| Employment | Sheriff of Mason County, the Forty-First elected sheriff in the office's history (the office dates to 1854). Directly responsible to the citizens of Mason County.; Joined the Mason County Sheriff's Office in 2013 as Chief Criminal Deputy of the North Precinct, following a 25-year career with the Washington State Patrol. As Chief Criminal Deputy of Patrol he commanded the Police Operations Division for the North and South Precincts (patrol, Special Operations Group, SWAT, School Resource Officers, K9, Traffic, Marine Operations, Search and Rescue) and was third in command of the office.; In October 2018, while Chief Criminal Deputy, served as the Sheriff's Office spokesperson responding to a candidate's questions about a deputy's domestic violence allegations, stating the office never received a complaint from the woman involved. | T1 |