In 2013, Sheriff D’Agostini held community meetings (We Work For You) in each of the five Board of Supervisor districts. The purpose of these meetings was to inform the tax paying citizens of El Dorado County what the Sheriff’s Office was doing in each district to combat crime, address community concerns and educate the public on the resources available to them from the Sheriff’s Office.

In early 2013, our local station Foothill 7 Television, volunteered, for no compensation, to assist The Sheriff’s Office to produce some training videos, recruiting videos and a series of programs to educate the public on the resources available and daily activities of The Sheriff’s Office. In harmony with Sheriff D’Agostini’s vision of transparency in keeping the citizens of El Dorado County informed of Sheriff’s Office activities, the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office partnered with Foothill 7 to develop such video projects. Since 2013, and continuing to the present day, Foothill 7 began accompanying and videotaping Sheriff’s Office employees in the performance of their duties, both in their office and in the field, with a vision of developing a television show that would allow the citizens of El Dorado County to observe firsthand, the job the men and women of the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office perform on a daily basis.

After cataloging over one year of recorded material, Foothill 7 Television held a series of discussions with their contemporaries at the local FOX Affiliate (KTXL FOX 40). As a result of those discussions, The Sheriff is pleased to announce that KTXL FOX 40 will begin broadcasting 26 original episodes of a weekly television show entitled: “Sheriff’s…El Dorado County.” The episodes will begin broadcasting on September 20th, in Prime Time, following Saturday’s NCAA College Football Game of the Week and Fox 40 News, at approximately 9:00 PM every Saturday, and again at 11:00 PM every Sunday. Please see the specific times and dates for broadcast below.

A press conference will be held in the Briefing Room of the Sheriff’s Office on September 9th at 11:15 AM. The Sheriff and members of his Department, along with representatives of Fox 40 and Foothill 7 Television will be present at this conference to present details and answer any questions you may have. The Sheriff’s Office is located at 300 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA 95667.

When asked for comment, The El Dorado Lake Tahoe Film Office stated, “We are extremely pleased to see television content being created locally. Film production stimulates the economy and we applaud this venture.”

Sheriff D”Agostini stated “I want to encourage all citizens of El Dorado County to watch this show and observe firsthand how the employees of their Sheriff’s Office are at work on their behalf. So too, I would hope we all take great pride in sharing with the larger community of Northern California what a great place El Dorado County is to live, work and raise our families.”

Tentative Broadcast Schedule:

Saturdays:

• 9/20 at 9:00pm
• 9/27 at 9:00pm
• 10/4 at 9:00pm
• 10/11 at 9:00pm
• 10/18 at 9:00pm
• 10/24 at 6:00pm
• 11/1 at 9:00pm
• 11/8 at 9:00pm
• 11/15 at 9:00pm
• 11/22 at 9:00pm
• 11/29 at 6:00pm
• 12/6 at 9:30pm
• 12/13 at 8:00pm
• 12/20 at 6: 00pm
• 12/27 at 6:00pm

Sundays:

· 11:00 pm

September 2, 2014 – 1100 hours

On August 17, 2014, Deputies responded to a field off Missouri Flat Road and US Highway 50 for a report of human remains. An investigation was initiated and the family of the decedent was contacted. The female was subsequently identified as 52 year-old Penny Juergenson. The initial cause of death is undetermined pending toxicology results. However, the preliminary investigation does not indicate any foul play was involved.

On Saturday August 30, 2014 the Sheriff’s Dispatch center received information from Cal-Fire that a 7 year boy had been injured while target practicing. While responding to the scene Deputies were advised that the boy had been transported by helicopter to a hospital in Sacramento.

Upon their arrival at the Georgetown Fire station deputies learned that while visiting their property in Georgetown a family from the bay area was shooting targets at a shooting range they had constructed on their property. Two people were shooting rifles at tragets on the range on the property at the same time. The targets were approximately 40 yards away from the shooters. Multiple family members were behind the shooters watching them. A seven year old boy was one of the shooters on the range and was shooting a single shot .22 caliber bolt action youth rifle, with the help of his father. The other subject was an adult male and was shooting a larger caliber rifle. Both shooters were the same distance from the targets and a few yards to each others side.
The guns were always pointed down range in a safe manner and never pointed at any of the people at the location. Nobody shooting or watching noticed any ricochets at the time however at some point while they were shooting the 7 year old grabbed his chest and complained of pain. His father was right there with him and checked his chest to see that the boy had a small hole in his t-shirt and was bleeding from his chest, behind the hole in the t-shirt. The boys father imediately transported the boy to the Georgetown fire station were he was picked up by a helicopter and transported to a hospital in the Sacramento area. His condition is not known at this time.

Detectives were assigned and have initiated an investigation to determine how the boy received his injuries.