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Jonni Redick, EdD

Assistant Chief (Ret.), California Highway Patrol

Jonni Redick, EdD

Jonni Redick retired as an Assistant Chief with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) from a large multi-billion-dollar state agency with over 7,500 sworn members and collectively over 11,000 total employees.

A 29-year veteran, rising through the California Highway Patrol (CHP) ranks from county clerical worker to breaking through the “less-than-one-percent” ceiling for women of color in executive leadership in law enforcement. Over her career, she has worked throughout California, holding uniformed ranks from officer to Assistant Chief. She was the first female captain of the Contra Costa CHP Area in Martinez, CA, working with 18 allied agencies to provide service to an 802-square-mile region. Administratively, she has overseen multi-million dollar statewide, nationally recognized programs.

As an Assistant Chief, she worked in the Golden Gate Division, San Francisco/Bay Area, as a part of executive oversight for 16 field commands with over 1,600 personnel that work in the nine Bay Area counties with over 100 cities and over seven million in population. She retired from Valley Division within the Sacramento region, where she was a part of the executive leadership overseeing 20 CHP commands spanning over 11 counties, including the 3rd largest communications center in the state, which handled over one million 911 calls annually. She has been incident commander for critical incidents, civil disturbances, mutual aid events, and coordination of natural disaster response and oversight.

Dr. Redick is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives (NAWLEE), the American Association of University Women (AAUW), and the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE).

In addition, she is a published author of two books: Her leadership memoir “Black, White & Blue: Surviving the Sifting” and “Survival Guide” to Law Enforcement Promotional Preparation. She is also a regular contributor to Police1 by Lexipol and a professional public speaker.

Jonni Redick has earned a Bachelor of Science in Management, a Master of Science in Law Enforcement and Public Safety Leadership, and a Doctor of Education in Organizational Change and Administration. She is also a graduate of POST Command College.

Degree Programs

Education

BS in Management - California Coast University
MS in Law Enforcement and Public Safety Leadership - University of San Diego
EdD in Organizational Change and Administration - California Baptist University

Certifications

POST Command College
Student Reviews
  • "I truly valued Professor Redick's experience, discussions, and comments/advice on my assignments."
    -Summer '24 Student
  • "Professor Redick was a positive contributing factor to the learning experience provided. Her feedback was fair, constructive, and insightful."
    -Summer '24 Student
  • "Professor Redick was by far one of the best professors I have experienced. She was fair and concise in her expectations. Her weekly feedback was pivotal in improving my writing. Professor even reached out to me via text to ensure I had everything I needed to be successful. Her care and concern were very much appreciated."
    -Fall '23 Student
  • "Professor Redick was incredibly responsive each week. Comments and analysis of our discussions boards was always thorough and provided additional feedback learning value. Grading was fast and clear, with very helpful notes or guidance on how to improve."
    -Fall '23 Student
  • "Professor Redick was extremely knowledgeable and professional. She promptly graded work and provided constructive criticism. She also took the time to reach out personally when I experienced the death of a colleague. I felt that she was truly invested in the course, it's teaching and the students."
    -Fall '22 Student
  • "Professor Redick was outstanding. She is undoubtedly an expert in the field and the students at USD are lucky to have experienced her leadership and engagement during this course. She was always available and very active during the discussion boards. I genuinely appreciated her involvement and feedback throughout this course."
    -Fall '22 Student
  • "This course with Professor Jonni Redick was a valuable opportunity to learn from a leader with immense experience and success. Professor Redick provided effective feedback and insight on community engagement matters. It would be a privilege and honor to take another course led by Professor Redick."
    -Fall '22 Student
  • "Professor Redick was honest in her delivery. She was unafraid to share her experiences, how they affected her and how she was able to move forward. A trait that I respect and found to be refreshing, especially in a law enforcement culture that teaches us to be stoic."
    -Fall '22 Student
  • "It was a pleasure and honor to learn and to be instructed by Professor Redick. She is a professor who really believes in what she teaches."
    -Fall '22 Student
  • "The instructor's direction and words inspired me to complete this course and the project and bring back valuable ideas to my organization."
    -Fall '22 Student
  • "I really appreciated the video check-ins Professor Redick did for the class. It was a nice way to engage the students and I was able to review them on my own schedule."
    -Fall '22 Student
  • "Professor Redick constantly communicated with the class and provided excellent feedback, which was extremely valuable. I learned a lot from Professor Redick's posts on the discussion board, where she had incredibly thoughtful posts and shared so many resources with the class."
    -Fall '21 Student
  • "Professor Jonni has really helped me especially during this course. I was faced with some pressing family issues and with my workload piling up, I really was ready to throw in the towel to say, "I will come back when I have a better balanced family and workload." She reminded me that this program was created especially for career leaders like myself and I know if I had thrown in the towel, I don't know when I would pick it back up so thank you Professor Jonni Redick!!"
    -Spring '21 Student
  • "Professor Redick was highly responsive and attentive. She gave excellent critiques and was always available via e-mail. Excellent Professor."
    -Spring '21 Student
  • "Professor Redick was very helpful with any and all questions and concerns throughout the course, and is very knowledgeable about our profession."
    -Spring '20 Student
  • "Professor Redick was actively engaged, provided thoughtful discussion points, timely grading, awesome feedback, and genuinely cared about her students. Awesome job, one of the best instructors so far."
    -Summer '19 Student

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