Chief Hoffman to retire after 31 years with Redondo Beach Police Department
by Garth Meyer Redondo Beach Police Chief Joe Hoffman announced Nov. 7 that he will retire at the end of the year. An RBPD officer since 1994 – his entire career – Hoffman will leave the top post after almost four years. “The department is in a really good place, and the city. Timing is everything. I talked this over with my family, and I am excited about the future of the department,” Hoffman said Wednesday in an interview with Easy Reader. “There is a fine line between leaving early and staying too long. I’m a believer that you need to leave something when you’re not quite ready. There is a point in anyone’s career that you get burned out. Having that energy and enthusiasm and commitment, it can affect the culture when you (start to lose that). I don’t want to leave, but I need to make sure I leave before I get there. I’m not there, and don’t want to ever get there.” Hoffman joined the RBPD as a volunteer in the records unit at age 19, the son of an LAPD homicide detective who tried to talk him out of the profession. “Go work for the DA’s office,” he said. “You’ll get your holidays and weekends off.” The son insisted, though, and his dad said, ‘go look into the beach cities…
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