John Edwin Bunnell (born May 25, 1944) is a former American sheriff of
Multnomah County, Oregon
Multnomah County is one of the Oregon counties, 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the county's population was 815,428. Multnomah County is part of the Portland metropolitan area. The stat ...
. Bunnell is best known for presenting ''
World's Wildest Police Videos
''World's Wildest Police Videos'' (shortened to ''Police Videos'' during its fourth season) is an American reality television series that ran on Fox from 1998 to 2001. In 2012, Spike announced that it had commissioned 13 new episodes with the ...
'' between 1998 and 2001 and its revival briefly in 2012.
Background
Bunnell was born in
Pendleton, Oregon
Pendleton is a city in and the county seat of Umatilla County, Oregon, Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. The population was 17,107 at the time of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, which includes approximately 1,600 people who are ...
. He joined the Multnomah County Sheriff's Department in January 1969 and managed the drugs and vice unit in the 1980s. Between 1989 and 1990,
Multnomah County Sheriff's Office
Multnomah County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) serves the close to 700,000 residents of Multnomah County, Oregon, United States. Multnomah County Sheriff's Office is a County Law Enforcement agency that handles 9-1-1 calls and assists other city agenc ...
was featured in 15 episodes of ''
COPS'', and 13 episodes of ''
American Detective'' in 1991, which Bunnell also hosted. He was appointed
Sheriff
A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England where the office originated. There is an analogous, although independently developed, office in Iceland, the , which is common ...
of Multnomah County when the previous sheriff, Robert G. Skipper, retired in 1994 before the end of his term. Bunnell took the oath of office on November 30, 1994, and served until May 1995. In the spring of 1995, Bunnell ran against Dan Noelle for Multnomah County Sheriff, losing the election to Noelle, who assumed office in June 1995.
Filmography
See also
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C. W. Jensen
References
External links
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Multnomah County Sheriff's Office
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People from Pendleton, Oregon
Multnomah County sheriffs
1944 births
Living people
American television personalities