Robert W. Loe

Thu., May 18, 2000

Resume: Republican, age 49 … Plummer High School … Oral Roberts University … Worked as assistant director at Boys Ranch in Jamaica … Worked at Bethesda Boys Ranch in Mounds, Okla … Worked for U.S. Forest Service in Idaho … Attended Idaho Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) Academy in January 1978 and 1998 … Began patrol for Benewah County Sheriff in 1977 … worked for Benewah County Road Crew and Waste transfer … currently investigator for Benewah County Sheriff’s Department … third time running for office … married … two grown children.

Why running: “I’ve lived and worked in every part of the county.”

Issues: combating methamphetamine problem … putting resource officers in the schools … continuing cooperation with Coeur d’Alene tribal police … looking at ways to fund expansion or replacement of jail.

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