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Kevin Vaughn, 43, has lived since birth in the town of Volusia on the eastern banks of the St. Johns River, where his great-great-grandparents settle in 1867. He resides with his wife, Corella L. Vaughn, and their daughter, Megan C. Vaughn.

Vaughn is a lieutenant with the Florida Highway Patrol, serving in Troop D, in the DeLand District. He has been with the Highway Patrol since 1986, serving as a trooper, on the drug-interdiction team, as a traffic homicide investigator, a shift commander and in the Bureau of Invesigations. He has worked in Broward, Orange and Dade counties.

His current responsibilities include planning, coordinating and scheduling for Florida Highway Patrol coverage of Daytona Speedweeks, Daytona Bikeweeks, Black College Reunion Weekend, Pepsi 400 events, Biketoberfest and daily patrol operations.

His patrol-operations role includes serving as evidence and property custodian for the DeLand District, and as contact for the Hearing Officer Ride-Along Program for Seminole County Court System.

Vaughn is also a licensed Realtor and works part-time with Coldwell Banker Property Showcase.

He graduated from T. DeWitt Taylor High School, and attended Daytona Beach Community College 1982-84. Vaughn graduated from the 75th Recruit Class of the Florida Highway Patrol Academy in Tallahassee.

He is currently enrolled at Daytona State College, where he is working toward a degree in criminal justice.

Vaughn is a member of numerous organizations, including the Volusia No. 77 Free and Accepted Masonic Lodge, the Scottish Rite, the York Rite, the Shriners of North America; the West Volusia Association of Realtors, the Florida Association of Realtors, the National Association of Realtors, the Florida Highway Patrol Command Officers, the American Association of State Troopers, the East Volusia Traffic Safety Team, the West Volusia County Traffic Safety Team, the National Rifle Association, and the West Volusia YMCA.

He and his family are members of Tomoka Christian Church in Ormond Beach.

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A countywide police agency would be more efficient than the Sheriff's Office and individual city forces.

1 — Comment: The Sheriff's Office and individual city forces need to unite and work closely utilizing multi-jurisdictional task forces to reduce duplication of services to eliminate wasteful spending for the citizens of Volusia County while never losing sight of our very service to our citizens; their safety and security.

Nothing more can be done by the Sheriff's Office to reduce youth drug use and crime.

1 — Comment: Our youth are the future of America and they all need guidance and support at home, a good solid education and a Sheriff's Office that will not tolerate drug use but encourage and support our youth through education and having positive role models throughout the Sheriff's organization.

Large increases in the Sheriff's Office budget over the past several years have been necessary.

1 — Comment: With the Sheriff's Office budget increasing from more than $35 million in 2000 to more than $71 million in 2008 (a 100 percent budget increase over the last eight years) and with the violent crime rate up 6.5 percent (in times when the budget has doubled) thus the citizens receiving insignificant, non-aggressive protection and security during Ben Johnson's tenure as your Sheriff, simply begs the question to all Volusia County citizens, do you feel safer now?

Accomplishment of which you are most proud: Proudly serving the citizens and visitors of the Great State of Florida for the past 22 years as a State Trooper for the Florida Highway Patrol.

Public-service goal you have yet to achieve: A very desirable goal I have is to become the next Sheriff of Volusia County so I can continue to serve and protect our citizens for their greater good with well grounded goals, which will be instilled in a very respectable department committed to achieving these goals by reducing our crime rate while managing a budget with integrity and forethought for its citizens security and protection therefore increasing community confidence so Volusia County will become a safer community for all to live, work, and play.

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