Cristina Beamud

Cristina Beamud was born and raised in New York City. She graduated from the State University of New York at Albany and joined the Rochester Police Department in 1976 as one of a group of five women patrol officers. While a police officer, she worked patrol, criminal investigations and internal investigations.

She left the police department in 1987 and attended law school at Northeastern University in Boston. After graduation, she was a prosecutor for the Middlesex County District Attorney’s office. She supervised three community courts and specialized in child abuse prosecutions.

In 1998 she became the Legal Advisor to the Cambridge Massachusetts Police Department where she served as an Assistant City Solicitor.

In 2006 she relocated to Eugene Oregon in order to establish the Police Auditor’s office. The Auditor’s office was instituted by City Charter Amendment and was designed to provide citizen oversight and input into the complaint process in matters involving the Eugene Police Department. She also supported a Citizen Review Board.

Ms. Beamud joined the Atlanta Citizen Review Board as their executive director in September 2008.