Editor,
This letter is to endorse Deputy Mark Melville for sheriff of San Mateo County. I have known Deputy Melville for approximately seven years and speak from personal experience. Deputy Melville has a magnetic personality that engenders immediate respect for law enforcement. He shakes hands with honesty and makes an effort to get to know the residents in his patrol area and their concerns.
Deputy Melville sets an outstanding example for police officers everywhere. He is fair, even-handed, and will listen to the political underdog rather than jump to a pre-conceived conclusion just to be on the popular side. More than once I have seen Deputy Melville use his personality, calm demeanor and ability to facilitate communication to diffuse potentially volatile situations between neighbors over land use issues. Deputy Melville is a true peacemaker who leads by example, does not “sweat the small stuff,” but instead focuses on the big picture.
As sheriff, Deputy Melville would inculcate these values into the department. This would go a long way toward setting an example, and renewing public respect for law enforcement officers throughout the Bay Area and California.
Michael Hetherington
Palo Alto
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Melville is the example of integrity that every department should model. He cares about the people in the community and making sure ALL are served and protected to the highest degree of professionalism. He also believes in making things better for his staff by providing them the professional resources and training needed thus creating a merger of law enforcement the public to work together as opposed to the current culture. I've known him for about 5 years now and second everything that this letter of endorsement states.
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