Redondo Beach names Hawthorne’s Kauffman as new police chief
Keith Kauffman was named Redondo Beach’s new Chief of Police. Photo courtesy City of Redondo Beach After a year of searching, Redondo Beach’s police force has a new leader. Keith Kauffman, a Captain with the Hawthorne Police Department, was named as Redondo Beach’s next Chief of Police in a press release issued on Tuesday afternoon. He was the top pick from a field of 39 candidates vying for a position vacated in October 2014 by the retirement of Joe Leonardi. Kauffman will be introduced and sworn in before the public at the October 20 meeting of the Redondo Beach City Council. A resident of Redondo Beach, Kauffman has worked in law enforcement for 22 years, and holds a Master’s degree in Negotations and Conflict Management from Cal State – Dominguez Hills. He has been credited with the co-creation and implementation of the “Coffee with a Cop” program. ““It has been a privilege for the past six months to work with the men and women of the Redondo Beach Police Department — a department I knew well from my time in Torrance,” said Redondo’s interim Chief of Police John Neu, via press release. Neu, who retired as Torrance’s Police Chief last year, took on Redondo’s interim position in…
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