Jorge Cisneros named Anaheim Police Chief
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Jorge Cisneros, a 27-year Southern California law enforcement veteran including nearly a decade as a police chief, is Anaheim’s new police chief.
Cisneros is the 34th chief in the Anaheim Police Department’s 148-year history. As chief, he will lead Orange County’s largest city police department and oversee 590 employees, including 408 sworn personnel.
Since 2015, Cisneros has served as chief of the University of California, Irvine, Police Department and earlier served as chief of the Huntington Park Police Department and as a lieutenant, commander and chief of staff in nearly 20 years with the Long Beach Police Department.
Cisneros, who is set to join Anaheim Police Department later this month, began his law enforcement career in 1991 as a detective and police officer with the Long Beach Police Department.
At Long Beach, he was promoted to sergeant in 1998, lieutenant in 2003 and then to police commander in 2006. From 2006 to 2010, he served as the department’s chief of staff as well as commander.
In 2010, Cisneros was named chief of the Huntington Park Police Department, where he led the Los Angeles County city’s department until 2015. He also served as Huntington Park’s acting city manager from 2010 to 2011.
Throughout Cisneros’ career, he has bolstered public safety and promoted ties between the community and police.
At UCI, he developed or expanded programs including a Public Safety Advisory Committee, a Community Academy and a Volunteers in Public Safety program. Cisneros also created a Community Engagement Police Officer position to enhance community trust in the department.
He has served as chief of the University of California’s Systemwide Response Team, overseeing 100 UC police officers specially trained to deal with major incidents on campuses.
At Huntington Park, Cisneros oversaw a 20 percent reduction in serious crime from 2010 to 2015.
At Long Beach, he developed and administered a 15-week Spanish Community Academy for officers to enhance trust and partnership with Latino residents who make up more than 40 percent of Long Beach’s population.
Cisneros also oversaw Long Beach’s Office of Counter Terrorism, which works to detect and deter terrorism through data analysis and cooperation with regional and federal partners.
He holds a master’s in criminal justice from Chapman University in Orange and a bachelor’s in architecture from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
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New Businesses in West Anaheim
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What’s been Anaheim’s most eagerly awaited car wash is now open at the corner of Beach Boulevard and Ball Road.
The Anaheim Express Car Wash is part of our larger efforts to transform Beach Boulevard and all of west Anaheim for the better.
The car wash replaced the old Lyndy’s Motel. Once an icon of Beach Boulevard back in the day, Lyndy’s in recent years became an eyesore and crime magnet.
The opening is part of a series of new restaurants and businesses that have popped up in the past couple of years, bringing new life and new options for west Anaheim residents.
The Scratch Room, serving breakfast and brunch, opened in 2016 and has quickly made the list of the best places to eat in Anaheim.
Glee Donuts & Burgers opened last year, offering gourmet doughnuts and lunch.
We’ll soon see a beautifully renovated Pizza Hut at Magnolia Avenue and Broadway, while a Taco Bell is in the works to fill a vacant lot on Lincoln Avenue just past Western Avenue.
The Magnolia La Palma Shopping Center has been a huge improvement to that corner, bringing in a modern shopping center with a Rite Aid and restaurants including Hiccups Restaurant & Teahouse, Firehouse Subs, Waba Grill, Taqueria de Anda and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen.
The developer even added new landscaping on parkways and repurposed the site’s retro, Googie-style “Plaza” sign.
And as a city, we are doing all we can to help revitalize west Anaheim and address issues of blight.
Life in west Anaheim is literally getting brighter. In the past few years, Anaheim Public Utilities has installed 1,256 LED streetlights in the area, bringing cleaner and brighter light at night.
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The Big Give: Kindness in Action
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We take pride in serving our community every single day. This spring we went above and beyond.
More than 200 employees, family and friends took part in the city’s inaugural The Big Give employee day of service.
The volunteers spread out across the city to nine different community projects, serving veterans, students, seniors, women and others in need. They also beautified city parks and libraries.
