Recently Sheriff Francisco Rivero moved his most seasoned, most experienced investigator, Mike Curran to a new assignment of court bailiff.

Curran was the sex crimes investigator and had been doing the job for 20 or so years. He knows all the convicted registrants in the county by name, their charges, habits and misguided habits.

This move was purely out of spite and inter-department politics.

To be a successful sex crimes investigator takes years and years of training and countless man hours to master the skills needed for this highly specialized field, and even longer to get the kind of conviction rates that Curran holds.

It’s a shame that Rivero is taking actions based on emotion and not logic that this move occurred.

I fear for the citizens of Lake County and their children as to what is going to happen in the coming years with such a talented asset thrown to the way side for personal reasons.

Any of you that know or have met Mike Curran know that he is an excellent investigator and genuinely cares for the victims of crimes for which he investigates, not to mention an all around awesome guy.

I, for one, am outraged and concerned for the children and citizens of Lake County in the new and “better” administration. What was the reason for moving such a highly skilled investigator into a basically mindless assignment?

Rivero is a vindictive, worthless and uneducated administrator who thinks he can handle the job by bullying people into getting his way, as he has shown time and time again!

It’s time we stand up and fight for the people and especially the children of Lake County. Please write to the Board of Supervisors with your comments and concerns on this matter and let’s protect out most valuable asset – our children – from further harm and wrong doing.

After all, it is the people of Lake County who are going to suffer from this ridiculous and unwarranted reassignment.

Michael Sobieraj lives in Lakeport, Calif.