Mike Toth was plowing ground in his first week as sheriff of Mineral County.

“We’re spending lots of money, too much money, on these transfers to Sanders and Missoula counties. Getting the jail back in operation is my first priority and then our next hires will be detention officers.

“That’ll be six more jobs in the county,” he said after introducing four new members to his team that he had just sworn into office.

Wayne Cashman is the new Undersheriff. He’s returned to Montana after most of his law enforcement career in the Pinal County, Arizona, Sheriff’s Office where he retired recently.

Prior to moving south, he was a deputy in the Lincoln area and a guard at the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge.

Shawn Visintin comes from Ennis, Montana with experience in the Private Security Industry and is also a certified firearms instructor. He is one of two new deputies for Mineral County.

The second deputy is Ethan Atkin who went to high school in Frenchtown before he worked for the Missoula County Detention Center. For the last several years he has lived and worked in Texas where he has the majority of his law enforcement experience.

Tabatha Dunlap took her oath as a new Communications Officer. She has a degree in criminology and experience with GardaWorld Armored Truck transport in Missoula.

Training for all four is underway with Toth saying he wants the new deputies ready by the end of September.