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KINGS COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Voters successful Kings County whitethorn soon beryllium deciding connected a caller sheriff.
Sheriff Dave Robinson announced his plans to discontinue this twelvemonth successful the mediate of his term. Robinson was archetypal elected to the presumption successful 2010 and has served arsenic sheriff since January 2011.
Robinson says helium is readying connected retiring connected Nov. 24, 2025. It comes aft decades successful instrumentality enforcement. He archetypal joined the sheriff's bureau arsenic a correctional serviceman successful 1995.
In a connection posted to the KCSO Facebook account, Robinson explained much astir the reasoning down his decision.
"While my archetypal program was not to depart mid-term, the caller changes successful the instrumentality making my 4th and existent word a 6 twelvemonth word alternatively of 4, on with immoderate wellness concerns (high humor pressure) I person decided it’s a clip to thrust disconnected into the sunset and crook the reins over," the connection work successful part.
Now, it's up to the Kings County Board of Supervisors to look into what comes next.
District 3 Supervisor and Board Chairman Doug Verboon says, portion Robinson's status makes him emotional, helium is supportive of his decision.
"Kings County has been precise fortunate the past 15 years. We astir apt had 1 of the champion sheriffs successful the authorities of California," helium said.
Verboon says that arsenic agelong arsenic he's been serving Kings County, Robinson has been beside him.
"He's helped physique our jail. He's helped physique our sheriff's office," helium said. "He takes charge. He does a large job. And he'll beryllium truly hard to replace."
Verboon says helium and his colleagues person met to statesman the process of uncovering his replacement.
"It's going to beryllium up to the radical to vote. So, conscionable the assignment volition beryllium our choice, and it'll beryllium temporary. And truthful hopefully we tin find idiosyncratic who doesn't bring immoderate play to the situation," Verboon said.
Robinson is leaving with implicit 3 years near connected his term. If helium stayed until the end, it would person ended successful January of 2029. In the connection helium released, helium says the committee tin either name idiosyncratic to decorativeness his term, clasp a peculiar election, enactment the contention connected the ballot with a regular election, oregon adjacent look astatine combining these options.
"We're not definite what it's going to outgo america if we spell for a peculiar election, and we don't privation to discarded immoderate of the payer dollars if we tin bash that," Verboon said.
Verboon says they volition denote much details of their plans arsenic soon arsenic they can, but helium wants to guarantee people, anyone who gets their appointment, adjacent if it's temporary, volition beryllium idiosyncratic with akin views arsenic Sheriff Robinson.
