As many know, the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs Political Action Committee (AOCDS-PAC) chose to exercise its Constitutional right and participate in the electoral process. Our membership voted to endorse retired Orange County Sheriff Department Lieutenant Bill Hunt for Sheriff-Coroner. This vote was taken after our entire membership was given the opportunity to view live or on our website the 2010 Sheriff’s Candidate Forum. All three Republican candidates for Sheriff, Lieutenant Hunt, Deputy Chief Hunter and Sheriff Hutchens participated in the forum and I believe if you ask each of them our forum was the fairest and most professional political event any of them participated in…
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On March 27, 2010, the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs (AOCDS) once again chose to endorse retired Orange County Sheriff Lieutenant Bill Hunt for Sheriff of the County of Orange.
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On January 25, 2010, the County of Orange began to release county jail inmates not under the authority of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) in violation of Penal Code Section 2004 and Marcy’s Law. In doing so, Orange County joined twenty-one other counties in California in releasing county jail inmates early. Most counties, including Los Angeles County have not released county jail inmates early…
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The Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs has been vocal about its strong opposition to the upcoming Mission Viejo Recall Election. We’ll be voting NO. And this is why:
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On behalf of the AOCDS Board of Directors we wish everyone a blessed Christmas and ask all to never forget that, “Jesus is the Reason for the Season.”
Luke 2: 1-20
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In politics you never believe it until you see it so I won’t take it to the bank but many OC political insiders have indicated that “retired” Assistant Sheriff Jack J. Anderson won’t be running for Sheriff in 2010. It appears Jack has wisely listened to those that know his political umbilical cord is forever tied to former Sheriff Mike Carona. Orange County knows no matter how hard Jack tries to distance himself from the man who APPOINTED Jack to take over the reins when he (Carona) resigned disgracefully from office that Jack is guilty by association…
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In my 27 years of law enforcement I have never seen a worst example of law enforcement leadership provided to our department than what was provided from January 2008 through June 2008 by the newly “retired” Assistant Sheriff Jack Anderson. Mike Carona’s parting shot to the men and women of Station 18 was to
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I’m diverting from my continuing examination of the 2008 Crout & Sida jail audit report in regards to the hiring of public safety officers to supplement our sworn deputy sheriffs in the county jail facilities. This recommendation was conveniently ignored by Sheriff Hutchens and four of the five Orange County Board of Supervisors on October 6, 2009.
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Place a high value on the quality of all personnel working in the jail. Each individual has one share of the company and each share is neither less nor more valuable than any other share. Nothing can be more poisonous to the success of a personnel transition than the notion that there are elite employees who have greater value than other staff who work in the jail.
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As previously discussed in this chapter, deputy sheriffs have decades in which they had the opportunity to hone their craft and develop general competencies in law enforcement and jail work. Additionally, the historical use of deputies in the jail has created a strong cultural environment that is not easily changed…
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The following key elements are critical components of success in developing the cadre of non-sworn correctional workers (public officer) to supplement deputy sheriffs in the jail.
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Crout & Sida Criminal Justice Consultants (CSCJC is recommending that the primary jail worker remain a fully-sworn peace officer in accordance with Penal Code 830 to be supported by a single classification of public officer (Penal Code 831). Furthermore, we recommend that personnel realignment involve reducing the classifications of staff working in the jail from three to two distinct positions.
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While we are recommending the continued use of the deputy sheriff classification as the primary employee category to work in the jail, we also recommend the use of other qualified jail workers to supplement deputies in the operation of the jail. Currently, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department utilizes two other jail worker classifications in this manner. However, after a thorough evaluation of the operation of the jail facilities we have concluded that the use of three employee classifications to work in the jail (Deputy, SSO, CST) overly complicates the operation of the jail and serves no useful purpose in our view…
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As Reported September 12, 2009: The gavel fell on the tempestuous first year of the legislative 2009-2010 regular session late last night; however they convened the third extraordinary legislative session and continued until 6:30 a.m. This is possible since special sessions have no rules for a midnight deadline.
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In our view, the best argument for utilizing peace officers to operate the jail in Orange County centers on the need to have highly trained, street ready officers to respond to natural or manmade disasters. This argument is supported by the fact that Orange County is a very populated urban area in which a disaster can pose an extreme hazard to the population and the destruction of property. A rational risk assessment may reveal that the consequences of failing to respond quickly to an emergency in the community far outweighs any cost savings of using public officers in the jail…
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