Corissa Daugherty-Edwards

Corissa is a 23-year employee of the City of San Diego and an 20-year veteran of the San Diego Police Department. She currently holds the rank of Police Lieutenant and is assigned to Community and Youth Services. She has worked in a variety of assignments to include, Vice/Permits and Licensing, Backgrounds and Recruiting, Southern Division, Sex Crimes, Homeless Outreach Team, Neighborhood Policing, Northwestern Division, Internal Affairs, Eastern Division and Southeastern Division.

Corissa holds a Bachelor's degree in Public Administration and a Human Resource Certificate from National University. As a City employee, Corissa has served as an elected Board Member for the San Diego Municipal Employee Association and is currently the 1st Vice President for the San Diego Pan Pacific Law Enforcement Association. She was a City of San Diego Diversity University Facilitator and helped build cultural and racial understanding among City employees.

She is an active member of the Chief’s Advisory Board which represents the Asian/Pacific Islander communities throughout the City and is a RISE Urban Leadership Fellow from the University of San Diego. Corissa is also a proud Guamanian-Filipino member of the Southeastern San Diego community and has been active in mentoring at-risk juveniles of color in Southeast, South Bay and San Ysidro. Married to a retired San Diego Police Sergeant and mother of four adult children, she strives to be a positive example to her family and the community she serves.