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Mission Statement

The mission of the Hemet Police Department is to enhance the quality of life and public safety through excellent service, protection, and partnerships with our community.

Vision

We envision a city in which the police department, community members, businesses, and visitors are active and proud partners in creating a safe, thriving community.

hemet police department values leadership Partnerships collaboration Honor Integrity Innovation Excellence Pride

Leadership

Meet our command staff

The Hemet Police Department cultivates leaders through career development, coaching, and mentoring. The department is lead by the chief of police.

Eddie pust

Chief of Police

Glen brock

Captain

Jeff Davis

Captain

eric dickson

Lieutenant

Nate miller

Lieutenant

Michael Arellano

Lieutenant

DALE DIGIAMBATTISTA

Support Services Manager

Chief Eddie Pust is the current chief of police for the Hemet Police Department.

As chief of police, he is responsible for the direction the department takes into the future, overall management of the command staff, and reporting to the city manager.

He was promoted to the rank of chief of police in 2019.

Chief Eddie Pust began his career with the City of Hemet Police Department in 1996.

1999 - Assigned to a multi-agency narcotics task force, where he worked with many allied agencies at the local, state and federal level
2003 - Assigned to develop the crime suppression unit
2006 - Promoted to corporal and assigned as a field supervisor
2011 - Promoted to sergeant and assigned as a watch commander
2014 - Promoted to lieutenant and oversaw the patrol operations bureau, public safety dispatch center, and the investigations bureau
2018 - Promoted to captain and oversaw the patrol division, investigations bureau, field training program, special operations unit, gang task force, and the crime suppression unit
2019 - Promoted to the chief of police
SWAT operator - 13 years experience
Leader - Hemet Police Department's Baker-To-Vegas Relay Team
Past board member - Hemet Police Officers Association
Past board member - Hemet Police Management Association

Master’s Degree - Public Administration from California State University, Northridge
Bachelor’s Degree - Criminal Justice from California State University, Fullerton
Certified - California POST Management
Certified - California POST Supervisor
Graduate - FBI National Academy Session #276

Chief Eddie Pust
450 E Latham Ave
Hemet, California 92543
951.765.2400
epust@hemetca.gov

Captain Glen Brock is the Hemet Police Department's Operations Captain and oversees:

Patrol Division
Investigations Bureau
Field Training Program
Special Operations Unit (SOU)
Gang Task Force
Patrol Bureau

Captain Glen Brock began his law enforcement career with the Los Angeles Police Department in 1998. While at the LAPD, Captain Brock worked in various assignments such as patrol, crime suppression, and juvenile narcotics.

Captain Brock transferred to the Hemet Police Department in 2006, and has held the following assignments:

• 2006 – Selected as explorer advisor
• 2007 – Selected as a field training officer
• 2008 – Assigned as a school resource officer
• 2011 - Promoted to corporal and assigned to patrol
• 2013 - Promoted to sergeant and assigned as a patrol watch commander
• 2017 - Promoted to lieutenant and assigned to the support services division
• 2018 - Promoted to captain and assigned to the support services division
• 2021 – Assigned as captain to the operations division
• Past board member of the Hemet Police Officers’ Association
• Defensive tactics unit supervisor
• Certified master TASER Instructor
• Pepperball and tactical communications instructor
• Crisis negotiations team leader
• Command post team leader
• Certified advanced force science specialist

Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice Administration, Columbia Southern University
Master’s Degree in Public Administration with an emphasis on Government Policy, Grand Canyon University
Graduate - California POST Sherman Block Supervisory Leadership Institute Class #389
California POST Management Certificate

Captain Glen Brock
450 E Latham Ave
Hemet, California 92543
951.765.2500
gbrock@cityofhemet.org

Captain Jeff Davis is the support services captain and oversees the following areas of the Hemet Police Department:

Communications Bureau
Records Bureau
Professional Standards Bureau
Traffic Bureau
Community Services Bureau

Captain Jeff Davis began his career with the Hemet Police Department in 1993 and has held the following assignments:

2004 - Assigned to the Youth Accountability Team
2006 - Promoted to corporal and was assigned to the crime suppression unit
2011 - Promoted to sergeant assigned to the patrol bureau
2013 - Assigned to the Riverside County Regional Gang Task Force Region 3 (Hemet San Jacinto Valley Gang Task Force) and supervised a multi-agency team comprised of city, county, state, and federal law enforcement officers
2016 - Promoted to lieutenant and assigned to the operations division, which included the patrol and communications bureaus, the special operations unit, and the canine program
2018 - Transferred to the investigations division
2020 - Promoted to captain, assigned to operations
SWAT - 19 Years of experience
Chemical agent instructor
Past board member of the Hemet Police Officers' Association
Current board member of the Hemet Police Management Association

Bachelor’s Degree in Adult Workforce Education from Southern Illinois University – Carbondale
Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from California Baptist University
Graduate from the Sherman Block Leadership Institute
Certified - California POST Management
Certified - California POST Supervisor

Captain Jeff Davis
450 E Latham Ave
Hemet, California 92543
951.765.2400
jdavis@hemetca.gov

Lt. Eric Dickson currently oversees the Hemet Police Department's Community Services Bureau, which includes:

R.O.C.S. (Restoring Our Community Strategy) Team
Traffic Bureau
School Resource Officers
P.A.C.T. (Post Release Accountability Compliance Team)
Office of Professional Standards (IA)

