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Sheriff Michael Hawley began his
law enforcement career in 1988 when he joined the Island County Sheriff's Office as a deputy sheriff. Michael Hawley rose
through the ranks serving as a detective, detective lieutenant, and jail manager. He was first appointed Sheriff in 1996 to
fill a vacated position until the next election. He was subsequently elected
the next year to complete the unexpired term, and was then re-elected to a full four-year term in 1998 and again in 2002.
Before his law enforcement career,
Michael Hawley taught high school history. He continues to teach as an adjunct professor of criminal justice for Chapman University
at their satellite college located at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington. Michael Hawley is a graduate of Western
Washington University, BA, 1974, the University of Washington, MEd, 1979 and Chapman University, MS, 1995.
Mike Hawley is the author of the
mysteries Silent Proof and Double Bluff. According to the book description of Silent Proof, “Twenty-five years ago, a woman was murdered in a Seattle park. The crime went unsolved.
To homicide detective Leah Harris and her partner Frank Milkovich, the only possible suspect is Clifford Bakerman-a career
criminal about to be released from prison on an unrelated rap. They have thirty-six hours to make another charge stick and
keep Bakerman where he belongs. But startling new evidence-and a shocking new murder-plunge Leah and Frank into a life-and-death
game with a deadly-and secret-opponent.”
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