VENTURA COUNTY, CA - Commander Geoff Dean, candidate for Sheriff, announced today that Sheriff Larry "Carp" Carpenter (ret.) has given his endorsement to Commander Dean in the upcoming Sheriff's election. Sheriff Carpenter retired after nearly 33 years of county law-enforcement experience. He began at the Fillmore Police Department, and then moved to the Sheriff's Department. There, he rose through the ranks, becoming Assistant Sheriff to Al Jalaty, Undersheriff to John Gillespie, and finally served as the elected Sheriff of Ventura County.

"I am endorsing Geoff Dean because he has the integrity, education, training and experience to lead the Sheriff's Department into the future. Although he is certainly an able administrator, the job of Sheriff requires leadership ability and I believe that Geoff is a leader among leaders. I proudly endorse Geoff Dean." -- Sheriff Larry Carpenter

Sheriff Carpenter joins the long list of distinguished Ventura County law enforcement leaders, including District Attorney Mike Bradbury (ret.) and Sheriff John Gillespie (ret.), Chiefs of Police Mike Lewis (Simi Valley), John Crombach (Oxnard), Ken Corney (Ventura), Fernie Estrella (Port Hueneme) and Steve McKinnon (Santa Paula), in the endorsement of Geoff Dean as the next Sheriff of Ventura County.

"I am extremely proud to receive Sheriff Carpenter's endorsement. He was the consummate Sheriff and peace officer who served as a mentor for myself and many others. I am honored by his faith in me to lead the Ventura County Sheriff's Department." -- Geoff Dean

For a complete list of law enforcement leaders, public safety groups, elected officials and community leaders endorsing Commander Dean for Sheriff of Ventura County, please visit our website: www.GeoffDeanForSheriff.com

Dean's Resume:
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Ventura County Sheriff’s Department 32 years 1978- 2010
 Extensive experience working at the executive level in diverse assignments.
 Multi-disciplinary operational leadership of major critical incidents.
 Broad-based professional and personal working relationships with other law enforcement agencies, city councils, county supervisors, business and community groups.
 Extensive budgetary experience in both county and city financial systems.
Chief Deputy
Detention Services Division
 Command of all of the county’s jails and related programs assuring that we met all our constitutional mandates.
 Leadership of 500 employees.
 Responsible for contract negotiations with private vendors and other government agencies.

Chief Deputy Field Operations Division
 Lead field operations in all Sheriff’s jurisdictions in Ventura County, including the contract cities of Moorpark, Thousand Oaks, Camarillo, Fillmore and Ojai.
 Bureaus within the division included investigations, communications, Office of Emergency Services, Emergency Operations Center, mounted, and K-9.
 Responsible for over 425 employees.
 Oversight of an operating budget in excess of $65 million.
 Interaction with city councils, city managers, from all the cities and the county board of supervisors.
 Ongoing interaction with numerous community and business groups.

Chief Deputy Support Services Division
 Responsible for multiple bureaus including; internal affairs, business office, department-wide budgetary operations, human resources, records management and training.

Chief of Police City of Moorpark
 Served as Chief of Police for the City of Moorpark under contract with the Ventura County Sheriff's Department.
 Responsible for all aspects of providing law enforcement services to a city of 27,000 people.
 Responsibilities included leadership of all personnel assigned to the city contract, budget development and oversight, interface with city government and elected officials, and outreach with a diverse community.
Critical Incident Manager
 Responsible for managing the law enforcement response to special events occurring in Sheriff’s jurisdictions in Ventura County. Some of these events included; five separate presidential visits, the opening of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, earthquakes, the La Conchita mudslide, and the crash of Alaska Airlines flight off the coast of Ventura County.

Special Weapons and Tactics Team
 Twelve years of increasing responsibility as a SWAT team member, with the last three years as Team Commander.

ADDITIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
 Developed and implemented program to evaluate workload indicators, crime trends, community concerns which resulted in reduced crime and increased delivery of service for field operations that is being duplicated throughout the entire agency.
 Led the effort to put Social Host ordinances in place which hold adults civilly responsible for providing alcohol to minors. The program is now in place in every city in Ventura County and has been nationally recognized.
 Managed the development team for department-wide mobile data project.
 Instituted a grant funded Hispanic Outreach Program.
 Initiated and instructed department-wide training in the Incident Command System.
 Instructor in leadership development.
 Negotiated first time, long term private vendor contracts for jail medical and telephone services resulting in reduced costs and increased revenue.

