On Saturday, March 6, 2010 over 280 persons attended the retirement banquet for BART PD Chief Gary Gee at the Silver Dragon Restaurant in Oakland. Chief Gee retired at the end of December after 42½ years as a police officer. In July 1967, Gee started with Sausalito PD and 3½ years later, made a lateral move to San Rafael PD, where he worked for two years before joining BART’s newly-formed police force.
Chief Gee would spend nearly 37 years at BART PD. In December 2000, he became BART’s fourth police chief and the first to have risen through the department’s ranks. In his nine years as chief, his many achievements included ensuring that BART PD would be more diverse than it had ever been. Gee was a charter member of NCAPOA and would become the association’s longest-serving active member.
At Chief Gee’s retirement banquet, several speakers, including Oakland PD Capt. Edward Tracey, a former BART PD cadet and officer, praised Gee for being a mentor and role model and someone who was always willing to share his knowledge and advice to young officers and anyone interested in pursuing a career in law enforcement.