Sheriff's Chief Deputy Appointed to Santa Cruz Sentinel Editorial Board

In October of 2014, Wilson was promoted by Santa Cruz Sheriff Jim Hart from lieutenant to chief deputy, and it was announced that Wilson would be taking over the management of the Santa Cruz County corrections bureau. On November 5, 2014, shortly after Wilson's appointment, 65-year-old Sharyon Gibbs was found dead in the jail. She was the sixth person to have died while in custody at the Santa Cruz County Jail since 2012. Less than a year after Wilson's appointment to deputy chief, another person died in the jail. Krista DeLuca died in the main jail on September 29, 2015.

According to the Sheriff's office, Wilson "began his career in law enforcement in 1986 as a correctional officer at Soledad State Prison. Craig joined the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office in 1988 and has worked as a deputy in patrol, courts and investigations; a sergeant in patrol, investigations and administration; and a lieutenant in corrections and administration."

The Sentinel's new editorial board will consist of four other "community members" besides Wilson, as well as the Sentinel's opinion editor Don Miller and features editor Anthony L. Solis. They include: Kayla Layaoen, a UC Santa Cruz student; Raymon Cancino, CEO of Community Bridges; Ted Burke, owner of the Shadowbrook Restaurant and co-owner of the Crow’s Nest; Jeff Galipeaux, director of employee benefits at Capitola’s CalNonprofits Insurance and vice chair of the Arts Council of Santa Cruz County’s board.


Photo Credit: Then lieutenant Craig Wilson helps dismantle Occupy Santa Cruz (Bradley Stuart: Santa Cruz Co. Sheriff's Dept. Dismantles Occupy Santa Cruz Geodesic Dome and Structures at Courthouse https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/12/04/18701700.php)