Carroll County Sheriff Jim DeWees
CARROLL COUNTY SWEARS IN 58TH SHERIFF FIRST NEW SHERIFF IN
16 YEARS
Retrieved July 18, 2015 – while researching some of the history
of the Old County Jail in Westminster… http://ccgovernment.carr.org/ccg/sheriff/
Westminster – Sheriff Jim DeWees was sworn in as the 58th
Sheriff of Carroll County during an inauguration ceremony at Carroll Community
College’s Scott Auditorium on Tuesday, December 2, 2014. Sheriff DeWees is a retired Captain with the
Maryland State Police and is the first new Sheriff of Carroll County in 16
years. Sheriff DeWees won both contested
primary and general elections by overwhelming margins to become Sheriff. Sheriff DeWees took control of the sheriff’s
office from retiring Sheriff Kenneth Tregoning, who was first elected to office
in 1998.
Sheriff DeWees was raised in Carroll County and is a 1988
graduate of South Carroll High School in Winfield, Maryland. He holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in
Criminal Justice from Mount Saint Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Maryland and
a Masters of Arts degree in Human Resource Development from Seton Hall
University in Trenton, New Jersey.
Sheriff DeWees is also a graduate of the Northwestern University School
of Police Staff and Command.
Sheriff DeWees is married with three children who attend Carroll
County Public Schools. His wife of 16
years, Heather, is a teacher for Carroll County Public Schools and the girls’
varsity basketball coach at Manchester Valley High School. Sheriff DeWees is the second youngest of the
six children of Joan and the late Thomas DeWees of Thurmont, Maryland.
Sheriff DeWees retired as a Captain from the Maryland State
Police. His career with the Maryland
State Police started after high school when he became a cadet at the age of
18. Sheriff DeWees rose through the ranks
of the Maryland State Police and held numerous operational and command
assignments within the organization.
Sheriff DeWees spent the majority of his career as a patrol and
investigative trooper, supervisor and barrack commander in Carroll County, assigned
to the Westminster Barrack. Sheriff
DeWees was commander of both the Westminster and Golden Ring Barracks,
Operations Commander for the Washington Metropolitan Area and ended his 25-year
career as the Special Operations Division Commander, overseeing Emergency
Operations, K9, S.T.A.T.E. Team and the Motor Unit. He also served as an instructor at the State
Police Academy. For most of his career,
Sheriff DeWees served as an operator, team leader and commander of the Maryland
State Police SWAT Team known as S.T.A.T.E.
In 1998, Sheriff DeWees was awarded the Governor’s Citation
of Valor after he shot the gun out of a suicidal man’s hand, ending a two-hour
standoff in Keymar, Maryland. He is also
a recipient of the Superintendent’s Citation of Valor for his role in ending
two separate armed standoffs in 2000 and 2002.
Sheriff DeWees has received numerous awards for excellence in
investigations and leadership.
Sheriff DeWees brings a diverse background of law
enforcement experience and leadership to the Carroll County Sheriff’s
Office. Continuing a career of public
service, Sheriff DeWees now leads 260 dedicated employees who staff a full
service law enforcement agency providing road patrol and criminal investigative
services, a detention center, and courthouse security. Sheriff DeWees considers it one of the
highest honors of his career to serve the citizens of Carroll County as their
Sheriff.
Sheriff DeWees appointed Eldersburg resident Larry Suther as
Chief Deputy of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office. Suther is a retired major from the Baltimore
County Police Department where he spent 38 years working his way through the
ranks from cadet to major and retiring as commander of the Special Operations
Division. Suther will hold the rank of
Colonel and oversee the operations for the Office. Colonel Suther has extensive operational,
tactical and investigative experience.
Colonel Suther holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of
Baltimore and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy.
Sheriff DeWees also appointed Manchester resident Vicky
McDonold as Director of the Management Services Bureau. Director McDonold comes to the Sheriff’s
Office from the private sector where she was a project manager for Automatic
Data Processing (ADP) in Owings Mills.
Director McDonold holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Towson
University in finance and a Master’s Degree from University of Maryland
University College in Technology Management.
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