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Orange County Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously voted to rename a Sheriff’s Department training facility after controversial former Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, who died of breast cancer earlier this month.
The Katella Training Facility in Orange will now be known as the “Sandra Hutchens Regional Law Enforcement Training Center.”
Supervisors approved the item after each praised Hutchens for her decadelong term as sheriff.
“She came into the department at a very difficult time,” said Supervisor Don Wagner. “She restored honor, not to the badge, not to the department, because the men and women of the department had never lost it under prior leadership, but she did restore it to leadership.”
An Orange County Sheriff’s Department training facility will be renamed after controversial former Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, who died of breast cancer earlier this month.
The Katella Training Facility in Orange will now be known as the Sandra Hutchens Regional Law Enforcement Training Center.
Orange County supervisors voted unanimously to approve the name change after each praised Hutchens for her decade-long term as sheriff.
“She came into the department at a very difficult time,” Supervisor Don Wagner said Tuesday. “She restored honor, not to the badge, not to the department, because the men and women of the department had never lost it under prior leadership, but she did restore it to leadership.”
Sandra Hutchens, the former Orange County Sheriff from 2008-2017, recently died after a long battle with cancer. She was the county’s first female sheriff. LA Times columnist Gustavo Arellano reflects on her imprint in law enforcement.
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