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Adopt and present a resolution and plaque of appreciation honoring Sheriff-Coroner Thomas A. Ferrara upon his retirement from the Sheriff's Office with over 45 years of dedicated public service, including 40 years with Solano County and the last 12 years as the Solano County Sheriff-Coroner (Chair Mashburn)
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Sheriff's Office recommends that the Board of Supervisors adopt and present a resolution and plaque of appreciation honoring Sheriff-Coroner Thomas A. Ferrara upon his retirement from the Sheriff's Office with over 45 years of dedicated public service, including 40 years with Solano County and the last 12 years as the Solano County Sheriff-Coroner.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Thomas A. Ferrara began his law enforcement career in 1978 as a police cadet with the Rio Vista Police Department. In 1981, he put himself through San Joaquin Delta College's first basic peace officer's academy, after which he served as a reserve police officer with Rio Vista Police Department. In 1983, Thomas A. Ferrara joined the Isleton Police Department as a police officer.
Thomas A. Ferrara was hired as a Deputy-Sheriff with the Solano County Sheriff's Office on December 13, 1984; promoted to Sergeant on October 8, 1995; promoted to Chief Deputy on February 7, 1999; promoted to Captain on July 7, 2002; appointed Undersheriff on December 31, 2006; and appointed Sheriff-Coroner by the Solano County Board of Supervisors on August 14, 2012. He was subsequently elected to the office of Sheriff-Coroner by the citizens of Solano County on June 3, 2014, and re-elected on June 5, 2018, and June 7, 2022.
Sheriff Ferrara holds an Associate of Science degree in Administration of Justice from San Joaquin Delta College and a Bachelor of Science degree in Education, Training, and Development from Southern Illinois University and is a graduate of the FBI N...
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