Police Chief Selection Process Begins

Since former Police Chief Louis Cobarruviaz while on vacation back in January, Captains Ed Hernandez and Chris Cesena of the have rotated filling the position. The city’s human resources department had opened the application process for approximately one month and closed it Monday.

Rebecca Burnside of the Human Resources department said the selection process will take approximately two to three months before one is selected.

Both captains have expressed interest in the position.

Here is a breakdown of the San Mateo County Police Chiefs’ salaries and compensation packages from 2010.

City Pension Contrib.

Def. Comp.(eg. 401k)

Misc.

San Mateo

$199,930

$24,238

$3,679

$64,563

$20,715

$8,748

$4,133

$326,004

Redwood City

$193,080

$16,338

$10,029

$61,281

$14,462

$3,862

$3,857

$302,908

South San Francisco

$185,398

$18,290

$26,630

$55,330

$0

$0

$1,497

$287,145

Hillsborough

$181,766

$12,023

$18,013

$68,575

$0

$3,635

$0

$284,012

Foster City

$193,034

$5,923

$14,518

$64,460

$0

$0

$1,911

$279,845

Daly City

$197,210

$987

$13,260

$43,215

$0

$0

$3,380

$258,052

San Bruno Millbrae

$168,433

$11,513

$15,809

$52,728

$73

$1,716

$1,403

$251,676

Belmont

$170,436

$2,700

$18,404

$52,205

$0

$1,680

$384

$245,809

Brisbane

$164,386

$2,044

$19,633

$26,800

$0

$0

$3,356

$216,219

Burlingame

$171,523

$1,060

$2,491

$35,331

$0

$1,170

$3,252

$215,027