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Mack Wimbish
27400 votes
26.94%
- Occupation: Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator
Donny Youngblood
25685 votes
25.25%
- Occupation: Retired Sheriff's Commander
- AA, BA and Masters Degrees
- Graduate FBI National Academy
- Graduate POST Command College
- POST Management Certificate
- Viet Nam Veteran
- 19 years Sheriff's Management Experience
Priorities:
- Reunification of the organization into one department
- Attack Gangs to where they don't want to be on the streets
- Increase number of Deputies and Dispatchers
Steve A. Perez
19087 votes
18.77%
- Occupation: Chief Executive Officer
Chevy Garza
16444 votes
16.17%
- Occupation: Administrative Sergeant
- Former Chief of Police
- 34 years of law enforcement experience
- 24 years Kern County Sheriff Department
- 11 years drug enforcement and undercover
- Supervisor Federal Tri County Drug Task Force
- Hostage Negotiator
Priorities:
- More Deputies on the Streets
- State of the art training for deputies and detention officers
- Stop Gang Violence
Larry Studer
5618 votes
5.52%
- Occupation: Sheriff Sergeant
- A.A. Degree in Administration of Justice
- 26 years of law enforcement experience
- Sergeant working Metropolitan Patrol
- Other assignments: Corrections, Court Services,
- Uniform Patrol, Detective at the Lamont Substation and Metro Bakersfield,
- S.W.A.T. 11 years and Gang Enforcement Team 10 years.
Priorities:
- Restore the honesty and integrity of the position of Sheriff.
- I will raise the staffing levels of Deputy Sheriffs through a fiscally responsible plan.
- I will provide a supportive, objective, fair and consistent enviroment for employees with career development, transfers, promotions and discipline
Jim Raul "J.R." Rodriguez
4755 votes
4.67%
- Occupation: Sheriff's Sergeant
- Degree in Administration of Justice
- Elected and served for ten years as President of the Kern Law Enforcement Association (KLEA)
- Recipient of Kern County Sheriff's Medal of Valor
- Supervised, managed and coordinated the implementation of the Kern County Multi-Jurisdictional Methamphetamine Enforcement Team (CAL-MMET unit)
- Life long member of the California Narcotic Officers Association
Priorities:
- First, a cost recovery audit of your budgetary funds.
- Second, the filling of "every" vacant position at the Kern County Sheriff's Department.
- Third, an increase in patrol along with zero tolerance to drugs, gang activity, elder abuse, and sexual predators.
Mike "Tracker" Lage
2556 votes
2.51%
- Occupation: Retired Homicide Detective
- Administration - Appointed Acting Police Chief
- Teaching Credentials In Police Science
- State And Federal Court Expert In Narcotic Testimony
- Elected Board Member Of Kern Law Enforcement Association
- Voted "Kern Lawman of the Year" Only Officer nominated Twice In The History Of Kern County.
- Featured on Court TV's "Forensic Files."
Priorities:
- Utilize 1000 minimum security inmates daily for various county projects saving tax dollars.
- Concealed Weapon Permits will be issued to all law abiding citizen who can pass the background investigation and weapons training course.
- Establish a weekly or monthly radio program which I will personally conduct open forums.
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