GARY E. MITROVICH
VICE PRESIDENT
Vice President Mitrovich is a native San Diegan and is part of the politically influential Mitrovich family.
Vice President Mitrovich joined the San Diego Police Department in 1980. In his career he has worked patrol, Community Relations, Administration, Juvenile Services and Investigations.
In addition to the SDPD Medal for Valor and Purple Heart, as a member of the San Diego Police Historical Association, Vice President Mitrovich has been formally awarded the following:
SERVING 1997-2000 AND 2004 - 2011
In 1997, Vice President Mitrovich and two other officers founded the San Diego Police Historical Association and began the efforts to save the Old Police Headquarters at 801 W. Market Street.
In 2000 Vice President Mitrovich left the board of directors. He returned in 2004 as a Director I before his reappointment as a Vice President.
He has also had a number of articles related to SDPD history published in magazines around the US.
In 2010, Vice President Mitrovich served as the co-chair for annual conference of the Congress of History.