Earlier this year, city officials announced that Dave Brown will take over as captain of the San Marcos Sheriff’s Station. Captain Brown has been with the sheriff’s department for 28 years He began his career as an intern with the probation department in his senior year at San Diego State University.
“Captain Brown is a well-respected member of the sheriff’s department and we are fortunate to have this capable lawman assigned to our City,” said City Manager Jack Griffin.
During his tenure with the San Diego Sheriff’s Department, Captain Brown has been assigned to various areas including homicide, special assistant to the Sheriff and special investigations-criminal Intelligence. He has experience working throughout San Diego County at the Vista, Imperial Beach and Ramona patrol stations as well as the jail in Vista and court assignments in downtown San Diego and Vista.
Awarded the Medal of Lifesaving as a patrol deputy, Captain Brown has received several awards and was featured in documentaries and books for his role in leading the investigation into the murders of Chelsea King and Amber Dubois.
He is also a recent graduate from the Senior Management Institute for Police at Boston University.
Captain Brown’s transfer to the San Marcos station comes after the former captain of the station, Mike McClain, was assigned to the department’s central investigations division (homicide.)
“We have welcomed Captain Brown to San Marcos and look forward to partnering with him and all the dedicated employees at the San Marcos Sheriff’s Station,” said Griffin.
Captain Brown lives with his wife and he has two adult children. His daughter is in her fourth year at Cal State San Marcos (CSUSM) in the School of Nursing and his son is a graduate of CSUSM and is now an English teacher in Vietnam.
