OREGON SHERIFF Magazine News

Sheriff Trumbo was born August 9, 1949 in Albany, Oregon. He moved to Corvallis, Oregon in 1956. Graduated Corvallis High School in 1967.

Sheriff Trumbo graduated Blue Mountain Community College, Criminal Justice in 1993 and worked as Reserve Deputy at Benton County Sheriff's Office from January 1973 to April 1977.

Sheriff Trumbo has been with the Umatilla County Sheriff's Office from April 1977 to the present. He was elected Sheriff in November 1996 and took office in January 1997. His wife Carol is a 1st grade teacher at Sherwood Elementary School. Son Mike is a Technician at Intel Corporation in Hillsboro, Oregon. Son Nick works for Snyder's Bread Company and is the father of Sheriff Trumbo's first grandchild, Cade.

Hobbies: Construction of all types, repairing and rebuilding stock and horse trailers. Horse back riding and packing. Working on the farm.

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OREGON SHERIFF Magazine News

Winter, 2007 -- Due to a substantial increase in major crimes, burglaries, thefts and child sex abuse reports, Sheriff Trumbo was forced to take a uniformed deputy off the road to assist Sgt. Williamson with the increase. The Hermiston area will still have four resident deputies and Milton-Freewater will continue to have three. Pendleton's lone deputy is working a cover shift focusing on the later night hours. Some complaints coming in during the day are being handled by administrative staff. Hopefully the need for this change is short term; however, the change will remain in effect until there is a reduction in major crime reports.

Lt. Bob Hensel has retired for a second time in his career. Hensel was retired from the Oregon Department of Corrections when he was recruited to be the Jail Administrator. After five years back in the trenches, Bob decided it was time to retire again and is taking up substitute teaching as a second career. Congratulations to Bob on his second retirement.

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