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Dear Editor,

Matt Stroe will be a strong sheriff that will serve with honesty and dignity.

Matt started his criminal justice career as a juvenile corrections officer, completing the state academy in 2006.

Sheriff Humphreys hired Matt in June 2007 as a deputy sheriff. After months of field training Matt was cleared to patrol prior to going to police academy in the late fall of 2007.

At police academy, Matt completed all but the last two-and-a-half weeks of a 20-week academy in 2008 before he was injured by an overzealous instructor during defensive tactics training. Surgery was required, so...