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Irving, TX — November 22, 2005 —
Louis Cobarruviaz, former chief of police in San Jose, California from
1991 to 1998, has been appointed commander of the U.S. contingent of
police advisors assigned to the Civilian Police Advisory Training Team
(CPATT), the component of the U.S. military Multinational Security
Transition Command – Iraq (MNSTC-I) responsible for the U.S.-led effort
to train and equip the 135,000-member Iraqi police service.
Mr. Cobaruvviaz will work for DynCorp International, which recruits,
trains, equips and supports the 500-member U.S. contingent through a
contract with the U.S. Department of State. As contingent commander,
Cobarruviaz will be the senior member of the U.S. contingent in Iraq.
Mr. Cobarruviaz’s career in law enforcement spans 33 years and includes
extensive experience developing modern police institutions in emerging
democracies. He led the U.S. Department of Justice program to train and
equip El Salvador’s 18,000-member National Police of 1998-2004. During
his tenure, serious crime in the country decreased by 40 percent, and
the government of El Salvador awarded him the nation’s highest civilian
honor, the Order of José Matías Delgado.
Mr. Cobarruviaz is a
native of Fremont, California, and served in the U.S. Army with the
101st Airborne battalion. He holds a bachelor’s degree from San Jose
State University and is completing his master’s degree in criminal
justice from Boston University. He also attended the University of
California, Berkeley.