Sheriff's candidate names second in command

Sheriff's candidate Bob Guimont said Wednesday he has selected Carson City Sheriff's Sgt. Darrin Sloan as his undersheriff.

"I had three very prominent candidates and it came down to Darrin," said Guimont, a Carson City deputy attempting to unseat Sheriff Ken Furlong in the general election next month.

"Darrin has a vested interest in this community. He lives here with his wife, they have a young boy and he constantly speaks of how he wants to improve the community. I don't have any doubt that he will be able to lead the business end of the agency."

Guimont also noted that among the three candidates he interviewed for undersheriff, Sloan was the only one that didn't ask what his salary would be. Guimont has said, if elected, his administrative staff will take pay cuts.

Sloan, 47, currently a sergeant with the Carson City Sheriff's Office, said he gladly accepted Guimont's offer to be his running mate.

A U.S. Army veteran, Sloan was born in California, but raised in Las Vegas. He served three years as an infantryman before leaving the service and joining his parents who had relocated to Carson City.

After working grounds maintenance for the Carson City School District for several years, Sloan attended the Peace Officer Standards and Training Course with Guimont in 1994 and was a reserve officer with the Carson City Sheriff's Office before taking a full-time position.

"I think Bob's philosophies and my philosophies are on the same page as far as dealing with the No. 1 complaints we've been hearing - drugs, gangs, traffic, and how deputies treat people," said Sloan. "Our feelings are, the way law enforcement has attacked those problems in the past hasn't worked. We need a new approach."

Sloan and his wife Megan, a state employee, have a 4-year-old son. Sloan has two adult children from a previous marriage.

"I'm excited," said Sloan. "It will be nice to make a change in the department and the community."

Guimont, in his second bid for sheriff, will face off against Furlong in the general election Nov. 2.