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Interview
It’s not a destination, it’s a journey. If you’re curious and you want to continue to learn and grow, then you’re going to be successful at whatever you want to do.
About Phan
- I was born in Vietnam and fled with my family to the United States when I was eight years old.
- I earned my bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from San Jose State University.
- While in college, I was taken aback by the reasons my peers thought Vietnamese-Americans wouldn’t make good police officers.
- I took that as a challenge and applied to the San Jose Police Department.
- I then built a 26-year career with the police department, starting as a police officer and working my way up to deputy chief of police.
- I now work as the director of public safety for the Sunnyvale Department of public safety, where I oversee our officers performing police, fire, and emergency medical services.