Posted by: Media Relations

Effective August 27, 2014, Sheriff Mike Boudreaux announced the re-assignment of two Operations Lieutenants. Lieutenant Gary Hunt, previously assigned to the Porterville substation, has now been assigned to Headquarters Patrol. Lieutenant Robert Moore, previously assigned to Headquarters Patrol, has now been assigned to the Porterville substation. Sheriff Boudreaux would like to wish these Lieutenants luck in their new assignments.

Gary Hunt, of Visalia, is married with three children, and is a proud grandfather. He has an Associates of Arts degree from COS, and an Associates of Science degree in Criminology from Fresno State. He started working with the Sheriff’s Department in 1989 in the Bob Wiley Detention Facility. During his time with the Sheriff’s Department, he has worked as a deputy in the Porterville substation, the STEP Unit, as a detective in Property Crimes and Violent Crimes, and after his promotion to Sergeant in 2008 worked in the Pixley substation and again in the Violent Crimes unit. In 2013, he promoted to Lieutenant and was assigned as a Station Commander in Porterville prior to his re-assignment to Headquarters in Visalia.

Lieutenant Hunt has also worked as an instructor in the Police Academies at Porterville College and COS. 

Lieutenant Moore, also of Visalia, is married with five children, two of which are still living at home.  He started working with the Sheriff’s Department in 1988 in the Main Jail Facility. As a Deputy, he has worked in Headquarters Patrol as a Field Training Officer, as well as in the Gang Unit in 1997. He was promoted to Sergeant in 1999 and worked in the Bob Wiley Detention Facility, Main Jail, Headquarters Patrol, North End Property Crimes, and the South County Gang Unit.  In 2012, he was promoted to Lieutenant and was assigned to the Custody Division, and worked in the Main Jail and Bob Wiley Detention Facility. In 2014, he was re-assigned to the Operations Division and served as the Station Commander for Headquarters prior to his re-assignment to the Porterville substation.