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Lake County of Indiana has the second largest population of the 92 counties in Indiana. The county covers approximately 501 square miles of the northwest corner of the state. The first Sheriff was elected in 1837, when Lake County Indiana was organized.
History
On July 4,1836 the "Squatters Union of Lake County" was organized for the sole purpose of adopting measures and forming a constitution for better security of the settlers on public land. On February 15,1837 Lake County,Indiana was organized and Henry Wells was appointed Sheriff by the Governor. It is popular belief that Wells walked to Indianapolis to receive his commission and returned again on foot , a two week trip each way. Wells was officially commissioned on March 8, 1837. The first county commisioners were elected on March 28, 1837. In april of 1837 the county commissioners appointed the Sheriff as collector of State and County revenues. In August of 1837, Luman Fowler was elected Sheriff in the first General Election in Lake County,Indiana.
Current Sheriff
Roy Dominguez is the 48th and current Sheriff of Lake County,Indiana. On January 1,2003 Roy Dominguez assumed the office of Lake County Sheriff.
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Sheriff Roy Dominguez
Roy Dominguez started his initial employment at Inland Steel where he worked as an apprentice millwright. In 1976, Roy enrolled in the Indiana State Police Academy. A year later, Roy Dominguez graduated first in his class and won the prestigous Donald Flint Award for oustanding cadet.
As an Indiana State Trooper, Roy attended night classes, at Indiana University Northwest and earned a bachelor's in sociology. Once Dominguez received the Law Degree, he joined the Lake County's Prosecutor's office in 1982 and was named Deputy Director of the Child Support program. He brought the law down on dead-beat parents and increased Child Support collections by 300%, from $3 million to $9 million.
In 1989, Governor Evan Bayh appointed Roy as chairman of the state Workers' Compensation Board. Under Roy's leadership, the Workers' Compensation Board was modernized and outdated workers' comp. laws were overhauled for the first time in 62 years.