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Sheriff Craig Roberts has been with the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office for more than 22 years, spending the last 16 as a detective.

Roberts, 46, has a wide background in dealing with family issues. He founded the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Child Abuse Team and the multi-agency Domestic Violence Enhanced Response Team which he directed prior to his election.

Sheriff Roberts other duties have included working in the Clackamas County Jail, on the SWAT team and on the narcotics unit.

Craig believes that our way out of the crime business is through our kids. "In order to make a long term change, we have to do a better job protecting our kids," he says. "That is the long term future of Clackamas County."

He plans to give greater attention to methamphetamines and identity theft, two problems areas that go hand in hand. One goal is to form an interagency street crimes team to target the small group of people who commit such crimes along with those who are committing mail theft.

Sheriff Roberts has the ability to bring communities together as he demonstrated recently when he chaired the fifth annual Child Abuse Summit and Family Violence Conference held in Portland.

Sheriff Roberts, his wife and three children reside in Wilsonville.

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Summer, 2010 -- In a unique partnership, the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office recently teamed up with local CBS affiliate, KOIN Local 6, to get the word out about child abuse. Starting on April 1st -- the beginning of "Child Abuse Prevention Month" -- KOIN aired daily news stories covering all aspects of child-abuse cases.

This extraordinary media campaign included coverage of the Sheriff's Office Child Abuse and Family Violence Summit, held April 27-30 in Portland. (For more information on the Summit, visit www.childabusesummit.com.)

"Child abuse is a devastating crime that frequently goes under-reported only because people don't recognize the signs," Sheriff Craig Roberts told KOIN. "We've seen previous instances where if you educate people about what to look for, reporting goes up and more children get help. That's why we're so thrilled that KOIN Local 6 stepped up to partner with us on this project."

On Thursday, April 29th, KOIN was honored with a "Champions for Children" award at the Summit in recognition of their exceptional effort. To read and watch KOIN's "Child Abuse Prevention Month" coverage, which has continued past April, visit www.koinendabuse.com.

On Oct. 14-17, 2010, the Sheriff's Office will once again host Northwest SARCon at The Resort at The Mountain in Welches. SARCon is designed for organizations and individuals involved in Search and Rescue (SAR) -- including Sheriff's Office administrators, SAR-team personnel, SAR volunteers, marine dive team, fire, EMS and military personnel.

This year, SARCon will include 37 instructors, 54 sessions, a keynote speaker, case studies, fieldwork, and networking events, as well as the following training tracks: SAR Management, Wilderness, Technology, Medicine, Water Rescue, Enhanced SAR and K9.

For more information, www.nwsarcon.com.

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Clackamas County

Sheriff Craig Roberts