Community Safety
A Message From Your Blackhawk Police Chief By Tricia England and Aaron “Wally” Barger, Resident since 2012
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y name is Tricia England, and I was fortunate enough to be selected as the new Chief for Blackhawk when former Chief Ian Hebert retired. I have been with the Sheriff’s Office for 22 years and started my career in 1997 as a Police Dispatcher / 9-1-1 Operator before taking the leap into the police academy. Since graduating from the academy, I have worked many assignments, starting in the Custody Service Bureau at the Martinez Detention Facility. After transferring to Patrol I worked a variety of assignments to include the contract cities of Orinda and Danville as well as Bay Station, Valley Station as the Alamo Resident Deputy, and Muir Station as the Bay Point Resident Deputy. I also worked in the Volunteer Services Unit as the Assistant Volunteer Coordinator and was a member of the County Mutual Aid Mobile Field Force.
One final suggestion: The Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff is helping to form additional Neighborhood Watch Programs throughout your service area. For more information on this or to schedule an orientation meeting, please feel free to contact the Sheriff’s Crime Prevention Unit, Specialist Christina Lind-Winters at (925) 313-2682, or to schedule an orientation meeting. You may also contact Aaron “Wally” Barger, a Block Captain and resident in the community, at aaron.barger@yahoo. com for information and help in forming a Neighborhood Watch Program.
After promoting to the rank of Sergeant, I worked West County Detention Facility and was assigned as the Assistant Facility Commander until my promotion to the rank of Lieutenant. As a Lieutenant, I worked Patrol in the Watch Commander Program until being assigned as the Bay Station Commander. Most recently I was assigned as the department’s Training Manager until my selection as Chief of Blackhawk. My current assignment as the new Chief of Blackhawk, P2-A Service Area, has already offered me the opportunity to experience the community’s appreciation for the services of your police department. My goal is to serve the security and protection of all the Blackhawk Communities and the Blackhawk Plaza. Blackhawk Police Service continues to strive to offer the highest level of service possible to its residents and visitors. Please feel free to contact my office at any time for nonemergency issues or general information at 736-1018 or 646-2441. For medical emergencies or calls requiring an immediate police response, please call 9-1-1. 30
APRIL 2019
