Carson City Sheriff's Office hosts swearing in for newest deputy, Christopher Arrison
The Carson City Sheriff’s Office welcomed its newest deputy, Christopher Arrison, to its ranks yesterday in a swearing in ceremony held at the Sheriff’s Office in the Ormsby Room. Arrison previously served as a Lyon County deputy and was awarded the Superior Marksmanship Award in 2017.
According to Sheriff Ken Furlong, the Board of Supervisors approved hiring additional deputies to fill positions for a behavioral health officer and to bring back traffic enforcement. As of this week, he said, staffing in traffic enforcement is at 75 percent, and in the next 6 to 12 months they believe it will be at 100 percent.
“Our goal here is zero fatalities,” said Furlong. “We believe we have the ability to achieve that, and we can through public service, education and enforcement.”
The behavioral health officer will be paired with a licensed social worker to help diffuse situations dealing with those who may be in the midst of a mental health crisis.
“The streets (as opposed to the jails) are where the severe challenges are currently,” said Furlong. “So many of our cases big and small have some aspect of mental health crisis involved.”
Arrison will be heading directly into the patrol division as he has already been through full training and accreditation. Most deputies when hired begin in the jail division before moving into the streets.
“We’re still making every effort to catch up the non post certified new hires,” said Furlong. “Thankfully, Chris has all the certifications already. He is a significant addition to this agency and he is very familiar with our environment. I am proud to swear him in today.”
The Sheriff also spoke on plans to expand presence in the schools. On Friday, he and the undersheriff will be meeting to discuss expansion.
According to the Sheriff, nationwide data is showing that the most violent and incorrigible behaviors are being found in the middle school environment, and the Carson City School District along with the Carson City Sheriff’s Office are taking necessary steps to combat those issues.
“Our target has been dead on in the middle school environment,” said Furlong. “We can make the greatest impact in the middle schools as the data shows. So far it’s been tremendously successful.”
Arrison begins work today with the Sheriff’s Office.
“I cannot express enough what it feels like when you get to achieve the things you want to to and to that end it’s important to realize this agency has a pretty tough work load,” said Furlong. “We say Carson city is a rural environment but in reality it’s a very condensed urban environment with a lot of metropolitan issues.”
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