More stories on California sheriffs promising to liberally issue concealed handgun permits:
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Craig Therkildsen, a captain with the department, said he would streamline the process and accept self-protection as sufficient cause.
"El Dorado County is a very safe place to live, but no street is 100 percent safe," he said.
Ernest Hillman, who served as undersheriff with the department before retiring, said he would eliminate the requirement to provide three letters of reference attesting to the applicant's good character. Such letters are of little value, he said, unless you investigate the letter writer's background.
Asked to define good cause,
John D'Agostini, an investigator with the
Amador County District Attorney's Office and a former Amador County sheriff's deputy said,
"Self-protection, simple as that."
Larry Hennick, who served 32 years with the El Dorado County Sheriff's Department, replied, "
U.S. citizen." His policy, Hennick said, would be "apply and receive."
Bob Luca, retired chief of the California Bureau of Investigation, said the attorney general's opinion should be interpreted as guidelines, not law. But while he favors a "shall issue" policy, Luca said, California is not a "shall issue" state, and the sheriff must abide by state law.
George Nielsen, Placerville police chief, said his policy would be to help concealed weapons applicants articulate good cause. One, he said, is the danger posed by the potential early release of some state prison inmates.
Perez said he would clarify what constitutes good cause.
"You won't have to define good cause," he told potential applicants. "I will have already done that for you."
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