On this week's episode we speak with Sacramento Police Chief Kathy Lester.
Kathy Lester was raised in Rancho Cordova and enlisted in the Army after High School. She attended the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA where she became fluent in Russian, and served as a crypto logical linguist. Additionally, she was cross trained as a combat medic and range master. Kathy served both stateside and in Korea and Japan while she was attached to the 373rd and 368th Military Intelligence Battalions.
She was awarded the Combat Lifesaving Medal, the National Defense Medal and the Meritorious Service Medal.
She joined the Sacramento Police Department in 1994 as a dispatcher, became a community service officer and was sworn in as a police officer in 1996. During her long career with Sac PD she has worked in almost every Department and today she is the first woman to hold Chief of Police position.
During our conversation, we really got to know Kathy Lester and we discussed all things policing in the City of Sacramento.
Alessandra Assaf, Author/Actor
Max Miller, Rancho Cordova Sports Hall of Fame Inductee
Robert J. (Bob) McGarvey, Rancho Cordova Founding Father
Kathy Lester, Sacramento Police Chief
Carrie Johnson, The Rancho Cordova Community Food Locker Executive Director
K.C. Clark, Rancho Cordova Sports Hall of Fame
Danielle Mercado, Hummingbird Artistic Director
Jeffrey Lambert, Certified Financial Planner
Guy Anderson, Rancho Cordova’s Baseball Legend
Curt Haven, Rancho Cordova’s Founding Father
William Glasser, President and Founder, Language World
Colette Winlock, Rancho Cordova Hall of Fame inductee/Author.
Christopher Cook, Artistic Director, Green Valley Theatre Company.
David Sander, Ph.D. Vice Mayor Rancho Cordova
Megan Toland, Deputy Director, Sacramento Children’s Museum
Jennifer West, Sacramento film commissioner
Jim Cooper, Newly elected Sacramento County Sheriff
Roger Niello (R) California State Senator
Guest Host Mike Marando speaks with MLB legend Randy Lerch
Bill George, Documentary Filmmaker
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