Elect Dick Dickerson to Redding City Council

Dick Dickerson is a native of Colorado, who following his discharge from the United States Army, settled in Southern California to begin a thirty-year career in Law Enforcement.

In 1986 he was sent to Redding, by the California Department of Justice, to organize and command the Shasta Interagency Narcotic Task Force (SINTIF).

Following retirement in 1993 he was appointed, by Governor Pete Wilson, to the Shasta County Board of Supervisors and later was elected to serve a four-year term.

In 1998 he was elected to the California State Assembly. During the four years in the Assembly he served as Chairman of Assembly Veterans Committee, Vice Chairman of the Public Safety Committee, and Vice Chairman of the Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. Dick fought to return local control to the counties and cities.

In the Redding community he has twice served as Chairman of the United Way Campaign. In addition he is a past president of the Shasta County Peace Officers Association, served on the Board of Directors of the Redding Rodeo Association and the Emergency Services Foundation. He is a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion and is currently the Chairman of the Youth Violence Prevention Council.

He was elected to the Redding City Council in 2004, serving as Mayor in 2007. He and his wife Betty, two children and five grandchildren are proud to call Redding home.