Museum Mission Statement and Objectives
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Mission Statement
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The Orange County Sheriff's Museum & Education Center is established to preserve, store, and display Orange County Sheriff's Department historical artifacts and documents. The museum shall be established to highlight the various units of the Sheriff's Department and to display an overview of its history, mission, and value to the community. The museum shall also serve as an educational center for the community and the Sheriff's Department, providing an attractive and relevant lecture and training venue. The museum can offer narrated tours and lectures to the community's schools and youth programs, promoting goodwill while educating young people as to the important and diverse tasks the Sheriff's Department performs, with emphasis on alcohol and drug prevention education and career opportunities within the department.
Objectives
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(1) Collect and preserve OCSD historical materials and artifacts
(2) Design the future Orange County Sheriff's Museum facility
(3) Select candidate sites for the Sheriff's Museum
(4) Develop and follow-through with a fundraising program for museum development
(5) Publicize and advertise the Sheriff's Museum
(6) Obtain a vintage (1957 to 1964) vehicle to construct a replica vintage sheriff unit
(7) Develop a Sheriff's Reserve Museum Unit to support the museum programs
Museum Staff
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Honorary Chairman
Sheriff Don Barnes
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Executive Director
Ret. Lt. Darren Braham
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Board of Directors
Ken Bourne, Webmaster
Bill Griffin, Treasurer
Ray Grimes, Founder, Ret. OCC Asst. Director, Advisor, Special Projects
Chuck Streitz, Secretary
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Executive Staff
Sgt. Maria Bowman, OCSD Museum Liaison
Denah Braham, Social Media Coordinator
Christina Crandall, Special Projects Coordinator
Lynda Halligan, AOCDS Museum Program Liaison
Jason Ho, Vehicle Maintenance Support
Susan Huang, Special Projects
Ret. Sgt. Tim Jansen, Vintage Patrol Vehicle Coordinator
Greg Kutzbach, IT Manager
John Messina, Museum Counsel
Erenia Perry, Gala Fundraising Coordinator
David Snyder
Roshele Snyder, Annual Gala Coordinator
Carol Tracy, Gala Fundraising Coordinator
Ret. Capt. Brian Wilkerson, Special Projects Coordinator
Lisa Winter, Ret. Forensic Science Services, Technical Specialist
7/30/2025