New Pinellas Sheriff's Captain at Dunedin Station Explains Challenges, Changes
Pinellas County Sheriff's Capt. Glenn Luben, the new man in charge of day-to-day patrol operations in north Pinellas, shares challenges he and his deputies face in times of tightening budgets and evolving technology.
Glenn Luben, the new sheriff's captain in charge of north Pinellas County, was headed down a much different path. As a teenager growing up in Clearwater during the late 1970s and early '80s, he was starting to get into a lot of trouble. That is, until he stumbled upon a Police Explorers program, he said. The action, excitement and non-stop nature of the job sold him. "Had that not happened, I might have ended up in jail," he said. Luben, 50, who replaced Capt. Bill Hagans at North District Station in Dunedin in late December, now oversees patrol operations for the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office's northern contract cities — Dunedin, Safety Harbor and Oldsmar — as well as Palm Harbor, East Lake and unincorporated Clearwater. *** He …
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