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OREGON SHERIFF Magazine News

Diana Simpson was elected to her first term as Sheriff on November 7, 2006. She has the distinction of being the first elected female sheriff in the history of the State of Oregon. Prior to her election, Simpson was the Undersheriff for nearly five years and a sergeant the previous ten years. Diana started her career as a Parole and Probation Officer in Albany, Oregon in 1981, transferring to the Corvallis office a few months later. A short time later, the State of Oregon Corvallis Parole and Probation Office merged with the Benton County Sheriff?s Office and she has been a member of the Sheriff?s Office since that time.

Simpson is dual certified as a Police Officer and a Parole and Probation Officer. She also has executive certification in both disciplines from the Department of Public Safety, Standards, and Training (DPSST). Simpson has a Bachelor?s degree in Criminal Justice Administration from Boise State University and she has completed various leadership programs including Oregon Executive Development Institute and the University of Oregon?s Pacific Program.

Simpson has served her community in a number of ways including volunteer work in the schools where her children attended, Little League coach, Boys and Girls Club Board of Directors, ABC House Board of Directors, Corvallis Uzhgorod Sister Cities Association Board of Directors, Corvallis Morning Rotary and Corvallis Zonta.

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OREGON SHERIFF Magazine News

Winter, 2007 -- The largest marijuana seizure in Benton County history was much larger than officials initially thought. The Benton County Sheriff's Office estimated the sophisticated growing operation near Alsea Falls had produced over 1,000 marijuana plants. After an exhaustive three-day count, the Sheriff's Office reported 7,951 total marijuana plants were seized in the September 20, 2007 raid.

Members of the Sheriff's Office Marijuana Eradication team were on a routine aerial surveillance flight early in September when they spotted marijuana plants growing on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) property. Representatives from the Sheriff's Office, BLM, Drug Enforcement Agency and Corvallis Police Department conducted the early morning raid. One person was arrested at the growing operation and is likely to face federal charges.

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Sheriff Diana Simpson