Now, though he\u2019s set to retire on Dec. 30, Brockie said he has interesting endeavors lined up after retirement.<\/p>\n
Brockie\u2019s 28-year police career began in 1998 at Cal State Fullerton. By 2019, he had been promoted to captain before transferring to CSULB, where he maintained his rank. Less than three years later, he succeeded former Police Chief Fernando Solorzano in 2021.<\/p>\n
However, before he turns in his badge, Brockie has one more project in the works \u2014 a training program to prepare newly hired officers for campus policing across the CSU and UC system.<\/p>\n
\u201c[Police officers] are required to go to the same police academy and all of the same classes, and there is a requirement by law that community college and K-12 officers have to go through an additional program,\u201d Brockie said. \u201c[I was] looking at the program, and was thinking, why doesn\u2019t CSU or UC police have their own program?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Brockie said this training program is important because many officers who come out of the police academy, which focuses on metropolitan policing, often feel on edge or even combative. Brockie said this program would ease officers into university policing and teach them valuable skills related to the campus force.<\/p>\n
Despite the program being in its early stages and without a name, Brockie said he has a clear vision for what it will entail. The program would include a one or two-week course for new hires fresh out of the police academy, covering university-specific topics including university structure, First Amendment speech, crowd control and sexual assault.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Brockie also wants to include professors and other university professionals to discuss mental health and student life. His goal is to get the program certified by the California Peace Officers Standards and Training<\/a> so the course can be reimbursable. The University Police Department would cover the cost of officers\u2019 course attendance, and then POST would reimburse the department.<\/p>\n \u201cI see the first phase as the initial rollout, where the program will go to campuses,\u201d Brockie said. \u201cAnd then once it\u2019s established, then we would have two, three sessions a year, probably at the same location, so that the [officers in the program] are coming to that location.\u201d<\/p>\n Brockie hopes to have a draft of the program ready by early December, in time for the annual meeting of CSU and UC police chiefs. Still, after retirement, he plans to see this program to completion, whether he\u2019s \u201con the payroll or not.\u201d Though Brockie is working on his last project, those working alongside him said he\u2019s influenced the department most through his community-oriented projects, diversity efforts and education.<\/p>\n Brockie\u2019s achievements at The Beach<\/p>\n CSULB Chief Financial Officer Scott Apel cited the Campus Assessment and Stabilization Team<\/a> program as one of the most notable achievements of the police department under Brockie\u2019s leadership. <\/p>\n The program was initially designed in 2020 but lacked funding, so Brockie partnered with Student Health Services to secure a $400,00 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and CAST launched in mid-2022.<\/p>\n \u201cPresident Conoley and I had talked about a CAST-like program many years ago, and it didn\u2019t happen because of a variety of factors, but one of them was financial,\u201d Apel said. \u201c[Brockie] and his partners in the Division of Student Affairs went out and got a grant, and that really helped us with startup money.\u201d<\/p>\n Last spring, CAST responded to 194 service episodes<\/a>.<\/p>\n The collaboration and success of CAST and the police department earned them the 2025 President\u2019s Award for Team Achievement<\/a>, which Brockie proudly displays in the team meeting room.\u00a0<\/p>\n The President\u2019s Team Achievement Award was presented to the University Police Department for the CAST program. The award is displayed in the conference room of the police department. Nikoletta Anagnostou | Long Beach Current<\/p>\n When Brockie first took over hiring while a captain in January 2020, the department was only 12% female. <\/p>\n As of September 2025, the department reached its goal of a 30% female force under the 30\u00d730 initiative<\/a>.<\/p>\n Additionally, Brockie publicly displays<\/a> the department\u2019s gender and racial demographics on their website \u2013 a transparency measure that neighboring schools CSUF<\/a>, CSUDH<\/a> and CSULA<\/a> don\u2019t have.<\/p>\n \u201cI think [Brockie\u2019s] been a great chief,\u201d Apel said. \u201cWe were working towards making the police force more diverse, both in gender and in ethnicity, and John really moved those efforts forward and has made our police force very diverse.\u201d<\/p>\n Officer Corina Washington, head of the Community Safety Officer Program at CSULB, noted that one of Brockie\u2019s most significant impacts was on education and accessibility.\u00a0<\/p>\n Beyond delivering safety presentations, Brockie has continued police department events like \u201cCoffee with a Cop\u201d and has partnered with Beach XP<\/a> to improve communication and education among students.<\/p>\n Apel, who also serves as the police department\u2019s appointing authority, did not disclose whether a successor has been selected, but emphasized that a key reason for hiring Brockie was his extensive university policing experience \u2014 something Apel and the university are seeking in the next police chief.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cLaw enforcement on a college campus is a much different proposition than, say, metropolitan law enforcement,\u201d Apel said. \u201cWe generally shy away from LAPD-type experience because it\u2019s such a different kind of thing. Our police force is supposed to help our students first and then do everything else kind of second.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI try to finish things that I start, especially when I\u2019m the one who pitched the whole program and got other people involved,\u201d Brockie said. \u201cI\u2019m committed at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC_3434-scaled.jpg\")
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