He is most proud of two programs he started: the domestic violence unit, under which orders of protection are now served to abusers by sheriff's deputies instead of by the battered women themselves; and the drunken drivers rehabilitation center, which has cut down on repeat offenders by 75percentt.
Concerned about the spiraling cost of overtime in the Orange County Sheriff's Department, Supervisor John Moorlach has asked a county auditor to study whether the department should hire more deputies instead of paying them tens of millions of dollars in overtime.
Described as the captain of Russia's bid team, Putin unexpectedly boycotted the end of the bidding process Wednesday and Thursday, sending a deputy instead.
South Africa's president, Jacob Zuma, begged off, sending a deputy instead.
It has been suggested today that Mr Brown's decision to make the new deputy leader party chair instead of deputy prime minister was due in part to Ms Harman's leftwing election campaign.
The Patriarch of Antioch stayed away from the Istanbul meeting, pleading illness, and sent a couple of deputies instead; they then withdrew from the meeting, and declined to sign the final communiqué, after attempts to mediate their dispute with the Jerusalem prelate broke down.
The sheriff dispatched a team of deputies instead.
How about calling on Daniel L. Doctoroff to be a true deputy mayor for development instead of a deputy mayor for chasing around the world after the I.O.C.? 3. The convention center expansion will generate huge tax revenue.
He hinted that there might be only one other deputy prime minister, instead of five, and talked of restructuring ministries.Five years ago, Mr Putin was himself plucked from relative obscurity to become prime minister, and later president.
