Notable:Served in the U.S. Navy from 1968 to 1972, won numerous law-enforcement performance/creativity awards
Quotable:“We need to change the department’s culture. We need to put pride back into our uniform.”
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Residence:Bakersfield
Current job:Chief of police in Arvin
Number of employees supervised:26
Law-enforcement experience:Served as interim chief and chief, respectively, at police departments in South Gate and Calexico, worked as a deputy in Riverside and Orange counties
OC connection:Lived in Santa Ana as a youngster
Claim to fame:Gave two fantastic job interviews for top-cop jobs on prior occasions, only to be dismissed as a candidate after background checks discovered negative personal information, including being fired as Coachella’s police chief
Quotable:“In the Army, they teach you to always look ahead.”
Residence:Mays Landing, New Jersey
Current job:Lieutenant/commander in the Atlantic County (New Jersey) prosecutor’s office
Law-enforcement experience:Has worked in the prosecutor’s office since 1998
Education:Drexel University (undergraduate)
Notable:A motivational coach
* * Randy G. Adams * *
Residence:Glendale
Current job:Police chief of Glendale
Orange County connection:Relatives live here
Law-enforcement experience:35 years
Education:Cal State Los Angeles (undergraduate), Cal Lutheran University and Cal Poly Pomona (graduate)
Notable:Said 24 star Kiefer Sutherland would get no special treatment serving a DUI sentence in his jail
Quotable:“The public in this community wants a police chief that will take a stand on things that he believes is right,” Adams said, regarding a controversy he sparked in 2004 by publicly endorsing a commercial real-estate development project.
- Ion Petrinca -
Residence:Garden Grove
Current job:Electrician’s assistant
Law-enforcement experience:None, but served for four years as a private first class in the U.S. Army reserves
Education:Santa Ana College (AA)
Claim to fame:U.S. Forest Service firefighter in Trabuco Canyon in 2005
Quotable:“I have strong composure under stressful conditions.”
Residence:Fairfax, Virginia
Current job:Assistant director of the Office of Counter Narcotics Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Law-enforcement experience:Before leaving for Washington, D.C., in 2005, Peppler worked at the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department for 27 years—rising to the rank of undersheriff.
Education:San Bernardino Valley College (AA)
Claim to fame:Wife Susan was mayor of Redlands
Notable:Managed the Drug-Terror Division of his Homeland Security office, which tracks the ties between drug trafficking and terrorists
- Kevin M. Keyes -
Residence:Turtle Rock
Current job:Director of international operations for Phoenix Software International
Law-enforcement experience:President of his homeowners’ association
Education:University of London, England
Claim to fame:Given business presentations at the University of Southern California
Notable:Served as an engineer on a submarine in the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet
* * William J. “Bill” Hunt * *
Residence:San Clemente
Current job:Owner of a private security company
Law-enforcement experience:Orange County sheriff’s designated police chief of San Clemente from 2002 to 2006, after nearly 22 years of serving in a variety of capacities—SWAT, jails, undercover operations—as a deputy
Education:University of Redlands (undergraduate), Cal State Dominguez Hills (graduate)
Claim to fame:Questioned Carona’s ethics, ran against him in 2006, got the second-highest number of votes and was essentially fired by Carona in retaliation
Notable:Endorsed by the Orange County deputies’ union.
- Donald Teti Sr. -
Residence:North Las Vegas, Nevada
Current job:Police officer
Law-enforcement experience:Corporate safety officer, court deputy, parks and wetlands cop
Education:El Dorado High School (Nevada)
Claim to fame:Has “verbal Judo skills” and is Medal of Honor/Medal of Valor recipient for police work
Notable:Also applied this year to be chief of police in Odessa, Texas
- Patrick J. Lynch -
Residence:Royal Palm Beach, Florida
Current job:Deputy sheriff
Law-enforcement experience:Began as a Palm Beach (Florida) cop in 1974, before joining the sheriff’s department in 1977 and working in numerous capacities, including SWAT and covert operations
Education:University of Maryland (undergraduate), Florida Atlantic University (graduate)
Claim to fame:Created the Homeland Security Division at his agency
Notable:Won numerous awards for his disaster-assistance work
Controversy:Received a five-day suspension in 2003 and a demotion for arriving to work with alcohol on his breath after a police anti-terrorism conference
* * Richard Beemer * *
Residence:San Bernardino
Current job:Undersheriff
Law-enforcement experience:Since 1973, has risen through the ranks of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department
Education:Cal State San Bernardino
Notable:Earned a Bronze Star and Purple Heart serving in the Vietnam War
Quotable:“The public’s faith in the ability of the police to police themselves is a key element in a strong democratic society,” Beemer said last year, regarding a cop who shot an unarmed member of the U.S. military who was home after service in Iraq.
Residence:Rockford, Illinois
Current job:Chief deputy coroner for Winnebago County (Illinois)
Law-enforcement experience:More than a decade as a deputy sheriff, cop and crime-scene investigator
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