Long-time Grant County law enforcement officer Todd McKinley just unseated incumbent Sheriff Glenn Palmer. It was McKinley’s second bid for the position. Palmer had been criticized over the years for his handling of the armed anti-government standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Palmer was also recently criticized for deputizing his county commissioner brother and for continuing to pay more than $100,000 in salary to one of his deputies under criminal investigation. We talk with Sheriff-elect McKinley about his goals for the office.
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