Message from the Sheriff

As a constitutionally elected Sheriff, I recognize and accept that I have been given a special trust and confidence by the citizens and employees whom I have been elected to serve, represent, and manage. This trust and confidence is my bond to ensure that I shall behave and act according to the highest personal and professional standards. I also accept the responsibility for encouraging others in my profession to maintain those same standards. As Sheriff it is my fundamental duty to serve mankind; to safeguard lives and property; to protect the innocent against deception, the weak against oppression or intimidation, and the peaceful against violence or disorder; and to respect the Constitutional Rights of all persons to liberty, equality, and justice, and insure those under the color of my authority, do the same. I will have no compromise for crime and with relentless prosecution of criminals; I will enforce the law courteously and appropriately without fear or favor, malice, or violence and never accepting gratuities. I recognize the badge of my office as a symbol of public faith, and I accept it as a public trust to be held so long as I am true to the ethics of law enforcement.

Posted on 10-22-2003