With his mother and five of his 11 siblings by his side, California Highway Patrol Commissioner Warren Stanley was sworn in on Monday morning by Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr.

Stanley, 56, of Sacramento is the 15th CHP commissioner.

He was appointed commissioner by Gov. Brown on Feb. 9 after serving as acting commissioner since 2017.

Commissioner Stanley has been employed with the CHP since 1982 and is one of the distinguished few to have held every position from officer to commissioner.

Commissioner Stanley is the first black American in the history of the CHP to hold the rank of commissioner and oversees the largest state law enforcement agency in the nation, a department with more than 11,000 employees.