DEPUTIES GIVE LANCASTER SHERIFF'S COMMANDER TOP MARKS.Byline: CHARLES F. BOSTWICK Staff Writer LANCASTER -- Sheriff's deputies gave Lancaster sheriff's station commander Capt. Carl Deeley their top rating among 58 Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. captains. In a survey carried out annually by the deputies' union, Lancaster station deputies praised Deeley for his character, leadership and proactivity, and were impressed im·press 1 tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es 1. To affect strongly, often favorably: that he worked the Thanksgiving Thanksgiving annual U.S. holiday celebrating harvest and yearly blessings; originated with Pilgrims (1621). [Am. Culture: EB, IX: 922] See : America Thanksgiving national holiday with luxurious dinner as chief ritual. [Am. Pop. , Christmas and New Year's holidays. ``Captain Deeley is consistently in the top three each of the years we've done this survey. This year he received the almost perfect score of 4.97,'' said Association of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Deputy Sheriffs President Steve Remige. Deeley, who was presented the honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. Tuesday night at a Lancaster City Council meeting, said he was embarrassed by the award. Deeley said he is fortunate to work with the Lancaster station deputies, who he said work hard without complaint despite being understaffed and while going through tragedies that included the deaths of a deputy killed in a gunbattle in 2003 and another in a motorcycle motorcycle, motor vehicle whose design is based on the bicycle. The German inventor Gottlieb Daimler is generally credited with building the first practical motorcycle in 1885. The motorcycle did not become dependable and popular, however, until after 1900. crash in March. ``All I do is I try to keep up with them,'' said Deeley, a 28-year department veteran who has commanded the Lancaster station since 2003. ``I don't feel I could do anything less.'' The union's leadership assessment lets deputies rate their captains in nine categories including crime fighting Crime Fighting See also Sleuthing. Batman devotes his life to fighting Gotham City’s criminals. [Comics: Berger, 160] Canadian Mounties , fairness, accessibility and concern for deputies. Union leaders say the deputies who participate in the surveys take the responsibility very seriously, and the results are published in the union newspaper. Deeley was one of eight captains rated by their deputies as ``outstanding.'' Palmdale sheriff's station commander Capt. John Witt was one of eight captains rated as ``needs improvement.'' Deputies complained that he was frequently gone from the station and seemed to want a promotion out. Witt declined to comment on the survey but said the Palmdale station over the last year has reduced its vacancies, added patrol cars, detectives and training officers, and lowered Palmdale's serious crime rate. CAPTION(S): Photo: (color) DEELEY |
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