Roosevelt County Sheriff's Office

1700 N. Boston ~ Portales, New Mexico   88130

Phone 505-356-4408 ~ Fax 505-356-6471

To the citizens of Roosevelt County,

First let me say how honored I am to be your Sheriff. I hope that I can live up to the expectations you have for me. As for my staff, I will do everything in my power to have them provide the best possible service to you.

The Sheriff’s Office is ready to provide the needed protection and law enforcement support to the county. I have appointed Malin Parker as the Chief Deputy and Shana Hernandez as my Executive Secretary. Rick Short has remained the Captain and has continued to do an excellent job. Chief Parker position is that of running the day to day operations of the Sheriff’s Office. He brings a great wealth of knowledge and expertise.

I have been in Office for almost two years and feel as though we have been successful in running this Office. It is my intent to have the people that work here be as professional as they can be. We have a job to do, but how that job gets done reflects on the leadership of the Sheriff’s Office.  I ran my campaign on a simple platform, “A Sheriff for the People” and that is what I actively strive to continue. I am here for the people, so I hope you, the citizens, will let me know if we are not meeting your expectations. I may not be able to fix everything, but I can’t fix what I don’t know.

I am proud to say this Office has remained fully staffed, while other law enforcement agencies in the area have not been able to do so. I would like to say it was all my doing, but it has been a combined effort throughout the Sheriff’s Office. We have developed an Office that is enjoyable for the employees, which carries over to the service that the citizens of this county deserve to receive.

In closing, I want to thank you again for the chance to serve you and this county. It is a great experience and I look forward to the rest of my term and the opportunity to serve you four more years.

Thank you,

Darren Hooker, Sheriff