On today's episode, Dennis speaks with Pinal County Deputy Sheriff, Matthew Thomas. Chief Deputy Matthew Thomas has served the Pinal County Sheriff's Office with distinguishment since 1993. An Arizona native, Chief Thomas humbly began his law enforcement career as a Detention Officer before moving into Patrol, Narcotics Enforcement, SWAT team. Matt was promoted to Chief Deputy in 2016 when Sheriff Mark Lamb was elected. As Chief Deputy for PCSO, Thomas is 2nd in command of the Sheriff’s Office consisting of 233 sworn staff, 207 Detention staff, and 234 civilian support staff and volunteers in a county that is 5,400 square miles with a population of approximately 500,000. Chief Thomas manages an overall budget for the Sheriff’s Office of $47.1 million dollars, oversees all PCSO operations for sworn Deputies, Detention and Civilian staff and acts as the Sheriff’s Senior Executive Officer. Today, Dennis and Matt discuss leading from the bottom up, setting examples of leadership, taking action and always being pro-active. More info about Pinal County Sheriffs Office: https://www.pinal.gov/1240/About-Us If you like what you are hearing and want to stay in the loop with the latest in Street Cop Training, please follow our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/StreetCopTraining Don't forget to subscribe and rate the podcast, it truly helps! Sign up for classes here: https://streetcoptraining.com/course-list/Follow our podcast here: https://streetcoptraining.com/street-cop-podcast/ or https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/street-cop-podcast/id1538474515
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