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Retired Alameda County Sheriff’s Lt. Jim Knudsen has a passion for the history of law enforcement in the county. (I knew Jim professionally when he was the first spokesman for the department while I was in the daily newspaper business). We did a number of media training sessions together and have become friends over the […]

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