Rick Herrera Considering A Run for Cameron County Sheriff

     Rick Herrera is weighing a campaign for Cameron County Sheriff, a position he ran for unsucessfully in 2008.  Mr. Herrera is 42 with 9 years law enforcement experience, 5 years with the county sherriff's department and 4 years as a detective with the Indian Lake Police Department.
     Mr. Herrera has a number of ideas that he feels would improve the efficiency of the department but will wait until deciding on a campaign to reveal specifics.  He does feel strongly about bringing the prison commissary back under county control.  He has some ideas with respect to vehicle maintenance, the careful use of monies collected from seized items and certifying more officers in tactical weapons training.   Without implying a departmental drug problem, he does favor drug screening as a safeguard.
     Mr. Herrera himself is certified as an advanced police officer, as a negotiator and in tactical weaponry.
     Current Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio has already announced that he will run for re-election.  Sheriff Lucio will be 82 if he completes another term as sheriff.