STAFF REPORTS
Lieutenant Joseph Pemberton
Eastvale – The City of Eastvale’s Police Department has a new Assistant Chief of Police, Lieutenant Joseph Pemberton.
Lt. Pemberton joined the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in February of 1996 when he attended the 132nd Basic Peace Officers Academy. In July 1996, he began his first assignment as a Deputy Sheriff at the Blythe Station, working Jail Operations and River Patrol.
In 1997, Pemberton transferred to the contract city of Moreno Valley – as a member of the Moreno Valley Police Department – where he worked patrol, Special Enforcement Team-Narcotics, and was a member of the Department’s Emergency Services Team (SWAT).
In 2004, Pemberton was promoted to Investigator and transferred to the Central Homicide Unit, where he investigated homicides as well as officer involved shootings throughout Riverside County.
In 2006, Pemberton was promoted to Sergeant and transferred to the Jurupa Valley Station, where he served as the Watch Commander of Patrol Operations.
In January of 2007, Pemberton was transferred to the West County Narcotics Task Force, a grant-funded narcotics unit commanded by the Riverside Police Department whose responsibility is mid-level narcotics enforcement throughout western Riverside County.
In 2011, Pemberton was transferred to the Riverside Sheriff’s Special Investigations Bureau – Narcotics Major’s Unit, where he supervised large scale state and federal narcotics investigations and Clandestine Laboratory Processing.
In August 2013, Pemberton was promoted to Sheriff’s Lieutenant, and returned to the Jurupa Valley Station to oversee the Investigations Bureau.
Lt. Pemberton is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, where he served for 14 years. He spent six years in active duty at March Air Force Base, and in Osan, AB Korea. He transferred to the Air National Guard in March of 1995, and spent eight years assigned to the 163rd Air Refueling Wing. He was deployed to Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm in 1991-92, and was activated again in 2003 for Iraqi Freedom.
Pemberton has a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice and just finished his Master’s in Public Administration at Cal State San Bernardino. His wife, Cassandre, is also a Riverside Sheriff’s Department member, and they have two children. He has been a resident of Riverside County since 1988, and currently lives in the city of Murrieta.
As the newest Co-Chief for Eastvale, Lt. Pemberton plans to embed himself in the city for the next few years and work hard to exceed expectations when it comes to the delivery of Police Services to the citizens of Eastvale. Pemberton says he is “a big proponent of proactive enforcement in response to identified crime trends and using this to increase the footprint our officers leave while on duty in the City.”
