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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Following the decease of the 24th sheriff of Fresno County, Richard Pierce, leaders successful Fresno recalled his impact.
Mayor Dyer says helium and Richard knew each different done their beginnings with each department; constabulary and sheriff. He adds their relationship has lasted implicit 40 years.
"Richard and I worked unneurotic erstwhile helium was astatine the sheriff's department— each the mode up the ranks, erstwhile I was making my mode up the ranks, truthful we had a bully narration there," Dyer said.
Retired Fresno Sheriff Margaret Mims, who has worked with Pierce her full vocation and was promoted doubly by him says Pierce's laughter was magnetic.
"He had a booming laugh. So erstwhile helium was successful his bureau connected the 2nd level of the sheriff's office, everybody connected the level could perceive him laughter and it made everybody grin and wonderment what was going on— but his booming laughter was highly memorable," Mims recalled.
Mims would spell connected to instrumentality Pierce's spot arsenic sheriff pursuing his status successful 2007.
Dyer adds Pierce was precise innovative, introducing innovative ways to nonstop the sheriff's department.
"Very innovative, precise originative sheriff. He brought a batch of caller ideas and exertion to the Fresno Sheriff's Department and truly idiosyncratic that was an unthinkable nonrecreational and idiosyncratic I had a batch of respect for," helium said.
Pierce kick-started "Operation Gold Star" which was a proactive effort to support things similar hunt warrants up to day and clasp parolees accountable— an effort Mims believes agreed agencies.
"It was precise proactive which was benignant of antithetic for instrumentality enforcement due to the fact that astir of the clip we're reactive. But helium started that proactive constituent successful the sheriff's office. That was precise gratifying to spot everyone had a batch of fun, it brought antithetic instrumentality enforcement agencies unneurotic we worked successful everybody's jurisdiction, it was precise cooperative," she said.
The politician says that portion Pierce is nary longer with us, helium leaves a lasting bequest wrong the sheriff's bureau and the assemblage helium served.
"We mislaid a bully 1 contiguous and that was Richard Pierce," Dyer said.
