
Renee J. Mitchell was born and resides in Sacramento, California. She has worked for the Sacramento Police Department for the last eleven years and is currently a Police Sergeant in the Youth Services Division. She has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of
California, Davis, a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from the University of San Francisco, a Master of Business Administration from the California State University, Sacramento and a Juris Doctorate from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, where she was awarded an academic scholarship. She is a member of both the American Bar Association and the California Bar Association. She enjoys white-water kayaking, snowboarding, hiking, and travelling. As a Fulbright Police Research Scholar, she will study the prevention and methods of intervention for youth violence with the London Metropolitan Police Department in England.