2000 – Selected as a field training officer
2000 – Selected as a member of the TARGET Team
2003 – Selected as one of the original members of the crime suppression unit.
2003 – Selected as a negotiator for the crisis negotiations team
2004 – Promoted to corporal and assigned as a field supervisor in the patrol bureau
2006 – Promoted to sergeant and assigned to the patrol bureau as a watch commander
2009 – Transferred to professional standards/internal affairs.
2009 – Selected as the leader of the crisis negotiations team
2011 – Promoted to lieutenant and assigned to the operations bureau. Oversaw the traffic bureau, canine teams, and the patrol division
2012 – Tasked with forming the initial ROCS (Restoring Our Community Strategy) Team and re-establishing the Crime Suppression Unit
2012 - 2012 – Tasked with oversight of the gang task force and the post-release accountability and compliance team (PACT)
2018 – With the reorganization of the department: assigned to oversee the community services bureau including ROCS, PACT, the traffic bureau, school resource officers, the crisis intervention team, and the office of professional standards/internal affairs

Bachelor’s Degree – Philosophy from California State University, Fullerton
Graduate - Sherman Block: Supervisory Leadership Institute, class #254
Graduate - Drucker School of Management: Executive Leadership Institute, class #3
California Peace Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) basic, intermediate, advanced, supervisory, and management certificates

Lieutenant Eric Dickson
450 E Latham Ave
Hemet, California 92543
951.765.2400
edickson@hemetca.gov

Lieutenant Nate Miller is the Hemet Police Department's Investigations Bureau Commander. He currently supervises:

The Investigations Bureau
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program
The Gang Task Force
The Body-Worn Camera Program
Property & Evidence
Crime Scene Investigation Team
Press Information Officer & Media Relations Team

Lieutenant Nate Miller began his law enforcement career in 1992 with the San Jacinto Police Department. Lieutenant Miller has been a resident of Hemet since the mid-1970s and attended K-12 schooling in Hemet. He and his family have been residents of the Hemet/San Jacinto Valley for over 40 years.

During his law enforcement career, he has had the opportunity to work on a variety of assignments and has led several different divisions, such as:

Recruiting Team Coordinator
Field Training Program Coordinator
Communications Supervisor
Community Services Supervisor
Motor Officer
Member of the department’s major incident response teams
TASER Master instructor and has provided in-service training to agencies throughout the state of California

Bachelor's of Science Degree - Criminal Justice Administration from Columbia Southern University, Orange Beach, Alabama
Graduate - Sherman Block Supervisory Leadership Institute - Class #257
Graduate - California Peace Officer Standards & Training (P.O.S.T.) Management - Class #19-003
California Peace Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, and Supervisory certificates

Lieutenant Nate Miller
450 E Latham Ave
Hemet, California 92543
951.765.2400
nmiller@hemetca.gov

Lieutenant Michael Arellano is the Hemet Police Department's Operations Bureau Commander. He currently supervises:

Patrol Operations
Special Operations Unit (SOU)
Field Training Program
Police K-9 Program
Recruitment
Vehicle Fleet
Honor Guard

After serving 9 years in the United States Marine Corps, Lieutenant Arellano began his law enforcement career with the San Diego Police Department in 2003. While at the SDPD, he was assigned to the southeastern division where he worked patrol and the crime suppression team.

Lieutenant Arellano transferred to the Hemet Police Department in 2006, and has held the following assignments:

2006 - Patrol officer
2008 - Canine handler
2009 - Field training officer
2009 - Special operations unit (SWAT) as an operator, breached, and sniper
2012 - Promoted to corporal and assigned as a patrol field supervisor
2014 - Promoted to sergeant as a watch commander
2014 - Honor guard member and coordinator, field training program coordinator, crisis negotiations team leader, asset forfeitures
2017 - Selected to supervise the restoring our community strategy (ROCS) team
2020 - Promoted to lieutenant and assigned to the operations division
Past board member of the Hemet Police Officer's Association (HPOA) and the Hemet Police Management Association (HPMA)
Current board member of the Hemet Police Management Association

Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice Administration, from California Coast University
Graduate – California Peace Officer Standards & Training (P.O.S.T.) Management
Graduate – The Sherman Block Supervisory Leadership Institute - Class #435
California Peace Officer Standards & Training (P.O.S.T.) certificates – Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, and Supervisory.

Lieutenant Michael Arellano
450 E Latham Ave
Hemet, California 92543
951.765.2400
marellano@hemetca.gov

Mr. Dale Digiambattista is the public safety support services manager for the Hemet Police Department. He supervises the:

Emergency Communications Center
Records Bureau

Mr. Digiambattista was a dispatcher for the Riverside County Sheriff's Department for about 16 years.

He has taught dispatch-related public safety courses as an adjunct instructor with Riverside Community College. Since 2015, he has served on the executive board for the Southern California Chapter of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO).

Bachelor's Degree - Creative Writing from the University of California, Riverside

Mr. Dale Digiambattista
450 E Latham Ave
Hemet, California 92543
951.765.2400
mailto:ddigiambattis@hemetca.gov

450 E Latham Ave | Hemet | California 92543

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hemet police department values leadership Partnerships collaboration Honor Integrity Innovation Excellence Pride

Meet our command staff

Eddie pust

Glen brock

Jeff Davis

eric dickson

Nate miller

Michael Arellano

DALE DIGIAMBATTISTA

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