Former Humboldt County Sheriff Mike Downey Begins Term as Fortuna’s Interim Police Chief
Press release from the City of Fortuna:
Former Humboldt County Sheriff Mike Downey has begun his term as Fortuna’s interim Police Chief. Mr. Downey has agreed join the Fortuna Police Department as Police Chief on an interim basis while the city completes the recruitment of a permanent Police Chief following the retirement of Chief Dobberstein. The City hopes to have a new chief hired within the next 3-6 months.The local community and news media will have an opportunity to meet with Chief Downey at our next “Coffee with the Chief” scheduled on February 20th. This event will give the community the opportunity to meet one-on-one with the new chief in a relaxed atmosphere, while enjoying a free cup of coffee.
We invite community members to drop in any time during the two-hour event (8am to 10am) to meet and chat with our ‘interim’ Chief of Police and ask questions. And, of course, come and enjoy a free cup of coffee.
This event will be held at, and is generously sponsored by Starbuck’s Coffee Company Fortuna located at 1095 South Fortuna Blvd.
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Good luck Chief Downey. Be safe. Thank you for filling in. I know you bring many years worth of knowledge to the job.
He has experience, I agree. But not all of it to his credit, in my opinion.
Interesting.
A feature of may public entities in Humboldt, is the tendency to be unable to move forward.
My only question, is, who benefits here?
Being retired is great. Try it, Sheriff Downey! Life will go on without you there!
Okay. Interesting. But I never heard the reason Downey resigned before his term ended. As a relatively popular Sheriff it didn’t make sense. My best speculation was that he had an undisclosed health issue.
Anyone know why he resigned???
Free coffee but no donuts?
He’s a Jackass. He let a murderer go in Humboldt county without investigating solid leads. Karma’s a bitch Chief. Mike Downey is a horrible person and a terrible sheriff. He gets what he deserves. 🖕🏼