How I Will Reform Calumet County Sheriff’s Office

  • Align all operations and restructure to comply with mission statement to ensure public safety without politics
  • Review all policy and procedure
  • Review every aspect of operations in all departments of Sheriff’s Office
  • Determine which processes are accomplishing alignment and fine tune for efficiency
  • Rebuild from the ground up any processes that are failing
  • Focus recruitment on retention. The first step of a successful recruitment program is the retention of the competent individuals who are already performing their jobs for the right reasons. Recruitment of candidates should be multifaceted including those with life experience outside the criminal justice field. Good departments do not have an issue attracting top candidates for employment.
  • Implement a Supervisory and Advancement program that gives parameters for the expectations for every job and requirements for advancement. Most agencies already have a program in place. Advancement and supervisory selection should be objective based on training, experience, and performance instead of subjectivity as to who is most dedicated to following the present political narrative.
  • Seek input in restructuring process from those that are directly involved with each specific process including staff, outside agencies, County Board, and most importantly the community
  • Provide complete transparency to the public. Full disclosure of operations to ensure the Sheriff’s Office is fulfilling the publics expectations ensuring public trust and support. If there is an issue it needs to be brought to the attention of the community, what has been done to correct the issue, and how we will assure it will not happen again. This will serve as a deterrent for misconduct as well as building trust with the community that issues are being proactively addressed.
  • Accept nothing less than honesty, integrity, and competency from all that are employed and responsible for the community’s safety, wellbeing, and welfare.
  • Proactive program implementation along with the Public Safety Committee that mandates a checks and balance system to ensure community safety and department competency is at the forefront of the Sheriff’s office initiatives. The sole existence of a Sheriff’s Office is to provide safety and security to the community not appeasing special interests.