Mr. Elliott has 30 years of experience in law enforcement at all levels of the organization culminating as the second in command of a medium-sized Sheriff’s Office in California, with duties and authority across the entire spectrum of the agency. His experience with the Department includes 18 years on the SWAT Team as a tactical operator, team leader, and commander. He also served in the Investigations Bureau for approximately seven years, first as detective, then as detective sergeant (supervisor), and finally as the Investigative Services Commander. He investigated, supervised, and/or managed hundreds of criminal cases ranging from low-level property crimes, such as fraud, to complex homicide investigations. Mr. Elliott also has extensive leadership experience as a commissioned officer in the United States Army Reserve. He retired at the full rank of Colonel in September of 2018 after with 36 years of service.
“I am very much appreciative of Citygate’s comprehensive view of all the issues. And you have been very candid and very forthright in the problem areas that you have identified and we appreciate that. Quite often sometimes people choose to gloss over those issues and therefore we never can get a real good handle on the problem to resolve it. And I very much appreciate your insight and your intuitive natures that you have all experienced in your government services and trying to identify where our problem areas are so we can identify for the public. I very much appreciate the idea and the comments that you made that we are talking about the citizens who come to the planning Department as customers. And so you’ve done a great service for us and we are certainly appreciative of all your efforts.”
Commissioner Jackson County
“Thank you very much for a comprehensive report. Thank you.”
Palm Springs
“Thank you so much for this training. This was the best PIO training I’ve ever received.”
S-403 Information Officer class participant
“[Stu Gary’s] knowledge, expertise, and demeanor were invaluable in our efforts to ferret out a fair agreement with the City. I could go on and on about Stu, but you already know all of the superlatives.”
AAE, General Manager Monterey Regional Airport
“Thank you so much for all you have done. And it’s so comprehensive, I know it’s going to take a while for us to digest it all, but I think you’ve come up with some really good recommendations.”
Pro Tempore City of Vista, CA
“I think Citygate has done a great job. It seems like you’ve been most thorough and even-handed in your evaluations and you’ve given us certainly a lot of suggestions and guidelines to work with.”
City of Vista, CA
