Six finalists will now vie for the San Jose police department’s top job.
City Manager Dave Sykes announced a shortlist of police chief candidates Jan. 25.
Four contenders hail from San Jose: Deputy Chief of Police Anthony Mata, Deputy Chief of Police Heather Randol, Police Captain Jason Ta and Acting Police Chief David Tindall.
Outside competitors include Piedmont’s chief of police, Jeremy Bowers, and Minneapolis chief Medaria Arradondo. The finalists were selected from a pool of 18 candidates from across the country.
Of those applicants, fourteen were male and four were female. The majority of the candidates — eight— identified as white, seven as Black or African American, two as Hispanic or Latino, and one as Asian-American. One female applicant withdrew her application Jan. 25.
To help the public learn more about the police chief finalists, San Jose is hosting a police chief candidate forum Jan. 30.
“I will continue to keep the City Council and community informed as the selection process for the next Chief of Police progresses,” Sykes said in a memo. “I look forward to the continued feedback from the community regarding this important position.”
San Jose’s hunt for a new chief has been underway since former Chief Eddie Garcia announced his retirement in August.
Garcia served on San Jose’s force for 28 years and was selected to lead the Dallas Police Department. He is Dallas’ first Latino police chief.
Jeremy Bowers
Bowers has led Piedmont’s police force since 2016. He was a police captain for two years before and got his start in law enforcement in 1996 working at the San Jose Police Department as a lieutenant for nearly three years and a sergeant for four.
Anthony Mata
Mata comes to the candidate field with 30 years of policing experience. He serves as SJPD’s Executive Officer and has been a deputy chief for more than four years. Mata is fluent in both Spanish and English.
Heather Randol
Randol has spent three years of her 23-year law-enforcement career with the San Jose Police Department leading the Bureau of Field Operations. She was the captain of the Western Division for a year and a half.
Medaria Arradondo
Arradondo has been leading the Minneapolis Police Department for more than three and a half years and has worked with the department’s executive team since 2013.
He created three full-time units: the Procedural Justice Unit, Homeless and Vulnerable Populations Unit and a U-Visa Liaison.
Jason Ta
Ta has been with SJPD for 20 years, leading the Foothill Division in the Bureau of Field Operations. Before that, he served in various units for a nine year period as a police lieutenant and was a sergeant for five years in the Robbery and Performance Analysis Detail.
David Tindall
Tindall has spent the past six months serving as acting assistant chief and was recently selected to be acting police chief after working for SJPD for 20 years. Prior to becoming acting assistant chief, he was deputy chief of the Bureau of Field Operations and led the Bureau of Investigations as a captain.
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