AFFILIATIONS
Community Involvement
 Camarillo Chamber of Commerce 2009 Man of the Year
 Vice President Camarillo High School Booster Club
 Coach Camarillo Youth Baseball
 Coach Camarillo Girls Softball
 Indian Guides Leader
 Board Member- School Site Council Pleasant Valley School District
 Coach AYSO Soccer
 Coordinator Exploring Program Ventura County Boy Scout Council
 Advisor Camarillo High School Interact Service Club
 Rain Homeless Shelter Christmas Program
 Board Member Ventura County Deputy Sheriff’s Association
 Camarillo Chamber of Commerce Public Servant of the Year 2008
 Member Camarillo Rotary Club
 Board of Directors – Casa Pacifica Home for Abused and Neglected Children
 Past Elder, Trinity Presbyterian Church
 Committee member - Coalition to End Homelessness
 Committee member - Methamphetamine Task Force
 Kathy Back Christmas Project Program
 Board Member Care for Kids Golf Classic
 Member – County Commission on Homelessness
 Volunteer - Camarillo Health Care District Meals on Wheels Program
 California Lutheran University Community Leaders Association
 Committee on Transitional Housing for Foster Children
 Anti graffiti program with Supervisor Foy and Boy Scouts
 Appointed by the Board of Supervisors to the Ventura County Community Commission
 Guest Speaker on Civil Rights (15 years) - Moorpark High School
 Instituted an Hispanic Outreach Program in the City of Moorpark
 California Peace Officer's Association
 California State Sheriff’s Association
 International Association of Chiefs of Police

Work Related
 Planned and facilitated the first department-wide Strategic Plan
 Department instructor on leadership
 Secured Donation of Armored Car for Department
 Incident Commander for La Conchita Mudslides
 Ordered a department-wide audit of staffing throughout the department, which discovered excessive staffing levels
 Developed innovative program FastTrac, which reduced workers' comp costs and saved thousands of dollars in its first year. Have pushed to have the program expanded throughout the entire department.
 Developed first contract which brought significant revenue to the county through our inmate phone system while still maintaining the rights of inmates.
 Reengineered Spanish Language Program for Department Personnel
 Developed COMSTAT Tracking and effectiveness program to best utilize resources for patrol and investigative patrol operations. Program was so successful Sheriff wanted the system applied to the entire department.
 County wide Law enforcement coordinator of Social Host Ordinance Program to reduce Underage and Binge Drinking

EDUCATION
 Masters Degree in Management, California Polytechnic University, Pomona -1996
 Masters Degree in Public Administration, California State University Northridge -1992
 Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration, University of Redlands -1986
 Graduate – Commission of Peace Officers Standards and Training Center for Executive Development Command College Graduate - 1996

PERSONAL INFORMATION
 Married for 23 years: Marlene - Mathematics Professor Children: Lindsey 21, junior - DePaul University Andy 18, High School senior

Geoff Dean Biography
Geoff Dean was born in Los Angeles and raised in the San Fernando Valley until the age of 13 when his family moved to Simi Valley. He attended Simi Valley High School where he lettered in both swimming and water polo.
Geoff first joined the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department in 1977 as a cadet in the City of Thousand Oaks. Four months later he was hired as a deputy sheriff and joined the Ventura County Sheriff’s Training Academy. It was the beginning of a remarkable career.

A Rapid Rise Through the Ranks, Promoted by Three Sheriffs: After a tour working in the jail, Geoff began patrolling the streets of Thousand Oaks, Moorpark, and the areas surrounding Simi Valley. Excelling in his patrol duties, he was later assigned to the Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Detail; an advanced unit of deputies specially trained in high risk or unique patrol duties, including plain-clothes details and gang enforcement.
As his career unfolded, Dean’s hard work and dedication earned a series of departmental promotions from three different Sheriffs. Sheriff John Gillespie promoted Dean to Senior Deputy and selected him as a training officer at the Sheriff’s Training Academy, teaching new recruits. Sheriff Gillespie next promoted Dean to Sergeant. In that rank he served as a Jail Watch Commander, Administrative Sergeant at the Main Jail, and Patrol Services Supervisor.

Command Experience in Every Part of Ventura County: In 1989, Sheriff Gillespie promoted Dean to Lieutenant and assigned him first as the manager of the City of Thousand Oaks Traffic Bureau. Then, in 1991, Geoff was appointed the Chief of Police in the City of Moorpark.

Later on, Sheriff Larry Carpenter promoted Dean to Commander, assigning him to manage all police services for the City of Moorpark and the unincorporated areas of eastern Ventura County. Because of his outstanding performance in this assignment, Sheriff Carpenter then asked Dean to take command of all sheriff’s police services for the western portion of the county, all unincorporated areas, the cities of Fillmore and Ojai, the Sheriff’s Communications Center, and the Office of Emergency Services.

A Personal Commitment to Community Service: In every city he has served, Geoff has demonstrated a desire to contribute to the community far beyond his official duties. While on assignment in Moorpark, for example, he served on the Board of the Moorpark Rotary Club and as a guest instructor at Moorpark High School. And he volunteered his time to speak throughout the County about safety issues, the law, civil rights, careers in law enforcement, and other related topics.

Helping young people has always been a special focus for Geoff. Right from the start of his law enforcement career, he volunteered as an Explorer Scout Advisor providing leadership, role modeling and mentoring to our local teenagers.

