Undersheriff Randy Peshon reappointed to state Judicial Council

El Dorado County Undersheriff Randy Peshon has been re-appointed to the state's Judicial Council Collaborative Justice Court Advisory Committee after being nominated by Superior Court Judge Suzanne Kingsbury.

Peshon, who once ran the jail in South Lake Tahoe, has served in this capacity for the past three years and will begin a new three year term on November 1.

The Collaborative Justice Courts Advisory Committee is one of ten committees the serve the Administrative Office of the Courts. One Law Enforcement representative appointed by the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court sits on this advisory committee.

“I am again extremely proud of Undersheriff Randy Peshon’s reappointment to this very important committee, which has state-wide impacts," said EDC Sheriff D’Agostini. "Randy is a recognized leader and expert in the court and corrections field."

Peshon has been Undersheriff since January, 2015 and has a 38 year law enforcement career that has also included time with the United States National Park Service and the East Bay Regional Parks Police Department.

Peshon is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. His leadership training includes being student, facilitator, and auditor of the Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) Sherman Block Supervisory Leadership Institute, a graduate of the POST Command College, and the prestigious FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia.

According to the Judicial Council of California Website:

“The committee makes recommendations to the Judicial Council on criteria for identifying and evaluating collaborative justice courts and for improving the processing of cases in these courts, which include drug courts, domestic violence courts, youth courts, and other collaborative justice courts.”

The Administrative Office of the Courts is structured to provide recommendations for improving justice administration and it serves as the staff agency for the Judicial Council, which is the constitutional policymaking body of the California Courts. The agency is organized into nine divisions in San Francisco, two divisions in Sacramento, and three regional offices with a staff of more than 900 serving the courts.