Chief Darryl McAllister

Union City Chief of Police 

Chief McAllister served throughout the ranks of the Hayward Police Department for more than thirty years and  was appointed as Union City’s chief of police in 2014. His primary focus—both in policing and in education—is to redefine the importance of police-community engagement as a means to promote trust and transparency.

A ranking officer in both cities, Chief McAllister has commanded several divisions, bureaus, and functions including Patrol Operations, Investigations, Youth and Family Intervention and Counseling Services, School Policing Services, Gang Violence Suppression, Community Policing Services, SWAT, Canine Units, and Media Relations.

Chief McAllister is also an educator, previously serving as lead faculty at the University of Phoenix, and now as a faculty member of Chabot College. For nearly two decades he has served several community organizations including serving as the President of the Board at the St. Rose Hospital Foundation, a member of the advisory board of the University of San Francisco’s International Institute of Criminal Justice Leadership, the California State Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training’s Command College Program, the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, and several nonprofit organizations in the East Bay. In his spare time, he is a youth mentor with Reality Mentor, Inc.

He is a two-time nominee and one-time recipient of Hayward’s Police Officer of the Year Award, a recipient of the “Hayward Pearl Award” honoring volunteer service, was awarded the University of Phoenix’s Faculty Member of the Year for the San Francisco Bay Area Campus region, and was selected by the Southern Alameda County NAACP for its most prestigious “Person of the Year” Award.

His manuscript, Law Enforcement Turns to Face Recognition Technology, was published by Information Today Magazine.  His strategic plan was officially adopted and published by the City of Hayward in December 2008 and was the first of its kind for the organization since 1991.  In 2016, he was one of a select number of police chiefs in the country to be invited to the White House to take part in a critical discussion with President Obama and his staff about how to build trust between police and the communities they serve.

Chief McAllister holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Studies from CSU Long Beach and a Master’s Degree in Administrative Development from Alliant International University.  He is currently completing coursework for a Doctorate in Educational Leadership at Saint Mary’s College of California.  He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia—a professional course of study for U.S. and international law enforcement leaders. He is also an alumnus of the California Command College—a graduate level futures study program of the California State Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.