Christopher Sanborn has been named the new Gorham Police Chief, replacing Dan Jones who retired in September. He has been with the Gorham Police Department for 30 years, beginning his career with the Department in July of 1989. He has held the positions of Patrol Officer, Sergeant, Lieutenant and Deputy Police Chief. He was also appointed Interim Police Chief on five separate occasions in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 and most recently, in 2019.

Sanborn has an Associate Degree of Applied Science in Law Enforcement Technology from Southern Maine Community College and holds a Chief Executive Certification from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy. He also has over 3,400 hours of professional law enforcement training in various areas to include police administration, police supervision, major case management, internal investigations, background investigations, criminal investigations, crisis negotiations, crisis intervention training, post traumatic stress management training and field training along with many other law enforcement related topics.

He is the Cumberland County Regional Training Coordinator and the Post Traumatic Stress Management Team Coordinator for Cumberland County.

Sanborn said, “The Gorham Police Department is a professional law enforcement agency that has a good reputation within the Town of Gorham and the law enforcement community within the State of Maine. I plan to continue to work diligently to support our staff professionally and personally so that we can continue to provide a quality community policing based law enforcement service to the Town of Gorham and its visitors. I am excited for this opportunity and I look forward to leading the Gorham Police Department into the future.”

Sanborn is married and has three daughters and two dogs.