Site Search

About Us > Organization > POST Commission

POST Logo

The POST Commission

The POST Commission forms a balanced group of city and county administrators, law enforcement professionals, educators, and public members. The Governor appoints 15 of the Commissioners, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for three-year overlapping terms. The Attorney General is an ex-officio member and serves as the 16th POST Commissioner.

The Commission meets three times a year to establish standards, regulations, and to give direction to POST staff. Commissioners serve without pay, but are reimbursed for their expenses for attending meetings. All Commission meetings are open to the public.

COMMISSION CHAIR

Jim McDonnell
Chief, Long Beach Police Department

McDonnell

Jim McDonnell served with the Los Angeles Police Department for 29 years prior to being appointed 25th Chief of Police for the Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) in March 2010. Chief McDonnell serves on numerous Boards of Directors that focus on furthering the interests of local youth and leadership in the policing profession on both a local and statewide level. He is an active member of several more organizations, including the California Peace Officers’ Association, where he currently serves as President. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, and a Master's Degree in Public Administration from the University of Southern California.

COMMISSIONER	Lai Lai Bui Sergeant, Sacramento Police Department
	Lai Lai Bui is a sergeant with the Sacramento Police Department, assigned to the Patrol Division. She has served as a narcotics investigator, gang investigator, patrol officer, and problem-oriented police officer. She is also a POST instructor and is certified in Integrated Narcotics Training.

COMMISSIONER

Robert Cooke
California Narcotic Officers' Association

Cooke

Bob Cooke is the Director of Training for the Northern California High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). Mr. Cooke retired as the Special Agent in Charge for the California Department of Justice, Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement, on Dec 30, 2011. Mr. Cooke is a past President of the California Narcotic Officers' Association and is the Regional Director of the National Narcotic Officers' Association for the seven (7) southwestern states. Mr. Cooke's 40 year law enforcement career also includes time served in the capacity of task force commander, supervising police officer, officer, dispatcher, and reserve officer.

COMMISSIONER	Robert T. Doyle Sheriff, Marin County
	Robert T. Doyle has served as sheriff of Marin County since 1996. He joined the Marin County Sheriff’s Department in 1969 and served as undersheriff from 1989 to 1996. He is past president of the California State Sheriffs’ Association and chairman of the Legislative Committee.

EX OFFICIO
MEMBER

Kamala D. Harris
Attorney General, Department of Justice

Harris

Ms. Harris served as a deputy district attorney in Alameda County from 1990 to 1998. After holding positions in the offices of the San Francisco district attorney and city attorney, she was elected District Attorney of San Francisco in 2003 and re-elected in 2007. In that post, she increased felony conviction rates, expanded services to victims of crime and their families, created new prosecution divisions focused on child assault, public integrity and environmental crimes, and launched innovative initiatives to prevent recidivism. One such program, "Back on Track," was recognized by Gov. Schwarzenegger as a model for California counties and by the U.S. Department of Justice as a model for prosecutors across the country. She is the author of the book Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer.

COMMISSIONER

Sandra Hutchens
Sheriff - Coroner, Orange County

Hutchens

Sandra Hutchens served with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department for 29 years prior to being elected the 12th Sheriff of Orange County in December 2010. Sheriff Hutchens is an active member in the National Sheriffs Association (NSA) and the Orange County Chiefs of Police and Sheriffs Association. She also serves as a board member for the California State Sheriff’s Association (CSSA), California Peace Officers Association (CPOA), and both the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts of America. She has completed Leadership Training at the FBI Academy, the FBI National Leadership Institute, and attended the National Leadership Preparedness Course at Harvard University.

COMMISSIONER

Peter Kurylowicz Jr
Deputy Sheriff, Riverside County

Kurylowicz

Peter Kurylowicz, Jr. has served as a deputy sheriff for the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department since 1988. He has served as a patrol deputy, a motor officer, and as a background investigator for the Sheriff’s Personnel Bureau. He has worked in the Riverside County Jail and currently works in the Court Services Bureau, Civil Field Division. Deputy Kurylowicz has been a chapter director for the Riverside Sheriffs’ Association and is currently the Executive Board Secretary. He is the Chairman of their Legal Defense Trust and President of the Riverside County Deputy Sheriff Relief Foundation.

COMMISSIONER	Ronald Lowenberg Director, Criminal Justice Training Center
	Ronald Lowenberg is the Dean of the Golden West College Criminal Justice Training Center and has previously served as director from 2003 to 2012, and has served as chief of police for Cypress, Huntington Beach, and Pomona. He also served on the Commission from 1989 to 1998.

COMMISSIONER

Sylvia Moir
Chief, El Cerrito Police Department

Moir

Sylvia Moir served with the Sacramento Police Department for 18 years prior to being appointed Chief of the El Cerrito Police Department in 2010. Chief Moir also served the Menlo Park Police Department as the Commander of Operations. She has been a POST SBSLI facilitator and academy trainer for two decades. Her diverse experience provides her a broad perspective of modern policing in integrated and progressive communities. Her past assignments include Incident Command, Operations, Fiscal Operations and Honor Guard. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from California State University, Sacramento, a Master of Arts in Organizational Management, and is a graduate of the Sherman Block Supervisory Leadership Institute (SBSLI) and LAPD West Point Leadership.

COMMISSIONER	Laurie Smith Sheriff, Santa Clara County
	Laurie Smith has served as sheriff of Santa Clara County since 1998, and as assistant sheriff from 1990 to 1998. She is also a member of the Office of the Attorney General’s Blue Ribbon Commission on SWAT Practices and Policies.

COMMISSIONER	Michael Sobek Sergeant, San Leandro Police Department
	Sergeant Michael Sobek has over 20 years experience in law enforcement, serving the San Leandro Police Department since 1991 and the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department from 1984 to 1991. He has also served as adjunct faculty at Chabot/Los Positas Community College since 2002.