Chief Craig Courtin joined the Foster City Police Department in 1984. Over the past 26+ years, he has worked most assignments and held all ranks within the Department. He served seven years in the Detective Bureau, first as a detective, and later as the sergeant in charge of the Bureau. After being promoted to lieutenant in 1995, he worked each of the Patrol Division and Administrative Division assignments associated with that rank.

In 2001, he was promoted to Captain. Over the next three years, he headed both Administrative and Patrol Divisions before being promoted to Chief of Police in December 2004.

Chief Courtin holds a Bachelor's degree from Bowling Green State University, and is a 2001 award winning graduate of the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Command College, an eighteen month futures-oriented program for California police managers. Since 2006 Chief Courtin has sat on the Board of the San Mateo County Police Chiefs and Sheriff Association, having served as President in 2008. In 2009 Chief Courtin served as the head of the San Mateo County Gang Task Force and currently sits on the Board of the San Mateo County Narcotics Task Force.

Chief Courtin has been a member of the Rotary Club of Foster City since 1999 and currently serves on the Board of that organization. He and his family have lived in Foster City since 1996.

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You mail contact Chief Courtin at 650-286-3300 or send him an email at Policechief@fostercity.org