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Wednesday, July 8, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon LT. BAILEY: Information officer was recently promoted Continued from page 1 officer and 18 as a full-time deputy. For the last three years, he has served as the Public Information Officer (PIO) for the DCSO, deal- ing with the public and the media. Prior to his position as the PIO, he served as a correc- tions deputy at the jail for six years. He went on to serve as a patrol officer, a field train- ing officer, a criminal detec- tive, a streets crime detective, and a patrol sergeant super- visor. When social media began gaining traction in area police departments, provid- ing them with their own plat- forms to communicate with the public, Bailey applied for the new position of PIO. In that position, he provides a single point of contact within the DCSO for the public and the media for accurate infor- mation, statistics, and he facilitates interviews with the appropriate person at DCSO. He is continuing in that role while serving the people of Sisters. He is currently training the sergeant who will replace him. When his Sisters stint is completed, Bailey will join one of four patrol teams throughout the county. Bailey indicated he has loved serving the office of the sheriff in his PIO posi- tion. He worked in Bend out of the sheriff9s office, where he had access to the sheriff. <My job is to help our department be as transparent and accessible to the pub- lic and media as possible,= Bailey said in describing his PIO job. <All we ask is the media be fair and accurate with us.= After graduating from Garibaldi High School, Bailey joined the Coast Guard after observing them working when he served as a deck hand on a charter boat. He started in the Coast Guard doing mostly safety inspec- tions on boats on the Oregon coast and then served in North Carolina on a 210-foot cutter doing drug interdiction and interacting with Haitian vessels trying to flee to the U.S. He first experienced the DCSO while doing some training with their marine patrol while in the Coast Guard. After his Coast Guard duty was completed, he ended up Bend, working at G. I. Joe9s where he met and married his wife and has been here ever since. With their two children, Bailey and his wife enjoy outdoor activities and time spent at the beach where Bailey9s parents still live. He also likes to fish and hunt big game. <When something is new, it9s always exciting,= Bailey said about being a part of the new relation with the City. <It9s exciting for both sides. And we look forward to pro- viding the level of service the City is expecting.= Besides performing their normal public safety and law enforcement duties, Bailey said Sheriff Shane Nelson wants Sisters residents to know the deputies are avail- able to meet any reasonable personal need of a resident. Bailey is available to speak to local groups, ser- vice organizations, school groups 4 anyone wanting to know more about policing in the community and pro- grams and services available through the DCSO. Bailey brings to his interim position in Sisters the desire to always give 110 percent, 20 years of experi- ence in police work, good working relationships with the media, genuine conge- niality, a desire to serve the public, and a warm smile. Bailey said the three per- manent deputies have not yet been assigned to duty as new recruits are currently being trained to take the places of more seasoned officers who will be sent to Sisters. ASSAULT: Incident remains under investigation Continued from page 1 PHOTO PROVIDED Lt. Bill Bailey will be the interim supervisor for the new Sisters sheriff’s deputies who will be on patrol later this summer. Residents may have already noticed a greater police pres- ence around town with more traffic stops in evidence. When the full-time perma- nent lieutenant and three deputies are based here, the citizens, businesspeople, and police officers will be able to get to know one another and form relationships. In addition to Sisters9 own DCSO officers, the <west car,= which has always patrolled the greater Sisters area and beyond, will still be in service. Our officers will be on duty in Sisters with four 10-hour shifts, two during the day and two at night, leaving the west car to respond between about 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. when things are pretty buttoned up in Sisters. Their patrol cars will be identical to the current black and white DCSO vehicles A Partnership Beyond Your Expectations but will also have the City of Sisters logo or name on it. The officers will be able to be out of their cars, walking the streets, or on their bikes, meeting and talking with residents and tourists, while having the call responsibili- ties within the City limits. With two officers on a shift, there will be coverage when one has to appear in court, attend trainings, or take time off. that a 21-year-old Sisters woman reported that as she was walking on a trail at about 11:30 a.m., a man walking the trail in the opposite direction assaulted her. The woman had some bruising and a scuffed knee, the sheriff reported. <Her statement was taken and some pictures of injuries,= he said. <She had no idea who he was. We9re working on very limited information right now.= Two JeffCo deputies and U.S. Forest Service law enforcement searched the area but were unable to located the subject, who is described as having dirty blonde, shoulder length hair, about 5-feet-10-inches tall, wearing a blue-and-purple beanie cap, long-sleeved shirt and dark cargo shorts. The investigation and the attempt to locate the subject is ongoing. Sheriff Adkins asked that anyone with informa- tion regarding the inci- dent contact the Jefferson County Sheriff9s Office at 541-475-6520. Have a story idea for The Nugget? Send an email to editor@nuggetnews.com SOUTH MEADOW 143 • $529,000 • mls 220102886 Reverse-living home complemented with high-end wood fi nish. Stop by and visit with Tiana Van Landuyt & Shelley Marsh. 220 S. Pine St., Ste. 102 | 541-548-9180 SOUTH MEADOW 208 • $1,425,000 • mls 201906487 Stunning home adjoins National Forest. Completely remodeled with upgrades. 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