Kris Hendricksen would make a fine sheriff
Summit County voters:
The purpose of this letter is to recommend Kris Hendricksen as your choice for Summit County Sheriff in this November’s election. I am Terry Reilly and I am a police officer and firefighter/EMT in Utah County. I have known Kris Hendricksen, Republican candidate for Summit County Sheriff, for 22 years.
As I started into law enforcement my father who grew up in Brooklyn, New York, was upset at my choice, as he had a distinct distrust for police from his childhood in New York City during the corruption years. As I worked with and went hunting and boating with Kris my father changed his mind about law enforcement as a career based on Kris’ integrity and character and my father was proud of my choice of law enforcement as a career. This was due to Kris’ example of how he worked and lived.
Many of the peace officers in Utah County were mentored by Kris and have gone on to be valuable assets to their departments. Officers I work with every day use the lessons of honesty and hard work Kris has taught us to serve our communities.
I know that Kris Hendricksen is honest, trustworthy and has placed himself on the front lines of defending civil liberties and our Constitution in the communities he has served. .
Your vote for Kris on Nov. 4 will be a step toward ensuring the safety of Summit County as well as The State of Utah. As a police officer on the job for 20 years, I would feel proud to work for Kris Hendricksen and having him as your Sheriff will improve your quality of life in Summit County.
Terry Reilly
South Payson, Utah
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Justin Martinez is county’s best choice for sheriff
Editor:
I am a retired senior law enforcement officer who, over parts of the last 12 years, has had the opportunity to serve in the Sheriff’s Office with both of the candidates for Summit County Sheriff. In addition, I have been a part-time resident of Summit County for 39 years and know the county, its citizens, and law enforcement officers well.
I urge the informed voter to ignore politics and examine the qualifications and integrity of the candidates, Kris Hendricksen and Justin Martinez. One will command an Office responsible to protect and serve the citizens of (and visitors to) our Summit County.
communities in the East Side are markedly different than those in the West Side in their needs and perceptions of law enforcement, each valid. The new sheriff must recognize and be capable of serving both effectively. Having served with both men, in my professional judgment, only Justin Martinez has the vision, education and integrity to accomplish this task.
It is true that the current sheriff has brought the Sheriff’s Office out of the dark ages employing a particular management style. Justin has a markedly different management style that, in my judgment, will continue to evolve the Sheriff’s Office into a truly professional law enforcement organization capable of effectively serving citizens in today’s world. Kris simply does not possess the tools.
I have found Kris to be a pleasant, friendly person. However, I also found him to be a rather inept supervisor; certainly not a strong, effective leader capable of managing a multi-function agency consisting of law enforcement.
A Sheriff’s office is a complex organization that comes with significant responsibility and risk in protecting citizens in the communities, managing inmates in the jail and court functions. Justin has served effectively in every phase of a Sheriff’s Office. Justin and has demonstrated intelligence and foresight in addressing issues and developing innovative solutions.
I urge the voter to go to each candidate’s website and read about their qualifications, and objectives. Go to www.kris4summitsheriff.com and www.JustinForSheriff.com to read about them. I believe the discerning voter will judge Justin Martinez to be the best Sheriff that Summit County will experience.
Dean Carr
Chief Deputy (Ret.), Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office
Former Undersheriff, Summit County Sheriff’s Office
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Beware of development at Jeremy Ranch I-80 exit
Editor:
Some time ago I wrote about the congestion in the Jeremy Ranch exits, coming or going, and traffic in the P. C. area in general, no need to re digest, however some alarming news of yet another developer surfaced despite of some obscurity in proceedings. I am referring to the natural area lodged between the bus station, the convenience store and the road leading to the golf course all pouring into the Jeremy Ranch 4-way stop sign, the only way out or in.
The existing traffic conditions in that junction that are already bordering on the unbearable and flirting with disaster. I sat, car No. 27 in line trying to get out of Jeremy, and all that before 8 a.m. not to get caught in such a mess, to no avail. This developer from whom a $50. million bond should be posted for 20 years to check if his little 6,600 acres intended developing will cause no hardship, congestion and down right strangulation.
Now this developer wants the commission to permit him to increase the permit to 22,000 acres. If this is not audacity, “I don’t care what happens to the neighborhood” then I don’t know what is.
I know you will leave free space enough to support wildlife of a single rabbit, maybe a sandhill crane that can fly away due to overdensity. There will be a meeting on Oct. 1 at the Sheldon Richins Building at Kimball Junction where all of us can give this company a piece of our mind, while holding in check our road rage and other rage.
Jack Karmel
Park City