Editor, Gazette-Journal:

I have known Darrell Warren for 25-plus years. Darrell has excelled as a law enforcement officer, husband and father. The road was not easy, yet he prevailed and overcame many of life’s obstacles, not any different than most of us.

Darrell dedicated his life to the profession and worked his way through the ranks of the Gloucester Sheriff’s Office to the chief deputy position and now sheriff. Darrell knows and understands the responsibilities required to be an effective leader/manager of the Gloucester Sheriff’s Office. He possesses the knowledge and has the fiscal skills to administer the budget challenges his office deals with on a daily basis. A sheriff must, in these times, be fiscally sound. He possesses the administrative, management and leadership skills to move the Gloucester Sheriff’s Office to the future. A sheriff manages and administers law enforcement activities, a jail, courts and civil process. A sheriff manages people! Elect a sheriff who cares about the people he will lead, who possesses a genuine compassion for others and is not afraid to accept responsibility. Elect Darrell Warren; he has the experience and qualifications to lead and possesses the knowledge prior to the election. The sheriff’s position is not a place for on-the-job training. The sheriff should possess these skills and have experience prior to being elected.

I encourage you to support and vote for Darrell Warren—a sheriff who will look to the future and provide stability to his office.

Franklin C. Crotty
Ark, Va.