Before becoming Piedmont’s Chief of Police in 2016, Chief Bowers was with the San Jose Police Department for 15 years. He served as Lieutenant of the Training Division and the Bureau of Field of Operations.
Mathew works on surveillance and privacy issues at the local, state, and federal levels. He is the Editor of "Disciplining the City," a series on the history of urban policing and incarceration for The Metropole.
Brian is the Chair of the City of Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission and Chair of the Doman Awareness Center Ad Hoc Privacy Committee that curtailed the expansion of a city-wide surveillance systems, Domain Awareness Center, in Oakland.
Technology & Civil Liberties Fellow ACLU of NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Jennifer defends and promotes civil rights and civil liberties in the digital age, with a focus on the intersection of government surveillance, immigrants’ rights, and racial justice.