Sacramento Police Chief Rick Braziel is retiring at the end of the year after 33 years with the police force. Braziel was sworn in as the 43rd Chief of Police on January 9, 2008.

He served five years as the chief. He says he will be retiring on December 29th. Braziel was once courted for the chief's job in Seattle but ultimately turned it down. 
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