MICHAEL SUMMERS is a retired Police Sergeant with over 30 years experience in law enforcement serving with the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Department, West Sacramento Police Department and Sacramento Police Department. Summers has a variety of experience in his law enforcement career spending time as patrol officer, Field Training Officer, undercover narcotics investigator, Problem Oriented Policing Officer, investigations, and patrol supervisor.
In 1999, Sergeant Summers organized and supervised the first law enforcement driven mental health outreach team that targeted the chronically homeless and mentally ill of Sacramento. Sergeant Summers and his team spent the next three years working with PROJECT HOPE (Homeless Outreach Partnership Effort) contacting over 1700 homeless and mentally ill people in city and County of Sacramento. He has been recognized for his accomplishments by the California State Senate, the Sacramento City Council and twice been awarded Officer of the Year by Sacramento business groups for his efforts in dealing with the Homeless and Mentally Ill.
Summers currently is the Crisis Intervention Team Training contract training provider for Yolo, Calaveras, Amador, Shasta, San Joaquin, Glenn, Tehama, Mendocino, Lassen and Siskiyou Counties as well as the Lodi and Sacramento Police Department.
Michael is also a current and active member of the Yolo County Chapter of The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.