April 14, 2010

By Annie Burris

HUNTINGTON BEACH - A Huntington Beach private investigator has been appointed by the governor to the state's sex offender management board.

William Gailey, 62, was appointed in March to the 15-member board which is responsible for reviewing management practices for adult sex offenders, submitting reports to the legislature, and developing recommendations to improve the management of the offenders.

This position does not require senate confirmation and there is no salary, according to a press release by the governor's office.

Sex offenders were recently the center of public attention in Huntington Beach after the city's Police Department distributed fliers in March about five sex offenders living at an Extended Stay of America hotel. KFI radio hosts John and Ken hosted their show outside of the hotel, and the sex offenders later left the hotel.

Gailey is a licensed private investigator and was a detective for the Los Angeles Police Department from 1968 to 1991. He is a retired veteran of the U.S. Army Airborne Unit, where he served as a paratrooper from 1965 to 1968, the governor's press release said.

He has served on the California State Bar Board of Governors and Bureau of Security and Investigative Services Disciplinary Review Committee, the release said.

He is the chairman of Gailey Associates which conducts surveillance investigations, background checks, records research, computer forensics and political consulting.


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