{"id":8706,"date":"2012-05-23T13:58:53","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T18:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=8706"},"modified":"2012-05-23T13:58:53","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T18:58:53","slug":"lee-county-sheriff-candidate-tim-fisher-endorsed-by-lee-county-deputies-and-sergeants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/05\/lee-county-sheriff-candidate-tim-fisher-endorsed-by-lee-county-deputies-and-sergeants\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee County Sheriff Candidate Tim Fisher, endorsed by Lee County Deputies and Sergeants"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Tim Fisher, Candidate from Lee County Sheriff<\/p>\n

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Tim Fisher Candidate for Lee County Sheriff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tim Fisher formally received the endorsement of the recently formed Sheriff\u2019s Office Unions voted in by the majority of Deputies and Sergeants for the first time in the 125 year history of the Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office. \u201cIt is the highest honor to have received the endorsement of my peers. We all supported the current Sheriff when he first ran in 2004. Mike Scott was very proud back then to have the support of the Deputies and law enforcement unions accepting tens of thousands of dollars to support his campaign. I too am very proud to have the support of the Deputies and I will not fail where Mike Scott has as we seek to bring the change to the Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office so desperately needed\u2019, Fisher said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I am elected to serve as Sheriff, the office will get back to the basics of law enforcement by putting boots on the street and addressing the rise of crime in Lee County. Overall crime was up nearly 5% in 2011, with murder up 29% and burglary\/thefts up nearly 10%. The size of the departments\u2019 administrative bureaucracy has swelled to 38% of all employees at the Sheriff\u2019s Office with the Sheriff spending nearly a half a million more dollars on his current administration than when he took office\u201d, stated Fisher. \u201cIt is the employees and citizens of Lee County who suffer while the current Sheriff uses hundreds of thousands of tax payer\u2019s dollars for Public Service Announcements which have little to no impact on crime. It is no coincidence that Sheriff Scott appears on television with increasing frequency in an election year\u201d, Fisher added.<\/p>\n

Tim Fisher is a 17 year decorated veteran of the Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office. Tim\u2019s law enforcement experience includes service as a Deputy Sheriff serving as a SWAT sniper, district detective, major crimes detective and internal affairs Sergeant. Tim is a supervisor in the School Resource Officer Unit safeguarding our most precious of resources, our children. Tim has been faithfully married to his wife Robin for over 21 years with two children of his own. Tim holds a Master\u2019s degree in Public Administration and many advanced law enforcement training certifications.<\/p>\n

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Editorial Note: The Lehigh Acres Gazette will not endorse any candidates but will provide any opinion section space for the viewers of the Gazette to make their own decisions.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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