He had the right stuff to be chief - Steve Segura, Sacramento’s senior deputy chief retiring

That’s what’s significant here. Segura helped integrate the highest ranks of the Sacramento Police Department.

Along with Nájera and Nájera’s predecessor, Arturo Venegas, Segura shattered ceilings and gained a level of authority previously off-limits to people of color.

He did it the only meaningful way diversity is ever achieved in the workplace – by doing the job well, working really hard. Segura’s commitment could never be questioned, even when his style was.”*

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