There’s a new sheriff in Humboldt County, and his name is William “Billy” Honsal III. The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 Tuesday morning — with 1st District Supervisor Rex Bohn absent — to appoint Honsal as the new interim sheriff effective May 6. “Being part of an organization that really makes an impact to the community is just really dear to my heart,” Honsal said to the board. “I’m really looking forward to this opportunity. Make no mistake, I lost sleep last night thinking about this because I know about the awesome responsibility it is. I don’t take it lightly and I look forward to working with all of you in the future.” Sheriff Mike Downey is set to retire next month after 31 years with the office. Honsal will fill …show more content…
“I don’t know what’s going through your head, but this is a huge responsibility and I know you will really handle it very, very well,” Fennell said to Honsal. District Attorney Maggie Fleming stated she had the pleasure to work with Honsal while he was serving as a district attorney’s office investigator between 2007 and 2013. “I found him to be very compassionate, very empathetic and a very, very smart law enforcement officer,” Fleming said. “I also can’t say enough about this recommendation and I’m very pleased to see that we’ll have this carried through with that department.” Board Chairwoman and 4th District Supervisor Virginia Bass commended Honsal for the trust he has built in the community. “Everyone who I know that has worked with you has [had] a positive experience,” Bass said. The sheriff position is up for election in November 2018. Honsal has confirmed that he will run for the …show more content…
Fennell, Bass and 5th District Supervisor Ryan Sundberg cited increased interest by potential applicants as the reason for delaying the
On 02/26/2017 I, Deputy Daniel Pruitt was dispacthed to 18525 South 80th West Aveune for a burglary in progress. I arrived on scene with Deputy John Arnold to locate the caller.
The Traffic Control Specialist position became vacant in District 5-0 in August 2014. The vacancy was posted from October 6, 2014 to October 20, 2014. The District surveyed a Civil Service list which produced no responses. Five bids were received from the posting and three interviews were conducted since one bid was withdrawn and the other was not eligible. Of the three interviewed, one interviewed poorly, one did not meet the METs, and one declined the offer.
The Kern County Sheriff’s Department, established in 1866, is the oldest law enforcement agency in the county. The Sheriff’s Department is responsible for ensuring public safety and county law enforcement by providing police and coroner services, search and rescue, bailiff and prisoner transportation service to courts, jail systems, and serve lawsuit papers to all unincorporated areas of Kern County.
The courthouse itself is also recorded as an historical landmark, and was restored in 2003. The current county judge of Gray county is Richard Peet. The current people in the Commissioners Court are the following people in four different precincts, Joe Wheeley, Gary Willoughby, John Mark Baggerman, and Jef Haley. The current county attorney is Josh Seabour, and the county clerk is Susan Wineborne. The current county treasurer is Scott Hahn. The county tax collector is Gaye Whitehead, and the county auditor is Elain Morris. The county Sheriff of Gray County is Michael
In 2006, the Hoke County School District was diligently searching for a leader who could move the school system forward. On July 1, 2006, the Hoke County School Board hired Dr. Williamson as the Hoke County School System’s Superintendent.
It is my great personal honor to recommend Thomas Davis for the appointment to the position of United States Marshal, Eastern District of Texas. Thomas has dedicated his life to one of service to our great community. His service is evident through his time with the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Department of Health and Human Services. In addition to his career in public service, Thomas is involvement in numerous community service organizations—including the Nacogdoches Independent School District Board of Trustees, where he served two terms as President, as well as the East Texas Peace Officers Association, where he also served a term as President.
Williamson county, County Judge is Dan Gattis the District attorney is Shawn Dick, County attorney Dee Hobbs, Sheriff Robert Chody, Tax / collector Larry Gaddes, Justice courts are Precinct one Dain Johnson, Precinct two Edna Staudt and Precinct three Bill Gravel. County surveyor Joe Baker, Constables Vinnie
held at the call of the mayor, there are 6 district commissioners. District Commissioner 1-
was defeated in the recent election by Sheriff Paul Penzone who took over January 1st, 2017.
In total, the county received 19 applications from prospective public defender candidates; six were invited to interview. Ultimately, five candidates were interviewed separately for the job by both the Board Of Supervisors and the advisory panel during a series of interviews that lasted all day, according to Fulks.
Pequena Isla will have three county commissioners that are elected into office every four years overlapping to ensure an experienced commissioner is in office at all times ((Dye & MacManus, 2015). They will
Dallas Independent School District). The parties involved agreed that in the area of law enforcement, Sheriff Tate had conclusive policymaking authority, but they disagreed on whether Alabama Sheriffs are policymakers for the State or the County when carrying out their law enforcement duty. This dispute, if resolved would solve the following question, “Whom do the Sheriffs represent in a distiguished area or on a specific issue?”
Some could argue that one of the deputies functions is to sever at the sheriffs pleasure possibility harking back to the earlist precepts of what was defined as made a sheriff. Sheriff gets its roots from mid evil England derived from two words the first being shire meaning county, and reeve meaning head man or taken together the counties head man; these two offices were eventually merged into today's sheriff, although today sheriff is an elected official and not an appointment given to highborn
During my internship experience I was able to learn how the Sheriff Department division has their own methods on how they perform their services such as their job duties, policies, and operations and how they differ from other agencies. The police is charge of the city limits and the sheriff is in control of the county roads which are outside the city limits but there jurisdiction only covers public county roads not private roads for example, during my ride along there was a complaint that was complaining about four wheelers making a lot of noise down the road due to the road being private the deputy advise her that the road has to be own by the county and he couldn’t do anything. During my ride along I was able to make observations on how
5. A new sheriff is elected and implements the changes that were part of the platform on which he or she ran (Swanson, 2012, pg. 651). This can be based on promises or commitments made by the sheriff in order to gain respect and support from the electing community. With the promises to a desired action by the sheriff comes change within the agency in order to comply with such promises.