Promotional Advancement
Meet
some of the Sheriff's Office Family
Captain David
Pascoe
Position: Captain, Patrol Division
Years: 20 years with the Office of
the Sheriff
Field Operations Bureau: Patrol
Field Training Officer, Lafayette Police Contract, Patrol Sergeant,
Detective- Felony Investigations, Community of Bay Point, Patrol
Division Commander
Custody Services Bureau:
Transportation, Line Supervisor, Administrative Services, Detention
Division Commander
Support Services Bureau: Emergency
Services Division-Officer of the Day
Current Assignment: Division
Commander of the Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division, responsible for over
250 sworn personnel assigned to the following assignments:
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Contract Law Enforcement Services providing
municipal police services in the incorporated cities of Danville,
Lafayette, Orinda or Oakley
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Contract Law Enforcement
Services for AC Transit, Military Ocean Terminal Concord, or Blackhawk
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Law Enforcement Services in one of our four
regional unincorporated areas, Bay Station, Delta Station, Muir
Station or Valley Station
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Marine Patrol or Air
Support Units
I am proud to work for an organization that sets
the standard for law enforcement. With the variety of assignments,
challenges and promotional opportunities I’ve experienced, the first 20
years of my career has passed faster than I ever anticipated. I have
come to realize, if I work another twenty years, I still won’t
experience everything our organization has to offer. An individual in
the Contra Costa Office of the Sheriff is limited only by their personal
commitment to the law enforcement profession.
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Captain Donny
Gordon
Position:
Captain, Emergency Services Division
(Former SWAT Operator and Commander)
Years:
22 years with the Office of the Sheriff
Special Investigation Unit: Vice Detective
Custody Services: Jail Training Officer
Patrol: Field Training Officer, Justice Team, Lafayette Police Contract,
Bay Station Commander
Current Assignment: Division Commander for the Emergency Services
Division responsible over 850 sworn and volunteer personnel in the
Support Services Bureau
I am honored to be a member
of the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff. I have had the
privilege of working a variety of assignments that offered many
interesting experiences. Additionally, I have enjoyed success in
the promotional process. My job has allowed me to interact with my
many friends in the community, and I am proud to promote my organization
world-wide.
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Deputy Lance Morrison
My
name is Lance Morrison, and I am a proud member of the Contra Costa
Sheriff’s Office. While many deputies find their way to the Sheriff’s
Office at a much younger age, I took a distinctly different route. I
enjoyed a wonderful career at the Newark Police Department in
California’s Northern Bay Area. During that period I had the opportunity
to do many of the things that attract people to law enforcement. I was
an investigator, a sergeant, a S.W.A.T. Team Leader, and a Commander for
a regional state drug task force. I was also fortunate enough to have
risen through the ranks, ultimately serving as second in command as our
Operations Captain. After acquiring a Master’s Degree and attending the
F.B.I. National Academy, I thought I had gotten the most out of my
career. There was one nagging issue—I was approaching the PERS maximum
for retirement, and the fire in my law enforcement furnace was still
burning. Like so many police officers who reach ’50-something,’ I was
surprised to find how energized I still felt. That is where the Contra
Costa Sheriff’s Office came in.
I had long been aware of the reputation of this
great organization. I knew that no other sheriff’s office offered their
sheer size and diversity. Like I said, my fire is still burning, and
assignments such as a marine patrol, or an opportunity to work in one of
several contract cities are very compelling. When I got serious about
making a move, I went to the source. I spoke with dozens of current
employees at all levels within the department. The pride of affiliation
and mutual respect their deputies, sergeants and commanders had for one
another was very impressive. In the end, the men and women of the Contra
Costa Sheriff’s Office were their best commercial. I knew I wanted to
make my second professional home there.
If you want to take the advice of a seasoned law
enforcement professional, you would do well to apply for the Contra
Costa Sheriff’s Office. The opportunities far surpass those of other
sheriff offices, and certainly those of middle-sized or smaller
municipal agencies. We have it all. Take a look at our on-line
application process. The Recruitment Office is extremely responsive.
Experienced candidates stand to do very well with incentives, and a very
generous signing bonus. If you are like me, and you find yourself
nowhere near couch potato status, keep that fire burning! Your family
will enjoy enhanced security and our Safety Service Retirement is the
perfect complement to extending or augmenting your PERS benefits.
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Lieutenant Mike Burton
My name is Mike Burton and I
have been with the Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office for 14 years. Because
the Sheriff’s Office is so diverse; I have had one great assignment
after the next and afforded great promotional opportunities.
As
a Deputy Sheriff I worked Detention, Transportation, Patrol, Specialized
Street Patrol Team (J Team), Special Investigations Unit (vice and
narcotics) and S.W.A.T.
After 10 years I was promoted to the rank of
Sergeant and was assigned to the Custody Services Bureau and as a
S.W.A.T. Team Leader. My next assignment was to be part of a team that
built a state of the art Law Enforcement Training Center and as the
Basic Academy Coordinator.
After two years I was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant and assigned as a Watch Commander in the Office of Emergency
Services and as the Assistant S.W.A.T. Commander. I am currently the
Academy Commander at the Law Enforcement Training Center and Assistant
S.W.A.T Commander.
In my role as Academy Commander I have successfully
trained more than 400 Police Officers and Deputy Sheriffs in eight
California Counties. I have been afforded the opportunity to build a
Training Center from the ground up. Including the creation of the finest
fitness centers in the state.
As the Assistant S.W.A.T Commander I am part of one
of the largest and respected S.W.A.T. teams in the state. I am extremely
proud of the fact that I was able to promote from Deputy to Sergeant and
now Lieutenant and never left the team. That would never be the case in
a smaller agency.
As a Sheriff’s Lieutenant I have the ability to run
a Patrol Station as an Area Commander, a Detention Facility, be a Watch
Commander, an Assistant Division Commander or a Chief of Police in one
of our five Contract Cities as well as numerous other diverse and
challenging assignments..
If you want to be part of an agency that promotes
lateral and upward mobility; an agency that’s foundation is
professionalism and leadership; then the Contra Costa County Office of
the Sheriff is where you belong!!
Call me direct if you have any questions. I look
forward to working with you. (925)427-8236.
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