Greg Munks on Blogger: CARON Promote Community Involvement

Monday, February 1, 2021

CARON Promote Community Involvement

Greg Munks is an accomplished California law enforcement expert whose experience goes back four decades. In the course of his duties, Gregory Munks served for more than 30 years with the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. In addition, Greg Munks also served as an officer with the Palo Alto Police Department. Throughout his career, Sheriff Greg Munks has been at the forefront of involving the community in law enforcement initiatives through programs such as CARON.

The CARON (Community Alliance to Revitalize Our Neighborhood) program was launched in 1999 by the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office to boost engagement with the local community to further the department’s law enforcement initiatives. Serving North Fair Oaks and other neighboring coastal communities, CARON aims to reduce drug abuse, gangs, and violence, as well as build trust between the community and law enforcement.

CARON initiatives include Youth Dialogues, which offer youth a safe space to speak openly with CARON members about their communities. Through these forums, CARON staff, deputy sheriffs and community members deliberate about past, present and future issues that exist in the community. After the sessions, the young participants fill out a Youth Dialogue survey to share their thoughts regarding the presentation and services the program offers to the community.

CARON also facilitates community workshops that discuss gang, drug, and anti-violence awareness. The aim of these workshops is to educate families about current trends in drug use, including their effects as well as the related paraphernalia. Through gang awareness forums, parents learn the definition of gangs, types of gangs in the community, the reasons why youth join gangs, and typical behaviors associated with gangs.

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About Greg Munks

A proponent of community-driven law enforcement, Gregory "Greg" Munks most recently served as sheriff of San Mateo County. Through nearly a decade in this role, he managed a $240 million budget and 750 employees responsible for providing law enforcement services throughout the county and at San Francisco International Airport. As sheriff, Greg Munks also managed court and jail security and served on the Domestic Violence Council, Vehicle Theft Task Force, and Narcotics Task Force. In addition, he managed the Office of Emergency Services.

In regard to his efforts to engage the communities which he served, Greg Munks helped develop the Community Alliance to Rebuild our Neighborhood project while serving as undersheriff in San Mateo County. Among other accomplishments, this initiative proved successful in decreasing instances of gang violence in North Fair Oaks.

Gregory Munks served as an undersheriff with the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office for 13 years and previously worked in its human resources department, where he streamlined department training procedures and established an Internal Affairs tracking program. He spent the first dozen years of his career as an officer in the Palo Alto Police Department. Supplementing his extensive experience, he holds an MBA from Golden Gate University and a bachelor's degree in business and accounting from Menlo College.