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Donation of Crisis Care Response Kits!

Here is a glimpse of what’s happening at the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Oregon . Read about all 36 Oregon counties in the newest issue of Oregon Sheriff magazine – “News Around the State” section. https://oregonsheriffs.org/magazine/

Donation of Crisis Response Kits

Child Abuse Prevention Month (April)

Child Abuse Awareness Month

🌀 Join the movement! Plant a pinwheel, plant hope. 🌱 This April for Child Abuse Prevention Month, help us create a whirlwind of support. Sign up for your FREE Pinwheel Garden today and stand with fellow advocates in the fight for children’s safety. 

Reach out to Mackenzie: [email protected] to sign up! 

Online Safety

Online safety is very important, especially with the younger generation.  That is why I enjoy presenting these types of programs.  :http://www.polkio.com/news/2017/jun/07/sheriff-talks-online-stranger-danger/

Woman convicted of Animal Neglect, seized 22 animals, horses, Llama’s and goats

This is one example of how complex and time consuming animal neglect and abuse investigations are.  Here is the recent article talking about our investigation and how rely on help from other organizations.  Click HERE

Drive Sober – Save Lives

The Itemizer Observer asked me to comment about DUII’s and our holiday season.   I submitted the following article to them and they published it today.  CLICK HERE

Check out all the posts from the Statesman Journal

Click HERE to see all the articles and letters to the editor regarding Sheriff Mark Garton.

Good Job Sheriff Garton!

Click HERE for the latest link to the Statesman Journal article.

Letters to the editor

Here are several links to different letters to the editor that have been sent in to help show their support for me.

CLICK HERE FOR STATESMAN JOURNAL LETTERS

STATESMAN JOURNAL DEPUTY SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION ENDORSEMENT

CLICK HERE FOR THE STATESMAN JOURNAL LETTERS

CLICK HERE FOR ITEMIZER OBSERVER LETTERS

Statesman Journal Endorses Mark’s campaign

Thank you to the Statesman Journal for their endorsement.  Here is a link to the story CLICK HERE

Mobile Crisis Response Team

We have been working really hard to implement a new program at the Sheriff’s Office to address mental illness.  Check out this article from the Statesman Journal.  HERE