BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Deschutes County Sheriff Kent van der Kamp, facing a potential loss of his police certification from a state agency next month, told KTVZ News on Wednesday he will be retiring in late August and will no longer work in law enforcement.

“I’m exhausted,” van der Kamp, 53, told us. “I’m going to go do something a little bit slower. I’ve been doing this (law enforcement) for 24 years now. I’m at the point where we’re looking for other things to do at this point.”

In the furor that arose after District Attorney Steve Gunnels put van der Kamp on the Brady list of law enforcement who could not be called to testify at trials due to issues of dishonesty, van der Kamp said he’d decide whether to retire within 90 days.

A state Department of Public Safety Standards and Trainin

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