Alex Emanuel Fagan was the Chief of the San Francisco Police Department from March 2003 until January 2004.
13 Facts About Alex Fagan
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From 1968 to 1971, Alex Fagan attended Contra Costa College in San Pablo, and graduated from UC Berkeley in 1973 with a bachelor's degree in criminology.
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Alex Fagan joined the San Francisco Police Department in 1973 as a patrol officer.
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Alex Fagan was promoted to Inspector in 1979, while earning a Masters' from San Jose State University.
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Alex Fagan worked in the Narcotics unit for 13 years and later in the Homicide detail, was assigned to an organized-crime task-force, ran the Northern Station, and as Captain was the department's chief financial officer.
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Alex Fagan was on the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Police Officers' Association.
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Alex Fagan was awarded three silver and five bronze medals of valor.
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Alex Fagan was appointed by San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown as acting police chief in March 2003 and chief in August 2003.
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Alex Fagan died in November 2010, collapsing while walking his dog on a street in London, England.
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Alex Fagan had moved to London to join his partner who had recently been transferred to Britain.
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In 1990, Alex Fagan was suspended by the SFPD after an inebriated altercation with several members of the California Highway Patrol; in 2001 he was again suspended after he left the scene of a 2000 automobile accident and was accused of DUI.
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Alex Fagan was investigated by Walnut Creek, California police in connection with the 1988 murder of SFPD officer Lester Garnier.
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In November 2002, while Alex Fagan was a deputy chief, two men reported that they had been attacked by a group of off-duty police officers, including Alex Fagan's son, who was a rookie with the department.