Chief Stan Stewart began his law enforcement career in 1976 when he joined the United States Air Force Security Police. During his Basic Military Training and Security Police Academy, he was the top honor graduate in both classes. He was then assigned as a member of the 35th Security Police Squadron, George AFB, CA. During his service, he was also a member of the Air Force Rifle/Pistol Marksmanship Team. In 1978, he was selected from his squadron to attend the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Academy, Class 52 where he received the Staff Award. In January 1980 he was honorably discharged and was hired by the Chino Police Department.

Chief Stewart has served in many different capacities during his twenty-seven year career. He has worked patrol, crime prevention, and criminal investigations. After being promoted to Sergeant in 1988, he worked as a field Sergeant, supervised the Detective Bureau and was also assigned to the Office of the Chief, Internal Affairs. In 1995, he was promoted to Lieutenant and served as a Watch Commander, the COPPS Bureau Commander, and Patrol Bureau Commander. In 1997, he established the Department's first SWAT Team, and also served as the SWAT Team Commander. In 1999, he founded the Citizen Police Academy and was administrator of the program until being promoted to Captain in 2001. As Captain, he served as the Operations Division Commander. In January 2005, he was promoted to Deputy Chief and was responsible for the day-to-day internal operations of the Police Department. He was appointed Chief of Police on January 2, 2007.

Chief Stewart has an Associate of Arts degree from Chaffey College in Administration of Justice and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice from Cal State University, Fullerton. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, Class 200 and the Southwest Command College. He has been married for 25 years and has three adult daughters.

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Captain Mike Johnson began his law enforcement career in 1974, when he joined the U.S. Air Force as a law enforcement specialist. He served our nation for four years and was honorably discharged as a sergeant in 1978. Mike joined the Azusa Police Department in January 1979, where he served as an officer and a corporal. He then joined the Mono County Sheriff’s Department in 1985, where he served in Mammoth Lakes as a patrol deputy and traffic investigator. The Town of Mammoth Lakes formed its own police department in 1986, and Mike became one of its original officers.

Mike joined the Chino Police Department in October 1987. He was promoted to Sergeant in 1991, serving in the Patrol Bureau and later supervising the Traffic Services Bureau.

Mike was promoted to Lieutenant in April 1998, where he managed the Technical Services Bureau, which included the Department’s Communications and Records functions, Jail facility, vehicle fleet, along with technology programs and police facility improvement projects.

Mike was reassigned as a Patrol Bureau Commander in 2001, where he was responsible for two patrol shifts and coordinating the Department’s anti-terrorism and disaster preparedness efforts, along with the annual multi-agency July 4th enforcement operations.

Mike transferred back to Technical Services in July 2004, where he worked until his promotion to Captain in January 2006. Mike now commands the Support Services Division, which oversees the Department’s Criminal Investigations and Administrative Services Bureaus.

Mike is a 1998 graduate of the Supervisory Leadership Institute and a 2001 graduate of the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia. He is married and has two sons. Mike currently serves as a board member with the Rancho Del Chino Rotary Club, and as an adult leader in the Boy Scouts organization. During his off-duty hours, Mike enjoys hiking and camping with his family.

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Captain Miles Pruitt began his career with the Chino Police Department in 1983 when he was hired as a Reserve Police Officer. He attended Saddle Back Reserve Police Academy in Orange County. In 1985, he was hired as a full time officer and attended the 81st class of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Academy.

After graduation from the police academy, Miles was assigned to Patrol. In 1990, Miles was promoted to the rank of Corporal and was subsequently assigned to the Detective Bureau, where he worked a variety of different assignments, including, burglary, robbery, gang investigations and homicide. In 1995, he was assigned to the Gang Enforcement Detail, which entailed working street level gang enforcement as well as conducting investigations into gang related crimes of violence.

In 1996, Miles was promoted to the rank of Sergeant and was assigned to Patrol as a Field Supervisor. In 1998, he was assigned to supervise the newly formed Problem Oriented Policing Unit. Miles also served as Team Leader on the S.W.A.T. Team for two years. In 2004, Miles was assigned to supervise the Technical services unit and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 2005. He served as the Patrol Watch Commander until January of 2007, when he was assigned to oversee the Professional Standards and Background Units. In August of 2007, Miles was promoted to the rank of Captain and is the Operations Division Commander.

Miles is married and has two sons. He enjoys spending time with his family and attends church at Calvary Chapel Chino Hills.

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Lieutenant Ed Cisneros began his law enforcement career as a Custody Officer for the City of Pomona in 1973. During that same year he volunteered his time as a Reserve Police Officer for the City of Montclair . In 1974, he was hired as a full time Police Officer for the City of Montclair . In 1977, he transferred to the City of Chino as a Police Officer.

