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Monday, April 6, 2015
David Russell joins race for Sheriff Russell was on patrol for three years before going to the investigative section and stayed there for six years as an investigator. Russell Russell stayed for 14 years with the Houston PD including the first seven years on the night was promoted to sergeant over investigations for a year and a half before being promoted shift and worked days in the second seven once again to leuitenant back in October. years working in special operations which consisted of mounted horse patrol, bicycles, The election for the sheriff's office will be open motorcades. due to the retirement of longtime Grayson "I might have been on a bicycle in the morning County Sheriff Keith Gary. Russell says that he's entering the race due to his experience. and in the motorcade that afternoon with the at that time.
President (of the United States)" said Russell. "We (bicycle units) led the police department in arrests.
Grayson County Sheriff Lieutenant David Russell in his 30th year in law enforecement has entered his hat in the ring for the Sheriff's position. After moving around quite a bit as a son of an oil field worker, David Russell went to school between Oklahoma and Texas for his entire childhood. He has called Texas home for the vast majority of his adult life. At 30 years old, in 1985, Russell became a law man after serving four years in the US Marine Corps. He moved to Houston from the Oklahoma City area and applied for the Houston Police Department, which was always hiring.
"When I was down in Houston, I got a tremendous amount of experience, both good and bad." said Russell. "I've worked investigations for six years and have worked While in special operations, Russell patroled for three different presidents, many dignitaries several hundred cases. I believe with the and presenditial candidates, Prime Minister of experience that I've got and my loyalty and dedication to personnel and my feelings that I China, President of Ghana. have for my community that I could become a good sheriff and someone the citizens would be "The one that stands out the most to me was proud of." Yassir Arafat (former Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization)." said Russell says that he's a Christ-follower and Russell. "He was a small man, but turned to staunch believer in the United States me and said, 'thank you.' He was magnetic." constitution. After his 14 years in Houston, he left for the Gray County Sheriffs Department in Pampa, Texas in the panhandle. He was chief deputy and was there for less than two years before coming to the Grayson County Sheriff's office in 2003 under Sheriff Keith Gary.
"I don't believe in violating rights." said Russell. Russell sees that with the growing population expected to dramatically increase Grayson County in the next decade that the force will continued on Page #3
