Well, according to the Sheriff's website, a deputy's salary maxes out at 5,900 per month, or 70,800 - but it begins at 4,400 per month - 52,800.

To respond to Daniel's first post, I'd have to say that SUVs are rather important, considering how mountaneous this county is, on our property in Corralitos there are easily places where a car just can't go, so, and that also ignores the fact that police cars generally suffer wear and tear that is entirely uncommon with normal autos.

As for several lethal shootings - unless you can provide backgrounds on each individual incident that proves they were wrong, it's really not a valid complaint, is it?

As for the mentally ill - Hey, you should value increased police funding, because the county jail is where a lot of them end up due to lack of proper facilities!

And as someone else pointed out, I'm sure, there hasn't ever been a citizen police review board for the sheriff - nor is there really much of a desire for one, as far as I'm aware.

Finally, I'm not quite sure that the county board of supervisors has passed many anti-patriot act resolutions, have they? I hope they aren't as bad as the S.C City council...

A good deal of your complaints seem more based on opinion than fact - and many of your annoyances seem more directed towards the city of santa cruz, not the sheriff.