Dan Wilson for Kootenai County Sheriff 2024 Q&A Interview

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CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO (JUMP TO SECTION)

00:00 - Intro
00:57 - What possessed you to run for the office of Sheriff?
02:25 - What are the roles and responsibilities of the Sheriff and how are they different from the Chief of Police?
03:45 - Why does the Sheriff typically come up through the ranks of full time law enforcement?
05:02 - What are you qualifications for Sheriff? Why did you become a Reserve Police Officer in your 30's?
07:00 - What's the difference between a Volunteer Reserve Police Officer and a full time Police Officer?
08:26 - What's your conversation like with a Kootenai County Jail Sargent compared to a member of the Kootenai County community who doesn't have the perspective of the inner workings of law enforcement?
10:15 - Why mess with what's working? What's the need for change and what do you have to bring to the office of Sheriff in Kootenai County?
11:11 - Why is it important that a Sheriff serves in two vital capacities with the first being law enforcement experience and the second, a representative of the people in the community?
15:00 - The role of the Undersheriff
16:35 - Why are you more qualified than our current Sheriff when your only experience is being a Volunteer Reserve Police Officer?
24:42 - How could it be an asset to the office of Sheriff to have had experience in both law enforcement and in the building of business in our community?
27:48 - You've not served as a leader in the Kootenai County Sheriff's organization nor do you understand the dynamics in the role the Sheriff plays with the County Commissioners. How can you do the job of the Sheriff?
34:25 - As Sheriff, can you do anything to change the Federal Government?