 Jerald Monahan is a 31 year public safety official having begun his law enforcement career with the Casa Grande Police Department. While with the Casa Grande Police Department, he served for one year as the Assistant Director of the Arizona Police Corps. Retiring at the rank of Lieutenant in 2002 from Casa Grande he accepted a Commander’s position, rank of Captain, with the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office. A short time later he was appointed as the Chief Deputy. In June of 2008 he left the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office to accept the Chief of Police position with the Apache Junction Police Department, where he continues to serve.
At all three agencies, Jerald was active in addressing issues surrounding violence against women. He served on the Safe Home Network, and was a member of the Board of Directors for Against Abuse, Inc. He has been a member of the Pinal County Domestic Violence Coalition since 1996, and was instrumental in getting the Pinal County Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team started in 2006, serving as one of the first co-chairs. He was appointed to the Governor’s Commission to Prevent Violence Against Women in 2003 and reappointed in 2008. He was appointed by the Arizona Supreme Court to serve on the Committee to Study the Impact of Domestic Violence on the Courts in 2005. He taught the Domestic violence curriculum at the Central Arizona Regional Law Officers Training Academy from 1992 to 2002 and served on the Subject matter expert committee to develop and update this curriculum for the Arizona Peace Officers Standards and Training Board. Current work includes serving as chair of a workgroup for the Governor’s Office of Women and Children to encourage local communities around the state to develop and implement domestic violence fatality review teams and is a member of the Board of Directors for CAAFA, the Community Alliance Against Family Abuse in Northern Pinal County.
Other leadership positions include; Board of Directors for the Boys and Girls Club of the East Valley, Apache Junction Branch; and 2009 President of the Pinal County Law Enforcement Association.
Chief Monahan holds a Masters of Science degree in Leadership with an Emphasis on Crisis Management and disaster preparedness from Grand Canyon University, a Bachelors of Science degree in Public Safety Administration from Grand Canyon University, and an Associates of Applied Science degree in the Administration of Justice from Central Arizona College.
He is a graduate of the University of Arizona’s Project CENTRL, a two year rural leadership development program, and a graduate from the FBI’s National Academy, the 230th Session, Sept. 2007.
Chief Monahan is active in the Arizona Chapter of the FBI National Academy Association and the Arizona Association of Chiefs of Police, serving as an Executive Board member. He also is active with the East Valley Chiefs Association and the Pinal County Law Enforcement Association. |
