Officer Jake Steel, ID #15289
3500 Reed Avenue West Sacramento, Ca 95605
Phone: (916) 376-3200
Fax: (916) 376-3360
E-mail:
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 AdditionalPatrol, 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.