END THE CHAOS AND CONTROVERSY IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT

By Scott Miller

The ability of the Sheriff's Department to effectively provide public safety has been terribly damaged by in-fighting, bickering and unprofessional conduct at the management level.

I'd like to restore sanity and order back to the Office of the Sheriff. I have twenty-seven years of law enforcement experience, including six years as Pacific Grove's Chief of Police. I worked for the Salinas Police Department for seventeen years, spending eight years at the executive level as a Captain/Division Commander. I have a reputation of treating everyone with whom I interact with fairness, respect and dignity.

We need to "raise the bar" and improve professionalism at the Sheriff's Department on many levels: response to community complaints, quality of criminal investigations, and the way we interact with each other. The crime problems facing our community are too important to leave half-done because of internal disputes and bickering.

Let's turn over a new page in the history book at the Sheriff's Department with an improved perspective from an experienced, qualified Sheriff.