{"id":13615,"date":"2025-04-21T01:29:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T06:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/?p=13615"},"modified":"2025-04-27T22:25:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T03:25:19","slug":"theresa-indigo-sworn-in-as-blaine-countys-new-sheriff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/index.php\/2025\/04\/21\/theresa-indigo-sworn-in-as-blaine-countys-new-sheriff\/","title":{"rendered":"Theresa Indigo Sworn In As Blaine County\u2019s New Sheriff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Marking the first Clayton\u2019s Corner report of the year, we head to Blaine County, where Brother\/Governor Jeremy and Chief Justice Rajesh Gupta officially welcomed new leadership today as Theresa Indigo was sworn in to guide the county into a new era of authority, responsibility, and professionalism as the new Sheriff for the Blaine County Sheriff\u2019s Office (BCSO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Theresa Indigo Sworn In As Blaine County\u2019s New Sheriff\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ho6fSG58QnA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Filmed and Edited by Clayton Greene.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The ceremony at BCSO headquarters marks a pivotal moment for the department\u2019s future.<br>In a confident address following her oath, she outlined her goals for strengthening the department. Sheriff Indigo stated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cI look forward to continuing to help and grow the BCSO with Captain Fernando Garcia.\u201d<\/p><cite>Sheriff Theresa Indigo, Blaine County Sheriff&#8217;s Office (Bcso)<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SheriffIndigoSwornIn-2-1024x675.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SheriffIndigoSwornIn-2-1024x675.png 1024w, https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SheriffIndigoSwornIn-2-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SheriffIndigoSwornIn-2-768x506.png 768w, https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SheriffIndigoSwornIn-2-455x300.png 455w, https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SheriffIndigoSwornIn-2-310x204.png 310w, https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SheriffIndigoSwornIn-2-150x99.png 150w, https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SheriffIndigoSwornIn-2.png 1390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Theresa Indigo takes the podium at their swearing in ceremony. (Photo credit: Clayton Greene)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This transition also signaled the end of an era as Chris Stevens stepped down, concluding a four-year tenure with the Blaine County Sheriff\u2019s Office. His departure was met with applause, heartfelt appreciation, and one boo from colleagues and government staff.<br>In his farewell remarks, Stevens joked:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cHello\u2014 is this thing on? Thank you for the four years. I wish I could say a lot of it was fun\u2026 but a lot of it was not.\u201d<\/p><cite>Former Sheriff Chris Stevens, Blaine County Sheriff&#8217;s Office (Bcso)<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He added how thrilled he was with how BCSO has been run in the past, noting that Indigo is well-suited to handle running and coordinating the department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indigo, with a lighthearted nod to their dynamic, said she\u2019d especially miss their conversations: \u201cmainly the arguing and butting heads,\u201d with Stevens.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SheriffIndigoSwornIn-1-1024x516.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SheriffIndigoSwornIn-1-1024x516.png 1024w, https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SheriffIndigoSwornIn-1-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SheriffIndigoSwornIn-1-768x387.png 768w, https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SheriffIndigoSwornIn-1-1536x774.png 1536w, https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SheriffIndigoSwornIn-1-595x300.png 595w, https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SheriffIndigoSwornIn-1-310x156.png 310w, https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SheriffIndigoSwornIn-1-150x76.png 150w, https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SheriffIndigoSwornIn-1.png 1770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Theresa Indigo (Center) takes the podium at their swearing in ceremony with Chief Justice Rajesh Gupta (Left) and Governor Jeremy (Right) behind them. (Photo credit: Clayton Greene)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The event concluded with a standing ovation as local officials and BCSO personnel pledged their support for the department\u2019s next chapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned to Weazel News as we track Indigo\u2019s first moves and what they mean for the future of law enforcement in Blaine County as well as our great state of San Andreas.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ClaytonsCorner-Banner.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13632\" style=\"width:584px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ClaytonsCorner-Banner.png 1024w, https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ClaytonsCorner-Banner-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ClaytonsCorner-Banner-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ClaytonsCorner-Banner-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ClaytonsCorner-Banner-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ClaytonsCorner-Banner-310x310.png 310w, https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ClaytonsCorner-Banner-105x105.png 105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marking the first Clayton\u2019s Corner report of the year, we head to Blaine County, where Brother\/Governor Jeremy and Chief Justice Rajesh Gupta officially welcomed new leadership today as Theresa Indigo was sworn in to guide the county into a new era of authority, responsibility, and professionalism as the new Sheriff for the Blaine County Sheriff\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":917,"featured_media":13624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[189],"tags":[236,470,733,828,831,3,830,829],"ppma_author":[327],"class_list":["post-13615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","tag-bcso","tag-blaine-county-sheriffs-office","tag-chief-justice-rajesh-gupta","tag-chris-stevens","tag-claytons-corner","tag-featured","tag-jeremy-barbant","tag-theresa-indigo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SheriffIndigoSwornIn-Featured.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":327,"user_id":917,"is_guest":0,"slug":"claytongreene","display_name":"Clayton Greene","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ae088163c81f37b2701ad2ddf21589181aee276dffd8367fb9cdaf2b9b7ece0d?s=96&d=wp_user_avatar&r=g","1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/917"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13615"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13650,"href":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13615\/revisions\/13650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13615"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weazel-news.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=13615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}