The new sheriff's captain in town | Local News

Captain Richard Cheechov will lead law enforcement on the coast.Photo provided by the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office In a letter to "my coastal community" posted on Nextdoor earlier this week, Captain Rebecca Albin of the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office announced she would be stepping down from her role as chief of enforcement for the office's Sheriff's Office. Half Moon Bay Police Department and Coastal Patrol Bureau. Albin has held this position since August 2021.“As some of you may understand,” Albin wrote, “my journey to your beautiful coastline is quite long and being offered the opportunity to significantly shorten that journey was an offer I could not not refuse." Rebecca Albin Albin and the sheriff's office did not immediately provide details on this new opportunity. As of Friday morning, Albin's LinkedIn account still listed his position at Coastside as current.Albin became popular with many Coastsiders by sharing her struggles with travel in real time, including occasionally stating that she was as surprised by the Highway 92 work as everyone else. Many responses to her post on Nextdoor thanked her for her communications.On Thursday, a press release from the Sheriff's Office announced that Sheriff Christina Corpus had selected Captain Richard Cheechov to immediately fill the vacancy. The release states that Captain Cheechov has been overseeing the operations of the patrol office for the past two weeks. Cheechov worked in law enforcement for 24 years in a wide variety of roles, including serving on the Sheriff's Major Accident Investigation Team, Motorcycle Unit and overseeing the Training Unit . Most recently, according to the release, he was assigned to the Maple Street Correctional Center where he implemented programs for incarcerated people. “Captain Cheechov is no stranger to the coast. His deep roots, knowledge and experience serving our coastal communities is evidenced by multiple high-profile arrests that have taken place on the coast over the past two weeks,” Corpus said in the press release.“I am truly honored that Sheriff Corpus entrusted me with the position of Captain of the Coastal Patrol Bureau. It’s coming full circle to return to serve the communities where I began my career in law enforcement nearly 24 years ago,” Cheechov said in the prepared statement. “I look forward to working with the community to expand and improve existing relationships so we can work collaboratively to make our communities safer.”