A Thousand Oaks native, Tim was one of the first Conejo Valley Park Rangers and worked for both CRPD and COSCA. Tim holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration and began his career with the Sheriff’s Office as a volunteer Reserve Police Officer in Thousand Oaks. He was employed with the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office beginning in 1987, and was assigned as the Chief of Police for the City of Thousand Oaks for 6 years.  Tim was assigned as the Chief of Police for Fillmore and, later, the Commander of the West County Patrol Services, where he had oversight over numerous patrol operations, the County gang unit, 911 Center, Community Policing Grants, Office of Emergency Services, and all policing of unincorporated communities from Lockwood Valley to the Pacific Ocean, including Santa Clara, Ventura, and Ojai Valley.  Tim has an extensive background in emergency management of large scale disasters and incidents, including catastrophic airline crash and recovery, train derailments, earthquakes, wildfires, whole community fatal landslides, and large scale evacuations. For many years, he was the Search and Rescue Coordinator and Emergency Operations Center Planning Section Chief for the County of Ventura Sheriff OES. Tim is the recipient of the Medal of Valor, the Ventura County Man of the Year for Thousand Oaks, and the Thousand Oaks City Lifetime Ambassador Award.