Null retires after 20 years from sheriff's office
Oct. 25—Lt. Jeff Null has retired after 20 years from the Frederick County Sheriff's Office.
Null most recently was the sheriff's office's training services commander, according to a news release from the agency.
He trained new recruits and did continuous training with deputies. He also helped train deputies in Carroll, Washington and Howard counties, the release said.
Null created the sheriff's office's entrance-level training academy.
The academy helps recruits prepare for the police academy, Todd Wivell, a sheriff's office spokesman, said. Since it was created, the release said, the sheriff's office hasn't lost a single recruit to a physical fitness test or injury.
The Body-Worn Camera Unit, which has been running trials since January on which body cameras deputies should use, is one of the many efforts Null oversaw during his tenure, the release said.
He also led many successful search and rescue missions as the lead search manager for Frederick County.
Null, a former basketball player at Mount Saint Mary's University, was the Fraternal Order of Police president for one year, negotiating the largest pay raise for deputies at the time, the press release said.
He also secured money and support for families of fallen deputies and formed a sheriff's office retirement committee to make sure retiring members are properly honored. He worked with the Tunnel to Towers Foundation — a nonprofit to help first responders and their families — to get mortgages paid off for families of fallen first responders, the release said.
Null's many accolades at the sheriff's office include the Outstanding Performance Award twice. The first was in 2005, the release said, after he caught two people at a traffic stop who were wanted in four states for more than 30 armed robberies.
The second was in 2014, when he de-escalated a situation of an armed suicidal person, without any problems or injuries, the release said.
