Meet Chief Steve Hebbe

Steve Hebbe has been the chief of police for the Farmington Police Department since March 2014. Originally from Milwaukee, WI, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and a Bachelor of Science in Education. Hebbe was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Wisconsin National Guard in 1987 from the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC). Following graduation, he moved to Anchorage, AK, and was hired by the Anchorage Police Department in December 1990. Hebbe served as a field training officer and a crisis negotiator, and was twice elected vice president of the police union. He was promoted to sergeant in August 2000 and lieutenant in March 2003. As a commander, he served in a variety of roles, including overseeing the department's dispatch center. He attended the Northwestern School of Police Staff and Command in 2006. He has a master’s degree in criminal justice from American Public University. In October 2011, he was promoted to deputy chief and eventually retired from APD in February 2014. In 2019, he graduated from the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar and Leadership San Juan.

Chief Hebbe serves on the board of directors for the San Juan County Criminal Justice Training Center, San Juan County Communications Authority, Region II Narcotics Task Force, Safer New Mexico, New Mexico Municipal League, and is the Board Chair of the Rocky Mountain Information Network. He is also the current president of the New Mexico Association of Chiefs of Police.