As a resident of Dana Point for the past 13 years, I know that the Orange County Sheriff's Department operates each and every day because of the 4,000 professional men and women who work to serve the residents of Orange County.

When I am sworn in on June 24th as your next Sheriff I will not only have the pleasure of living in one of the safest places in the nation, but I will have the distinct honor of working side-by-side with the men and women who work to create our extraordinary quality of life.

The next few weeks will give me the opportunity to talk with many of you as I visit our various divisions and share my vision to become one of the best sheriff's department's in the nation and a model for the other law enforcement agencies. I begin this undertaking with the knowledge that we have the people and the skills to achieve this goal.