March 13, 2018 -- Folsom Police Chief Cynthia Renaud -- who is credited with helping lower property and violent crime in the Sacramento County city -- has been tapped to head the Santa Monica Police Department, City officials announced Tuesday.

Renaud will go from a department of 105 workers and a $22 million budget she led for seven years to one in Santa Monica that is four times as large, with 460 employees and an operating budget of $86.6 million.

She will start the job at the end of April with an annual salary of $265,440, officials said.

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