The loyal cop in San Fernando
While one of the biggest scandals to hit Orange County is going down, with the federal indictment of Sheriff Michael Carona in the news, The Times today does a profile of Robert Ordelheide, the police chief of a small island of a city in the midst of the sprawling metropolis of LA - the San Fernando Police Department. The 47-year-old man is loyal to the department he has been a part of for 23 years, vows to reach out to the town's 25,145 residents, and promises to avoid scandals. He earns $173,220 a year overseeing a department of 38 cops and 32 reserves to patrol a city of 2.42 square miles in the northeastern corner of the San Fernando Valley. It's a town where crime has dropped there 17 percent. There are no homicides this year or gang-related shootings.
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