Longtime lawman Dustin Dorr announced on April 5 his candidacy for Wagoner County Commissioner District 2. The Wagoner County Sheriff’s Office major said his experience in law enforcement administration, ranching, land ownership, and as a parent put him in a unique position to ensure county government works for residents, land and business owners.
“As a husband and the father of two, my focus over my 20-year career in law enforcement has always been keeping Wagoner County safe,” Dorr said, “but I’ve been a rancher, landowner and family man for just about as long; and I hope to use that experience to help our community grow in all the right ways.”
Dorr was born and raised in Wagoner County where he graduated from Wagoner High School.
A generation later, he proudly watched his two children graduate from his alma mater.
Dorr joined the Wagoner police department as a volunteer reserve deputy in July 2003. After Wagoner County Sheriff Johnny Cannon hired him as a full-time deputy in 2006, Dorr worked his way through the ranks to his current rank of major. Sheriff Chris Elliott awarded him with the Outstanding Supervisor of the Year in 2017. Dorr is also responsible for spearheading the sheriff’s office’s popular and successful Shop with a Cop program, as well as Wagoner County’s Fraternal Order of Police, where he served as president for two years.
A strong Second Amendment proponent, Dorr has extensive training in firearms instruction, as well as training and accreditation in Advanced Peace Officer certification, Oklahoma Basic Instructor certification, FBI Leadership Trilogy graduate and award in three levels of leadership
training, and less-lethal instruction.
“Wagoner County has so much potential for growth and prosperity,” Dorr said, “and I’m excited about bringing in new business to expand our tax base to provide and enhance services, whileeasing the tax burden on our residents.”