Former Madera County Sheriff John Anderson passes away

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Madera County Sheriff's Office announced that erstwhile Sheriff John Anderson died Friday nighttime astatine his location successful San Luis Obispo County.

He started his instrumentality enforcement vocation arsenic a constabulary serviceman successful Williams, California, and aboriginal served arsenic a lawman sheriff successful Stanislaus County.

In 1964, helium joined the California Highway Patrol, wherever helium held assorted important roles.

And successful 1998, Anderson was elected arsenic Madera County Sheriff and served the presumption for 16 years until his status successful 2014.

Anderson dedicated much than 5 decades to instrumentality enforcement.