Officer Jake Steel, ID #152893500 Reed Avenue West Sacramento, Ca 95605

Phone: (916) 376-3200Fax: (916) 376-3360

E-mail: jsteel@chp.ca.gov

Current Assignment: Criminal Investigation Unit, Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office

Tenure with the Department: Eighteen years and five months

Education: El Toro High School, Lake Forest, Ca 1990-1994:High School Diploma.

Experience/Training and Additional Patrol, Use of Force Instructor, Taser Instructor

Responsibilities: Field Training Officer, PMA/OST Instructor

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

Officer in Charge (OIC), Explorer Post Advisor

K-9 Agitator, Officer Involved Shooting Investigation

Departmental Range Officer

Departmental Firearms Inspector

Advanced Accident Investigator, Intermediate Accident

Investigation, Advanced Drug Training (ADT)

Drug Recognition Evaluator (DRE)

Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enhancement (ARIDE)

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Recipient

Interview and Interrogation Techniques

Vehicular Homicide Investigation

South Bay Regional DUI Taskforce Member

Valley Division Special Response Team (SRT)

Previous Assignments: June 1997 – June 1999, Santa Barbara Area

June 1999 – July 2002, South Los Angeles Area

July 2002 – November 2007, Bridgeport Area - Mammoth Lakes

Resident Post

November 2007 – September 2008, Bishop Area

September 2008 – November 2008, Auburn Area

November 2008 – November 2012, Office of the Academy

November 2012 – December 2013, East Sacramento Area

January 2013 – Present Day, Sacramento County District Attorney’s

Office

I declare under penalty of perjury that the following facts are true and that there is

probable cause to believe that the designated articles and property are now in the described

aforementioned vehicles. I also declare that all facts and statements contained herein were

obtained from the following: Personal knowledge and/or observations, conversations with other

law enforcement officers or witnesses, the review of official reports/records, and/or other sources

specifically stated herein.

I, Jake Steel, Your Affiant have been a California Highway Patrol Peace Officer since

December of 1996. I graduated from the California Highway Patrol Police Academy in June of

1997 after completing over 700 hours of instruction in basic police practices and procedures.

While employed with California Highway Patrol I worked in various assignments

including: Uniformed patrol, Field Training Officer, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT),

Officer in Charge (OIC), Intermediate Accident Investigator, Advanced Accident Investigator,

Advanced Drug Training, Drug Recognition Evaluator (DRE), California Highway Patrol

Academy Instructor, Departmental Range Officer, and Departmental Firearms Inspector.

While working uniform patrol, I was also assigned to the Special Investigative Unit (SIU)

that was called out to major injury/fatal collisions. In 1998, I completed a 40 hour Intermediate

Traffic Accident Investigation Course. This training included instruction in scene assessment,

physical evidence identification, photography, road environment, measuring and diagramming,

vehicle factors, and interview techniques. In 2001, I completed an 80 hour Advanced Traffic

Accident Investigation Course. This training included instruction in diagramming, vehicle

dynamics, mechanical assessment, drag factor, speed analysis and computation, lamp analysis,

human factors, freefall analysis, and time-position analysis. In 2012, I attended a DUI/Drug

Recognition (DRE) and FST Course. This course included instruction in deterrence, legal issues,

identification and detection, pre-arrest screening, concepts and principles of standardized field

sobriety tests, and report writing. During the course of these investigations, I conducted

numerous interviews with victims, witnesses and suspects.

I am currently assigned to the Sacramento District Attorney’s Office as a criminal

investigator and have been so assigned since January 2014. In this capacity, I specialize in

investigating motor vehicle related crimes, such as vehicular manslaughter and hit and run

crimes. In my career as a California Highway Patrol Officer I have conducted or assisted with

over 2500 traffic related investigations. I have conducted or assisted in numerous complex

accident investigations in which reconstruction theories and scientific formula were used. During

those investigations, I was regularly called upon to interview victims, witnesses, and suspects

and to form opinions regarding the cause of the collision.