OREGON SHERIFF Magazine News

Sheriff Rick Eiesland was appointed by the Wasco County Board of County Commissioners as sheriff to replace long time Wasco County Law Enforcement Officer and Sheriff Darrell Hill who retired at the end of February.

Sheriff Eiesland began his law enforcement career in 1987 as a deputy with the Wasco County Sheriff's Office. He spent 5 years as member of the Mid-Columbia Narcotics Team and 6 years as a Detective Sergeant. In 2003 he was promoted to the position of chief Deputy.

Sheriff Eiesland attended Eastern Oregon State College from 1971 through 1973. He attended the prestigious Nation FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia in 2003. The sheriff was a member of Oregon National Guard from 1969 to 1993 where he retired after 23 years of service.

Sheriff Eiesland is married and he and his wife have four children and nine grandchildren.

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OREGON SHERIFF Magazine News

Winter, 2007 -- Title III funding has allowed the Sheriff's Office to purchase ATV rubber tracts. The tracts will allow Search and Rescue operations to travel on pavement as well as on snow during the winter months. Quite often in the early fall and late spring when there are bare spots on forest service roads, Search and Rescue operations with snowmobiles are not able to be carried out.

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