Pubdate: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 Source: Dispatch, The (NC) Copyright: 2002, The Lexington Dispatch Contact: http://www.the-dispatch.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1583 Author: Glenn Payne CONSIDER THE CALIBER Editor: Several area newspapers have reported the shock Davidson County residents received upon learning three Davidson County vice-narcotics officers were arrested for dealing drugs in and out of the county. Considering the caliber of deputies the sheriff has hired, shock is not the appropriate emotional response to this event. Take the case of former Thomasville policeman Timothy Sells. Yes, the same Davidson County deputy Timothy Sells who went before the commissioners to request funds for the sheriff's juvenile offender camp. Deputy Sells was forced to retire from the TPD. How about the case of former state trooper Gregory Wood? Hege hired Wood not long after Wood was fired from the Highway Patrol for pointing his state-issue weapon at the head of his estranged wife. The patrol saw to it that Wood's law enforcement certificate was revoked. Yes, the same deputy Wood that Hege went to bat for in front of Judge Fred Morrison Sr., who reinstated Wood's certificate. Glenn Payne Lexington - --- MAP posted-by: Keith Brilhart