It’s all part of being the City of Kindness
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Fire Chief Randy Bruegman Announces Retirement
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Anaheim Fire & Rescue Chief Randy Bruegman, who oversaw the city’s response to October’s Canyon Fire 2 and bolstered the department’s firefighting resources after 2008’s Freeway Complex Fire, is retiring later this year.
Bruegman, 62, has led Anaheim Fire & Rescue — the largest municipal fire agency in Orange County — for nearly eight years. His planned retirement caps 40 years in the fire service, including 27 as a fire chief.
He will continue to serve as chief through the rest of 2018 and will be available to assist the city as it seeks a new chief.
Bruegman and wife Susan are set to relocate to Wisconsin to be closer to their grown children and grandchildren.
Since coming to Anaheim in September 2010, Bruegman has built a department better equipped to fight wildfires, handle disasters and more efficiently serve residents, businesses and visitors.
Coming in after the devastating 2008 Freeway Complex Fire, Bruegman bolstered Anaheim Fire & Rescue’s ability to fight wildfires, one of the biggest threats facing our city.
Bruegman brought new fire engines to the department and also initiated a Wildland Fire Protection Agreement with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, better known as Cal Fire, to jointly fight fires impacting Anaheim.
Anaheim saw the benefits during October’s Canyon Fire 2, which burned 9,200 acres of wildlands near east Anaheim. During the eight-day fire, no lives were lost and the number of homes destroyed was limited to 13.
Bruegman has also brought innovation that has benefited residents. In 2015, he introduced the Community Care Response Unit, an ambulance staffed by a nurse practitioner and fire paramedic with the ability to treat non-life-threatening calls on the spot.
The innovation, part of Bruegman’s 2011 strategic plan to boost the department’s effectiveness, has saved hundreds of residents the costly expense of unnecessary emergency transport and hospital care and freed firefighters to respond to other calls.
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Connecting Anaheim's Generations
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In April, Anaheim’s Elmer Thill celebrated another milestone in a long life of them — his 104th birthday.
An Anaheim High School graduate and lifelong resident, Thill is believed to be the oldest person in our city.
At Thill’s age, he is in is in rare company. But he’s not alone.
Thirteen percent of Anaheim residents are age 60 or older. That’s more than 48,000 people, or the population of a small city.
And Anaheim’s senior community is growing. By 2040, seniors are projected to make up a quarter of our population.
But the golden years aren’t always easy. Nearly a quarter of Anaheim’s seniors live alone. About twice that, 43 percent, have no one to help them as they age.
That’s why we’ve launched our new campaign to reach out to seniors and connect people of different ages and generations across Anaheim.
We are calling it Reach Out Anaheim.
It’s a friendly knock on the door of a senior you know or know of in your neighborhood. It’s about reaching out and making a small but meaningful connection.
So think about seniors in your neighborhood and how you might reach out to them.
We’ll be sharing videos and photos on Anaheim’s social media channels about the city’s and community’s efforts to reach out to Anaheim’s seniors.
You can share your stories by messaging us on Facebook or Instagram.
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Disney Summer Movie Nights
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Bring the family out to your local park and enjoy a Disney classic under the stars!
Enjoy free movie nights all summer long thanks to Disneyland Resort. All movies begin at 7:45 p.m.
“Inside Out” July 6 Willow Park, 1625 W. Crone Ave.
“Toy Story” July 13 Stoddard Park, 1901 S. Ninth St.
“Monsters, Inc.” July 20 Eucalyptus Park, 100 S. Quintana Drive
“Up” July 27 Juarez Park, 841 S. Sunkist St.
“Cars” Aug. 3 Twila Reid Park, 3100 W. Orange Ave.
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West Anaheim Community Spotlight
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Peter Marshall Park is a beautiful stretch of green tucked away in one of our west Anaheim neighborhoods.
It is right next to Peter Marshall Elementary School, and features green space, picnic areas and a children's playground.
The park opened in 1968 and is named after Reverend Dr. Peter Marshall, renowned minister and twice appointed chaplain of the U.S. Senate.
Peter Marshall Park is at
801 N. Magnolia Ave.
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