COURAGE

By Terry Lee Kaiser

Terry believes the people of Monterey County deserve to have a Sheriff's Department that puts their interests first. That means enacting new scheduling, training, and staffing policies that:

• Restore the five day work week so that deputies are available when needed by the public, chronic personnel shortages are ended, and thousands of dollars in overtime pay are saved.

• Assure that deputies trained for field work are assigned to field work, not tasks unrelated to their training.

• Place more deputies on the street fighting crime, not in bureaucracy shuffling paper.

• Insist that the public is always treated with respect and courtesy by all employees of the Sheriff's Department.

• Enhance the Department's commitment to the needs of senior citizens, those living alone, those suffering from neglect, and those victimized by scam artists and unscrupulous telemarketers.

• Bring the Narcotics Division to full strength and resume the campaign to shut down meth labs and stop the flow of illegal drugs.