DesertFox
07-11-2008, 08:50 PM
Further distancing herself from the practices of her indicted predecessor, Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens said she wouldn't use a team of deputies to protect her -- or even a driver to chauffeur her to public appearances.
Acting against the advice of some colleagues, Hutchens said she intended to drive herself to meetings in a county car, her only protection the Glock 9-millimeter handgun holstered at her waist.
Former Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona traveled with as many as three deputies, dressed in suits and equipped with microphones and earpieces.
Carona's security detail even had a code name for him: Braveheart.
Officials in Carona's administration said he needed the protection because of unspecified threats to his safety. But some in the department complained privately that the heavy security was the indulgence of a man obsessed with his own importance. ...
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca has used a sergeant to drive him to public appearances for several years. The move allows Baca to work on the road and have an armed guard, said sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore.
Hutchens said she uses a hands-free device to make phone calls while driving. Assigning a sergeant to protect her full time would cost more than $150,000 in salary and benefits annually.
More (http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-ocsheriff10-2008jul10,0,2834240.story)
Acting against the advice of some colleagues, Hutchens said she intended to drive herself to meetings in a county car, her only protection the Glock 9-millimeter handgun holstered at her waist.
Former Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona traveled with as many as three deputies, dressed in suits and equipped with microphones and earpieces.
Carona's security detail even had a code name for him: Braveheart.
Officials in Carona's administration said he needed the protection because of unspecified threats to his safety. But some in the department complained privately that the heavy security was the indulgence of a man obsessed with his own importance. ...
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca has used a sergeant to drive him to public appearances for several years. The move allows Baca to work on the road and have an armed guard, said sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore.
Hutchens said she uses a hands-free device to make phone calls while driving. Assigning a sergeant to protect her full time would cost more than $150,000 in salary and benefits annually.
More (http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-ocsheriff10-2008jul10,0,2834240.story)