Monday, January 08, 2007

SHERIFF CARONA STARTS THIRD TERM – NOT WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE.

This morning, Sheriff Michael Carona and his Command Staff met with leaders of various labor
organizations representing Sheriff’s personnel to discuss past successes and upcoming opportunities and goals for the department and invite them to participate in shaping the future of the organization. Leaders from the Association of County Law Enforcement Managers, the Association of Orange County

Deputy Sheriffs, the International Union of Operating Engineers, the Orange County Employees
Association, the Orange County Manager’s Association, and the Service Employees International Union were updated on the Sheriff’s strategic plans, priority objectives and the department’s core values.

Among several other priorities, the Sheriff and Assistant Sheriffs, along with Division Commanders, will continue to focus on inmate re-entry and reunification programs, expansion of the Forensic Lab and efforts to reduce turnaround time, expansion of the James A. Musick Jail Facility and, in the coming months, conduct a thorough analysis and review of the Immigration Cross Designation program.

The Sheriff’s priorities certainly reflect the stranglehold labor has on how the Sheriff’s department is being run, and not what residents really need.

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