Mike Baray

Mike Baray Bio 

Chief Mike Baray (Ret.) brings 40 years of law enforcement experience to the Jacob Green and Associates team. As a former police chief and district attorney chief investigator, he has a unique law enforcement perspective.  Chief Baray has extensive criminal and civil investigation experience. He also has notable experience building successful teams, assessing the core functions and operations of municipal and county government organizations, and implementing positive transformational changes. 

Chief Baray has over 20 years of progressively responsible investigative experience, 12 years of chief executive experience, and 15 years of tactical operations experience. He began his law enforcement career in 1982, with the Long Beach Police Department and was assigned to the patrol division, metropolitan division/ SWAT, and the special investigation division (SID), as a detective.  In 1992, Chief Baray lateraled to the Murrieta Police Department and held every rank including chief of police.  In 2013 Chief Baray accepted the job as the chief investigator for the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office, where he served for 9 years.