October Membership Forum
with guest speaker: Linn County Sheriff, Jim Yon

Wednesday, October 27th, 11:30-1:00 PM

Linn County Expo Center

Jim Yon: I was born and raised in Albany and have lived in Linn County for a vast majority of my life. On September 15, 1993 I was hired by the Sheriff’s Office as a resident deputy in Harrisburg; and transferred to the Albany office in 1997. I have been married to my wife, Angie, for 27 years and have two adult children. I enjoy sports, camping and the outdoors. 

• In 1999 I was assigned as a detective and focused on child sex crimes.

• January 2000 promoted to traffic corporal.

• I was a promoted to patrol 1^st Sergeant July 2005.

• Transferred back to detectives and supervised the property and narcotic detectives in 2009.

• In August 2011, I was promoted to Support Services Captain.

• January 2014, promoted to Undersheriff.

• I was appointed Sheriff on June 1, 2018 and elected that November. 

• I have been a field training officer and was on our dive team for 10 years.
  
  *Board Raffle Prizes will be: Apple Watch thanks to Kristal Dufour, Jon Kloor, & James Ramseyer

  Holiday Bowling Package thanks to Roger Nyquist & Jennifer Stanaway