About Deryl Loar

Captain Deryl Loar of the Florida Highway Patrol has announced his candidacy for the office of Sheriff in Indian River County (click here to view his q/a from the newspaper). Captain Loar is currently the District Commander of the FHP for the Treasure Coast. He is directly responsible for managing the overall operations for all FHP personnel within Indian River,
St. Lucie, Martin and Okeechobee counties.

Captain Loar has been a member of the FHP for over 18 years. Of the 18+ years, 13 have been on the Treasure Coast. He has been a District Commander since 1997, and Treasure Coast's commander since 1998.

Captain Loar has resided in Indian River County for the past 7 years. He is 39 years of age.

His wife, Jennifer Loar, is a Doctor of Optometry and has been practicing in Sebastian since 1998. She is the proprietor of Oceanviews Optical. They have been married for 18 years. Together, they have two school-aged children.

Captain Loar has worked closely with all local state and federal law enforcement within Indian River County. In fact, he is the past President and past Director of the Treasure Coast Chief of Police and Sheriffs Association, an association which addresses local law enforcement concerns and forecasts law enforcement needs.

In 1989, Captain Loar began his law enforcement career assigned to the Treasure Coast. In his early years, he typically led the region in traffic arrests, DUI arrests and narcotic arrests. He was nominated as Trooper of the Month on several occasions, as well as a nominee for Law Enforcement Officer of the Year of the Treasure Coast by The Palm Beach Post.

In January 1991, he was elevated to the FHP's Drug Interdiction Program assigned to Florida's Turnpike. Later that year, (in an effort to advance his wife's education) he was granted as assignment to Miami-Dade County, remaining in the Drug Interdiction Program. During this tenure of his career, he was exposed to the violent felons within our drug interdiction world. He worked closely with local, county and federal law enforcement agencies with incidents such as manhunts, apprehensions of prisoners, controlled arrests, confidential informants, and more importantly, the removal or large quantities of narcotics from our roadways.

In December of 1992, he was promoted to the rank of Corporal and assigned to Broward County. Here, he evolved into a professional traffic homicide investigator. He investigated traffic fatalities as well as any other unattended death involving a motor vehicle.

In December of 1993, he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant and assigned to the Treasure Coast. During this segment of his career, he learned the art of being a line supervisor of professional law enforcement officers and related resources. In the summer of 1994, he laterally transferred to Miami-Dade County to be with his wife. While on this tour, he was a member of the Special Response Team (SWAT.) He also was instrumental in the success of The Summit of the Americas in 1994.

In January 1995, Captain Loar was promoted to Lieutenant and assigned to Miami-Dade County. During this tenure of his career, he was a sub-district commander and managed a large amount of resources and personnel. He was responsible for the day to day operations of the north portion of Miami-Dade County. He also was involved in dignitary protection, as well as the Special Response Team, which involved items such as Mobile Field Force teams. Additionally, he managed the FHP's Miami-Dade emergency communications center.

In November of 1997, he was promoted to Captain and remained in Miami-Dade County. While on this assignment, Captain Loar also commanded Monroe County and the Florida Keys. During this stage of his career, Captain Loar "managed managers." He was exposed to a variety of personnel issues as well as labor relations. His experience with police and civilian unions was enhanced by the volume of employees.

With his previous knowledge of the Treasure Coast, Captain Loar returned in April of 1998 to command this region. He has since demonstrated the ability to successfully align resources. He has fostered private and public relationships that have significantly enhanced the Florida Highway Patrol's image. He has successfully guided and organized emergency management efforts throughout the region. He has advanced the technological aspects of the local Troop.

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Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Public Administration
• Management Fellow Class 1997-1998
• Statewide Policy Development for FHP
• Development of Legislative Affairs & Budget Requests
• Risk Management Representative for the FHP
• Performance Based Budgeting experience
• Performance Based Management Philosophy
• Executive Leadership Training
• Line Supervision of Police
• Middle Management of Police
• Human Diversity training
• DUI Enforcement Strategies
• Cyber Crime training
• Employee Behavior training
• Drug Interdiction officer
• Traffic Homicide Investigator
• Field Training Officer/Supervisor

Special Events Experience

• Incident Command (Hurricanes Andrew, Jeanne, Frances...)
• Value Jet 592 Investigation and Recovery
• Special Dignitary Protection (US President and cabinet)
• Gainesville Homicide Task Force
• Special Response Team- Supervisor

Associations

• Treasure Coast Chief of Police & Sheriff's Assoc. (past President and Director)
• Florida Highway Patrol Command Officers Association
• Member of FDLE Regional Domestic Security Task Force
• Indian River County Leadership 2007 Chamber of Commerce
• FDLE Child Abduction Response Team member
• 100 Club member of Indian River, Martin and St. Lucie counties
• Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers
• Indian River County Substance Abuse Council
• Indian River County Juvenile Justice Council
• Indian River County Victims Right Coalition Treasure Coast
• Daisey Bridgewater Hope Center

Vision

• Fiscal Responsibility
• Performance Based Budgeting
• Juvenile Justice Issues
• Homeland Security & Domestic Terrorism
• Growth related criminal activity
• Crimes against Seniors
• Understanding and addressing employee concerns
• Enhanced traffic enforcement
• Maintaining safe schools and safe neighborhoods
• Fostering relations between city, county, state and federal agencies
• Emergency Management