Good People of Oneida County

I have been asked by numerous people why I’m not running for re-election for sheriff.  I have enjoyed a long career in law enforcement with the last eight years as your sheriff.  I will be retiring at the end of this term.  I am grateful for your support and the privilege of serving you.  We have an awesome county with many great opportunities
and people.

Even though I’m retiring, I am still deeply concerned with the future of this office.  I want a candidate that will continue to move this office upward.

We have three candidates applying for the job of Sheriff.  We, the voters, are considered their employers.  WE can hire or fire them through our election process.

As potential employers, it is our duty to perform the background checks, past employment, job performance, contact former employers, past co-workers or even neighbors and friends.  Some information and statistics of my current and past employees can be obtained through a public information request.  If you owned a business, you would have all your potential candidates vetted.  Why would we do less for our county sheriff?  It is our duty to vote on facts, not emotions.

If the three candidates are as transparent as they claim, they could sign a waiver so that their personnel files could be made public.  This would put an end to the disinformation and distortion of the truth.

I have taken the time to complete a diligent review of all the candidates.  There are multiple factual discrepancies that are of concern.

After the vetting process, Doug Williams is the most qualified and prepared for the job of Oneida County Sheriff.

Doug Williams is the only candidate that is currently post certified.  Doug Williams has never been fired from a law enforcement agency.  Doug has over 2200 hours of Post Certification training classes.  He is the only one certified in Homicide and Death investigations, shooting reconstructions, sex crimes investigations, stalking, human trafficking, DUI and Accident investigations, and Internet crimes.

Doug is the only one that is certified in Drug investigations, informant handling, and drug interdiction.  

Doug has basic and advanced SWAT Team Training.  He is trained in critical incident command, school violence (safety, bullying, and cyberbullying), officer involved shootings, and is our firearms instructor.

Doug has continued his education in management training, leadership skills for challenging times.  He has Post Training in first line supervision, field training officer, Idaho Law Enforcement Management Institute.  

Doug has attended the FBI Command College.

Doug Williams has been closely involved with the Sheriff’s Office grant writing programs, implementation and reporting.  The many grants we receive are extremely important for purchasing and maintaining our equipment.  Our extra community services would be very limited without grant monies.  Doug is especially skilled in policy and procedure and law review issues.  Doug understands that increased training helps with officer and public safety.  He is constantly looking for liability issues within the Sheriff’s Office.

Doug has been involved with the Sheriff’s Office budgeting process.  He understands the inner workings and needs of the office.  He is aware of our issues dealing with recruiting and retention.

Forty-three out of the forty-four counties and numerous city entities are understaffed.  Besides salary and insurance benefits issues, we as a nation, state, and county need to change the prevailing attitude towards law enforcement.

I can only see one candidate that will continue to move this office upward.  With that being said, I am fully endorsing Chief Deputy Doug Williams to be the next Sheriff of Oneida County.  I have worked with Doug for almost eight years and have seen tremendous growth in him as a peace officer.  More importantly, I have seen more growth in him as a caring and concerned person.  

I urge everyone to vote for Doug Williams for Sheriff.

Sincerely, 

Sheriff Arne Jones