TONY WINGERT SPENT HIS LAST OFFICIAL DAY AS WOODBURY COUNTY’S CHIEF DEPUTY SHERIFF FRIDAY.
WINGERT WAS HONORED BY HIS CURRENT AND FORMER DEPUTIES, CITY POLICE AND FAMILY AND FRIENDS AT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER FRIDAY AFTERNOON:
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WINGERT HAS SERVED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS AND HAS RISEN THROUGH THE RANKS OF THE WOODBURY COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT.
SOME OF THOSE PAST YEARS WERE SPENT WORKING AT THE OLD COUNTY JAIL DOWNTOWN, AND THEN ONE DAY HE WAS ASKED TO ATTEND A MEETING WHERE PLANS FOR A NEW JAIL WERE UNVEILED:
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WINGERT WILL NOW OVERSEE THE NEW JAIL IN A DIFFERENT WAY AS A MEMBER OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER AUTHORITY BOARD.
THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED WINGERT UNANIMOUSLY THIS PAST MONDAY, FOLLOWING EARLIER APPROVAL LATE LAST YEAR BY WOODBURY COUNTY SUPERVISORS.
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WINGERT WILL SERVE A SIX YEAR TERM ON THE L-E-C BOARD.
HE WAS PRESENTED A BADGE TO MARK THE 35 HOURS HE SERVED AS SHERIFF BETWEEN FORMER SHERIFF DAVE DREW’S FINAL DAY AND CURRENT SHERIFF CHAD SHEEHAN TAKING OFFICE.
