COURT HOUSE — On Sept. 4, the N.J. Fraternal Order of Police announced its endorsement of Democrat George J. Hallett, former White House Secret Service agent, running for Cape May County Sheriff.
The endorsement was announced in the New Jersey FOP News, a quarterly publication that is sent to the N.J. FOP membership, according to a release.
George Hallett is running as the Democratic nominee in the November general election.
Hallett worked for the Central Intelligence Agency as well as the White House Secret Service under two presidents.
After a 30-year federal law enforcement career that included his appointment as regional inspector general, supervising 45 special agents in a five-sate region, he and his wife, Marilyn, decided to return to Cape May County.
He accepted a job at the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office, where he served for eight years and created the Insurance Fraud Division.
He was required to resign t run for the sheriff’s position.
Hallett cited security and frivolous lawsuits at the jail, drugs and gangs as problems he will address as sheriff.
According to the Fraternal Order of Police, Hallett has the kind of law enforcement and management experience needed for the job.”
On Hallett’s Web site, (www.votehallett.com) that he believes the “Sheriff’s Office is a semi-military organization, I can provide the Sheriff’s Office with the leadership that only comes from military experience,” he stated.
Hallett is a Vietnam veteran.
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