

    Chief of Police
    Glendale (AZ) Police Department

    Chief Chris Briggs began his career with the Glendale Police Department in 1992 as a Patrol Officer, where he was committed to utilizing community policing strategies to
    alleviate the impact of violent crime. Throughout his career, Chief Briggs gained an innate understanding of every division within the department through his extensive work in Criminal Investigations as a Detective and a Sergeant, Professional Standards, and then Special Operations as a Sergeant and a Lieutenant.
    While in Special Operations, he coordinated contingency responses for events that included NFL and NHL games, Super Bowls, City events and Luke Air Force Base air shows. Chief Briggs was then promoted to the rank of Commander in 2013, where he led the Administration Division and the Gateway Patrol Division before being promoted to Assistant Chief over the Investigations and Administrative Bureau in 2015. In this role, he was responsible for criminal investigations, undercover operations, planning and research, grants and the budget, and other fundamental areas of the department.
    Chief Briggs was then promoted to the position of Chief of Police in 2018, where he continued to use his passion for servant leadership and collaboration to develop partnerships with regional law enforcement agencies. As president of the West Valley Chief’s Association, Chief Briggs had the opportunity to organize cooperative traffic
    initiatives, an inclusive mobile field force, and the West Valley Incident Response Team in support of agencies throughout the west valley.
    Chief Briggs earned his Bachelor of Science in Public Administration from Ottawa University and attended the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Leadership in Police Organizations course. He has been a member of both the National and Arizona Tactical Officers Associations as well as the Arizona Association of Chiefs of
    Police.
    Chief Briggs has been married for 29 years and is the father of a son and daughter.

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