FOLSOM, Calif. — Folsom announced Monday the appointment of its next police chief.
Adam Green, who most recently served as a deputy chief for the Sacramento Police Department, will be sworn in at 3 p.m. Dec. 8 during a ceremony at the Folsom Community Center. With the Folsom Police Department, Green will lead 125 employees and 50 volunteers and oversee all the department’s services and programs.
“I am honored to serve as Folsom’s next Police Chief alongside the men and women of the Folsom Police Department, and to honor their tradition of service, community, and Folsom pride,” Green said via a city news release. “There can be no greater calling than to protect the safety of our public. Since moving to the Sacramento region, the Folsom community has been an important part of my life, and I am humbled by this opportunity.”
Green joined the Sacramento Police Department in 2001 and steadily advanced through each rank. As a police officer he was assigned to patrol, a problem-oriented policing team and the SWAT team, according to his profile on the Sacramento Police Department website, which was still up Tuesday afternoon…