Education:unknown
Claim to fame:President of the Winnebago County Fraternal Order of Police
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Residence:Culver City
Current job:Retired
Law-enforcement experience:Chief of police of Culver City, officer in LAPD
Education:UCLA (undergraduate), University of La Verne (graduate)
Claim to fame:Served on the California Commission on Civil Rights as well as three other state boards
Notable:Once voted Law Enforcement Professional of the Year by the California Peace Officer’s Association
- Roderick E. Fletcher -
Residence:Quartz Hill
Current job:Compliance-support assistant at Internal Revenue Service criminal division
Law-enforcement experience:Has worked at the IRS since 1991
Education:Antelope Valley College
Claim to fame:Won 14 consecutive years’ worth of performance awards at the IRS
- Alan Dale Hamilton -
Residence:Southern Shores, North Carolina
Current job:Retired
Law-enforcement experience:Police chief of the town of Duck (North Carolina) from 2003 to 2007
Education:Southern Wesleyan University
Claim to fame: Awarded the Order of ?the Kentucky Colonel in 1991
Notable:Coaches middle-school football
- Richard L. Osborne Sr. -
Residence:Middlefield, Ohio
Current job: Director of administration in Tallmadge, Ohio
Number of employees supervised: 200
Law-enforcement experience: From 1971 to 1996, worked as a patrol officer, sergeant and criminal-investigations commander; served in the U.S. Army as a reservist
Education:Malone College (undergraduate)
Claim to fame: Negotiated a 25 percent reduction in city water rates
- David M. Singer -
Residence:Anaheim
Current job:Police chief of Whittier
Law-enforcement experience:Worked as police chief, deputy chief, detective and sergeant for the Signal Hill Police Department
Education:Cal State Long Beach (undergraduate and graduate)
Notable:Chaired LA IMPACT, a Los Angeles County narcotics task force
Claim to fame:Aggressively spearheaded anti-gang efforts in his city, alarming a segment of Latino citizens
Controversy:A female cop claimed numerous cases of sexual harassment at Singer’s Whittier department and won a $1.25 million judgment in 2005.
Quotable:“When you hear about [sexual harassment], you can usually point to one thing and say, ‘They really made a mistake here,’” Singer told a reporter. “But I didn’t see that here.”
* * Jack Anderson * *
Residence:Mission Viejo
Current job:Acting sheriff of Orange County
Law-enforcement experience:Rose through the ranks of the sheriff’s department beginning in 1986, served as a military policeman from 1979 to 1982
Education:Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (undergraduate)
Claim to fame:Became acting sheriff when Carona, indicted by the FBI, quit in January
Notable:Immediately began instituting reforms and reprimanding unethical and lazy deputies
Nice touch:Could have moved into Carona’s old executive office but said its next occupant should be the person who wins the interim appointment
Quote:“It’s time for dignity, honor and respect to be restored to this office.”
- Michael Greg Dettinger -
Residence:Manti, Utah
Current job:High-school English and Spanish teacher, part-time video-production business owner
Law-enforcement experience: None
Education:Cal State San Bernardino (undergraduate), Brigham Young University (graduate)
Claim to fame:Sanpete County commissioner from 2001 to 2004.
Notable:Who’s Who Among American High School Teachers in 1994 and 1996
- Joseph Fucito -
Residence:Bronx, New York
Current job:Undersheriff of New York City
Law-enforcement experience:With the sheriff’s office since 1988, after a two-year clerkship at the FBI
Education:Queens College (New York)
Notable:Led a team that busted a million-dollar bootleg Nike and Yankees headgear operation in 2003
- Terry Hart -
Residence:Los Angeles
Current job:Retired
Law-enforcement experience:28 years of law-enforcement work, most of it in patrol for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Education:Unknown
Claim to fame:A black belt in Yoshinkan Aikido
Controversy:In 1991, Hart shot a suspect in Stanton four times, including twice in the back.
Notable:Owner of Tactical Training Institute
- Joseph P. Grebmeier -
Residence:King City
Current job:Chief of police for Greenfield Police Department
Number of employees supervised:21
Law-enforcement experience:Began working as a deputy in 1977 and eventually spent 16 years as high-ranking officer in the Monterey County Sheriff’s Department
Education:San Jose State University (undergraduate); Cal State Polytechnic University at Pomona (graduate)
- Herman L. Kaskowitz -
Residence:Yorba Linda
Current job:Watch commander at LAPD
Law-enforcement experience:Served as command sergeant major in the Army, treasury agent, customs agent, IRS agent and Alcohol Beverage Control agent
Education:Cal State Los Angeles
Notable:Awarded 97 commendations during his 36 years at LAPD
- Jonathan W. Arnold -
Residence:Lake Forest
Current job:Vice president of sales for Mobile Specialty Vehicles Inc.
Law-enforcement experience:30 years with the Huntington Beach Police Department
Education:Cal State Polytechnic University at Pomona (undergraduate), Cal State Long Beach (graduate)
Notable:Once named Airborne Law Enforcement Association’s “Pilot of the Year”
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