Chief April Baxter, is a 28-year veteran of the California Highway Patrol (CHP), having worked 23 years in CHP field operations in Los Angeles, Ventura, and Butte counties as: officer, sergeant, lieutenant, and captain. In 2020, she was assigned as an Assistant Chief at CHP Headquarters, in Sacramento, in the Information Management Division (IMD), and promoted to Chief and Chief Information Officer (CIO) role in October 2022. Her responsibilities include oversight of the Information Technology Section, Computer Crimes Investigation Unit, Telecommunications Section, the Communications Centers Support Section, and Support Services Section. Among the responsibilities of these sections are business technology solutions and customer support and cyber security, telephone and radio operations, cyberthreat and cybercrime investigations, 9-1-1 call taking and dispatching, and traffic collision data collection and analysis.
Chief Baxter has played an integral role in the CHP radio console replacement (InterTalk), the implementation of the new Enforcement Vehicle (EV20) mobile radio platform, the transition to Wireless Mobile Video/Audio Recording System (Safe Fleet), the launch of the Record Management System (Mark43), and the transition to Next Generation (NG) 9-1-1 system.
Chief Baxter is proud to represent the CHP, as the Chief Information Officer and work with wonderful IT professionals. She is actively forming strong partnerships with staff, CIOs, stakeholders, and venders to support the Mission of the CHP to provide the highest level of safety, service, and security to the people of California.