Registrar of Voters, Neal Kelley, once again expressed his great appreciation for the impressive service Department Reserves provided in this week’s election.

The Department’s Ballot Transportation Team is made up of 64 Reserve Deputies and one Professional Services Responder. The team is headed by Reserve Captains Jay Wasserman, Rick Olson and Tony Tabet. Reserve Unit Office Manager Karen Waters and her staff helped organize the effort.

Once the polls close, everything is dependent on our Ballot Transportation Team ensuring that all precincts are accounted for at the Registrar of Voters office as early as possible. The Ballot Transportation for the June 3, 2008, Statewide Primary Election was a tremendous success made possible by the efforts of each of our team members last Tuesday night. As in every election, the team encountered challenges but none that were not overcome by the team’s combined efforts. By 11:25 pm, all of the driver/deputy teams had arrived at the Voter Tally Center, unloaded and were on their way home. That's a good two hours earlier than last February! By midnight, all 1123 precincts were accounted for and the Command Post was secured for the night.

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The Airport Operations Division held its second annual Top Gun Shooting competition from April 15th through May 15th, 2008.  The competition was held in the Mobile Pistol Range while it was stationed at John Wayne Airport.

The Top Gun Shooting Competition was developed to introduce practical shooting scenarios and to improve shooting proficiency with the duty handgun.  Participants are exposed to combat shooting under stress, simulating three different scenarios.

Members from Airport Police Services, Air Support Bureau and Explosive Detection Teams participated in the event.  The Airport Operations Division 2008 Top Gun winner was Sheriff’s Special Officer Sean Fowler.  Second place went to Sheriff’s Special Officer Jeremy Darett, and third place went to Sheriff’s Special Officer Wendell Frye.

The Airport Operations Division would like to thank the Sheriff’s Training Division, our sponsors and Weapons Instructor Dallas Ferrell, who designed the course and judged the event. This event would not have been possible without his help and expertise.