Henderson selects top brass at sheriff's office

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Montgomery County Sheriff-elect Rand Henderson selected his top brass that will take the reins beginning in January.

Henderson's team will consist of Chief Deputy Ken Culbreath, and Captains Melvin Franklin, Kevin Ray, Damon Hall, Jimmy Malmay, Allison Allen, Ollie Coward and Bryan Carlisle. The team also will include Directors Larry Lowry and Carol Thompson.

Culbreath currently heads the Sheriff's Office academy. Ray and Allen serve as lieutenants over patrol, while Franklin and Hall are lieutenants in the detectives division. Malmay is a lieutenant, and Lowry and Thompson are mangers over the radio shop and finance, respectively. Allen is expected to oversee the district in The Woodlands.

Coward is a senior sergeant and transport group supervisor. Carlisle, the only one in Henderson's ranks from outside the Sheriff's Office, is assistant police chief in Shenandoah.

Henderson officially earned the county's top law enforcement position Nov. 8 after more than two decades of working his way up in the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office. Henderson, who started as a patrol deputy 22 years ago and had risen to captain, won the sheriff's race and will succeed the retiring Tommy Gage.

Henderson has worked with MCSO for his entire law enforcement career, starting in 1994 as a patrol deputy in South Montgomery County. He's held various leadership roles with MCSO and has been with almost every department within the office. Gage was first elected in 2004.

Montgomery County commissioners were poised to vote and approve the changes at their meeting Tuesday.