Background
Gonzales, Sam C. was born on August 24, 1941.
Gonzales, Sam C. was born on August 24, 1941.
Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice, Abilene Christian College, 1975. Graduate, Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy, 1979. Graduate Senior Management Institute for Police, Harvard University, 1989.
Graduate, United States Secret Service Dignitary Protection School, 1990. Graduate National Executive Institute, Federal Bureau of Investigation School Management, 1991.
Special investigator organized crime unit Louisiana State Police, 1969-1970. Patrol officer Dallas Police Department, 1963-1967, investigator narcotics, vice, and organized crime unit Intelligence Unit, 1967-1969, investigator vice division, 1970-1971, police sergeant detention services division, supervisory sergeant Internal Affairs and Patrol, 1971-1975, police lieutenant community services division and auto theft section, 1975-1979, police captain, executive officer Southeast and Southwest patrol divisions, identification division, and detention services division, 1979-1987, deputy chief division commander Northwest patrol division, 1987-1988, assistant chief of police patrol east, 1988-1990, executive assistant chief of police office of special services, 1990, acting chief of police, 1990, 1st executive assistant chief of police, 1990-1991. Chief of police Oklahoma City Police Department, since 1991.
Presenter drug initiatives and community policing Southwest Law Enforcement Institute, 1989, Community Policing and Drugs Conference, Michigan State, 1990, Alabama Mayor's Conference, 1990.
Board directors New Horizons Ranch for Disadvantaged Youth. Member Criminal Justice Task Force. Member steering committee Edna McConnell Clark Foundation.
Member advisory commission Truth in Sentencing. Member International Association Chiefs of Police, Police Executive Research Forum (presenter drug initiatives and community policing 1989), Major Cities Chiefs Association.
Married; 2 children.
