Orange County’s longest-serving sheriff Carl DuBois said he made the office a better place than he found it.
First elected in 2002 as a change agent on the Republican ticket, DuBois turned a scandal-burdened office into a nationally accredited operation, securing the recognition of standard-setters in almost every facet of the profession.
He sailed to reelection four times, mostly facing zero challengers from either party.
Retiring at the end of the fifth term, DuBois told The Epoch Times in an exit interview that he was most proud of the accreditations his office has earned and most regretted about his late dabbling in election politics….