Lieutenant Cisneros has been with the City of Chino for over 30 years. While with the Chino Police Department he has held many positions such as; Field Training Officer, Patrol Corporal, Robbery/Homicide Detective, Gang/Intelligence Detective, Narcotics Officer, Patrol Sergeant, Detective Sergeant, Narcotics Task Force Commander, Professional Standards Sergeant, Patrol Bureau Commander, Support Services Bureau Commander and Bureau Commander of the Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving Bureau. He currently serves as a Watch Commander. In 1990, Lieutenant Cisneros was recognized by the Chino Rotary Club as the “Peace Officer of the Year” and in 1993 by the Ontario Elks Lodge #1419. He served several years as a City of Chino Customer Service Facilitator/Instructor.

Lieutenant Cisneros is a native of Chino . He attended Chino elementary schools. He is a graduate of Pomona High School , Mount San Antonio Community College and Chapman University where he earned his Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army serving as a Medic. He is also a 1998 graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy (Class #194), current member for the Police Futurist International, and past President of Chino Rotary. He also serves as an advisor to the Baldy View Regional Occupation Program and that of the County of Riverside.

His hobbies are boating, fishing, traveling in his motor home, babysitting his grandchildren, and flying.

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Lieutenant Albert Cheatham began his Law Enforcement career with the City of Montclair. After serving one year as a reserve, he became a regular police officer with the same department. Lieutenant Cheatham attended the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Basic Academy. He has an AA degree from Mt. San Antonio College, with coursework in Criminal Justice toward a Bachelor’s degree at Cal State Fullerton. In addition to his formal education, he holds the Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Supervisory and Management Post Certificates.

Lieutenant Cheatham worked for Montclair as a regular police officer, working various assignments including Patrol, Communications, Crime Prevention, and a new program at the time called The PAL (Prevention Against Loss) Program. This was a forerunner to today’s Neighborhood Watch Program. He then laterally transferred to Chino Police Department and has worked for Chino for approximately twenty-seven years. During this time, he has worked assignments such as Patrol, Detectives, Traffic, Communications, Prison Gang Task Force, and Administration. He has also supervised and managed several of these same units or bureaus within the department. Currently, Lieutenant Cheatham is assigned as the Criminal Investigations Bureau Commander.

Lieutenant Cheatham is married. He and his wife have been and continue to be active in the community with civic groups such as Rotary, Soroptimists, the YMCA, and the Inland Valley Humane Society.

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Lieutenant Charles Sample began his career with the Chino Police Department in 1979. Prior to joining Chino Police Department, he served four years in the United States Air Force, during which time he attended the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Academy, Class #46. Charles is a graduate of the Supervisory Leadership Institute, Class #74.

Lieutenant Sample has worked Patrol, Detective Bureau, Special Operations, and in the Background and Hiring Unit. Charles was promoted to the rank of Sergeant in 1990 and was assigned to the Professional Standards Unit. He was a member of the Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT) for over 20 years.

Charles was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in January of 2006 and is currently working as a patrol Watch Commander. He is married and has two children.

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Lieutenant Karen Comstock began her career with the Chino Police Department in 1985 as a Police Explorer. Karen worked for the City of Chino as a Cadet and as a Reserve Officer until she was hired as a Poice Officer in October of 1990.

Lieutenant Comstock has served as a Police Officer, Field Training Officer, Patrol Supervisor, Detective Bureau Supervisor, and was a member of the Crisis Negotiations Team. She has also worked as a Detective in the Criminal Investigations Bureau and in the Background Investigation Unit assisting with the recruitment and selection of all police department employees.

Lieutenant Comstock has over fourteen years of experience in Law Enforcement Exploring and is a former Explorer Post Advisor. For the last nine years she has instructed at the Explorer Training Center, a Regional Explorer Academy hosted annually in Claremont. She is also the Department’s Mobile Field Force Coordinator. Karen is currently a Watch Commander working swing shift patrol.

Lieutenant Comstock was raised in Chino and has always been very active in community sports and youth programs. She attended elementary school, junior high school, and high school in Chino. She is a graduate from Don Antonio Lugo High. Karen has a bachelor’s degree in Business Management from the University of Phoenix and holds a master’s degree in Organizational Management. Lieutenant Comstock is also a graduate of the Supervisory Leadership Institute, class #148.

Karen was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in January of 2007. She enjoys spending time with her family, playing tennis, surfing, and jogging.

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Lieutenant Keith Bussard, a 19-year Chino Police Department veteran, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on Sept. 20, 2007.

Lt. Bussard began his employment with the Chino Police Department as an officer in 1988. He was promoted to Corporal in 1994 and served five years in the Detective Bureau working child abuse, robbery and homicide cases. He was also assigned to the Training Unit for one year. He became a Sergeant in the Patrol Bureau in 2000 and worked as a field supervisor and watch commander. In January of 2005 he became a supervisor in the Detective Bureau. In January of 2006 he was transferred to the Professional Standards Unit in the Office of the Chief. In 2007 Lt. Bussard was assigned to supervise the Training Unit and worked there until his promotion.

Lt. Bussard has also been a member of the SWAT Team for nine years and was recently name SWAT Commander.

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