Dale Amaral

Elected by Safety Members

Member Seat 7

Term Expires December 31, 2013

Dale E. Amaral, a Captain in the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, was elected to the position of Safety Members Representative, , to the ACERA Board in January 2005.He is presently the chair of the CEO Succession Committee, and vice-chair of the Operations, Actuarial, and By-Laws  Committees. Dale also serves on the Retirees, Investments, Audit, and Governance Committees. 

Presently, Mr. Amaral is the Commander Officer of the Eden Township Substation of the Alameda County Sheriff’s office. He is responsible for providing police services to a population of 140,000 in the unincorporated areas of Alameda County.His multifaceted career includes 41 years of law enforcement experience, 31 with the City of Newark’s Police Department. There, he served as a police captain for nine years and is the former president of the Newark Police Department Association. In September 1997, Mr. Amaral joined the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department as a deputy sheriff, where he also served as a member of the Deputy Sheriffs’ Association of Alameda County (DSA) contract negotiating team for three years helping to implement 3% at 50 for Safety Members.

He remains an associate member of the DSA, serves as a member of the Alameda County Management Employees’ Association, and is a life-long member of the Newark Optimist Club, a youth service agency. Mr. Amaral was voted the Outstanding Manager of the Year in 2007 for Alameda County.