A Reputation for Leadership and Innovation: Not satisfied with just mastering his regular duties, in each new assignment Geoff was innovative and recognized for employee training, mentoring, and development programs. He served as a SWAT team member, Team Supervisor, and was then asked to manage the Department SWAT team. He also found time to serve as a board member of the Ventura County Deputy Sheriff’s Association.

In the mid-90's, Dean was recruited by the Detention Services Division Administration to coordinate and manage the $65 million dollar operational budget of the largest division in the Sheriff’s Department. While in this assignment, he helped introduce a state of the art fingerprinting and photo imaging system for all jail operations that assisted in tracking violent offenders.

Two years later, realizing the need for a unit to attack the emerging gang and violent crime problem throughout the County, Sheriff Larry Carpenter created the Sheriff’s Crime Suppression Unit and tapped Dean to head this elite law enforcement unit. Under Dean’s direction, the Crime Suppression Unit was instrumental in saving lives, stopping rising gang behaviors and placing numerous violent gang members behind bars.

Specialized Study and Training in Advanced Law Enforcement Techniques: Recognizing the value of higher education, Dean had returned to his college studies in the early 90's earning his Bachelors Degree from the University of Redlands and later his Masters degree in Public Administration from California State University Northridge.

After completing his Masters Degree, Dean applied to the prestigious California Peace Officer Standards and Training “Command College”, a two-year development program focused on forward thinking for law enforcement executives. He is one of only three people currently in the department to complete this program, which also earned him a second Masters Degree in Management from California Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Hands-on Experience Managing the Sheriff's Department Budget: In 2001, Sheriff Bob Brooks appointed Dean as one of four Chief Deputies in the department. Needing someone with exceptional budgetary and organizational skills, Sheriff Brooks asked Dean to oversee the complex and challenging duties of the Support Services Division.

In this assignment Chief Dean’s responsibilities included the management of the department’s $170 million dollar budget, the recruitment and retention of the department’s 1500 employees, planning and implementation for all department training, management of the departments data, records and computer systems, oversight of the departments employee relations, internal affairs and disciplinary investigations and serving as the Sheriff’s representative with numerous other local, state and federal governmental agencies.

Overseeing Patrol Services Throughout Ventura County: Three years later Sheriff Brooks again turned to Chief Deputy Dean to take over the management of the Patrol Services Division. The Patrol Services Division provides all uniformed patrol and general investigative services for the Sheriff’s jurisdictions throughout the entire County, including all unincorporated areas and the police contract cities of Moorpark, Thousand Oaks, Camarillo, Fillmore and Ojai.

Patrol Services is the second largest division in the department with a staffing level of 425 personnel and a budget of $69 million dollars. During his tenure as the Patrol Services Chief Deputy, Dean initiated many innovative programs dealing with the delivery of services to the community involving children and young adults.
Geoff worked closely with community leaders, government officials and substance abuse experts to bring social host ordinances to the cities throughout Ventura County. These ordinances work to reduce underage and binge drinking by holding adults who provide alcohol to minors accountable for their actions. He has been nationally recognized as a speaker on the development and application of social host ordinances.

As steward of the taxpayers' money and resources, Chief Dean initiated COMSTAT, a management program encouraging operational accountability at all levels of the Patrol Services Division. While serving as the Patrol Services Division Chief Dean garnered extensive experience in the leadership and management of critical incidents, including the La Conchita mudslides, earthquakes, fires and the crash of Alaska Flight 261.

Running the County's Entire Jail and Detention System: In 2007 Sheriff Brooks reassigned Chief Dean to take over the Detention Services Division, the largest operation within the Sheriff’s Department. As the Detention Services Chief Deputy, Dean was responsible for over 560 employees, three bureau operations, multiple correctional facilities with an inmate population of over 1700 and a $66 million annual budget.

The detention systems under Dean’s command included temporary holding facilities, prisoner reception/booking facilities, maximum & medium security facilities, prisoner services bureaus (programs, medical, food services), facilities maintenance, court holding facilities and prisoner transportation services. In addition, the Detention Services Division provides all security and bailiff services to the Superior Courts in Ventura County as well as the Sheriff’s Civil processes of writ executions or other actions ordered by the Court.

Un-matched Preparation for the Job of Sheriff: Overall, Dean has commanded three of the four divisions of the Sheriff’s Department, interfaced and partnered with virtually every department in County Government and most cities in Ventura County and built a resume reflecting outstanding leadership, innovative community interaction and professionalism over his thirty-two years of honorable public service.

The Dean Family: Commander Dean has been married for 23 years to Marlene who is a math professor at Oxnard College facilitating the innovative Success Academy. Previously, Marlene taught math and was the department chair at Moorpark High School for 18 years. The Deans have two children, Lindsey 21 and Andy 18. Lindsey is a college junior playing Division I softball on an academic and athletic scholarship. She was a high school all-state scholar athlete. Andy is a high school senior honor student who plays football. Geoff and his family are residents of Camarillo.