The City of Miami, Oklahoma, has a new Police Chief.

 

Stephen Sigmon has been named as the new Miami Chief of Police. Sigmon is a career law enforcement officer with more than 30 years of experience. He last served as the Director of Law Enforcement for the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office in Fort Pierce, Florida, with an operating budget of over $101 million and 785 employees, serving two municipalities including 330,000 residents.

 

Sigmon is a native of Oklahoma, having graduated from Will Rogers High School in Tulsa. He then earned a B.A. in Organizational Management at Warner University at Lake Wales, Florida, a Master of Public Administration, Policy Administration at Troy University in Orlando, Florida, and a P.H.D. in Administration with a Criminal Justice Concentration at Northcentral University in San Diego, California. He has over 1,000 hours of advanced law enforcement and leadership training and is a graduate of the Florida Sheriff’s Association’s Commanders Academy, now recognized as the premier course of executive study for mid to upper-level criminal justice leaders.

 

Sigmon was chosen from among 14 applicants for the position.