Undersheriff Tommy Sloan is retiring after serving with the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office for just over 34 years, the sheriff’s office announced last week. He will be replaced by Carey Weinheimer.
The two have decades of experience in Boulder County law enforcement and happened to both start at the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office on the exact same day, July 5, 1988.
Sloan started his career with the sheriff’s office in 1988 after serving in the U.S. Army. He was appointed to sergeant in 1994, supervising patrol and serving in various roles until 2004, including the Special Investigations Unit, Drug Task Force, SWAT Team and as the sergeant for Lyons from 2002-2004, a role seen as the town’s chief of police.
In 2004, Sloan was promoted to the Operations Division Patrol Commander where he supervised patrol, Special Investigations Unit, SWAT, Bomb Squad and the K-9 teams. In 2013, he was promoted to division chief over the operations division and then to undersheriff in 2016.
Over his career, Sloan has been involved in a number of significant incidents including the response to the Columbine High School shooting, the Hill riots, homicide cases, drug cases and a fugitive hunt for suspects who killed a police officer in Cortez, the sheriff’s office said.
“Tommy Sloan has been a tremendous leader, manager, friend and confidant,” Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said. “We have run the sheriff’s office in a partnership fashion, and as Undersheriff Tommy has primarily managed all the business operations of the sheriff’s office. He has mentored and trained a new generation of leadership, and as any good leader should this includes his replacement.”
The newly appointed undersheriff, Weineimer, most recently worked as deputy chief of the Boulder Police Department. He started his career in law enforcement as an officer with the Vail Police Department and then a deputy for the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, before moving to the Boulder Police Department in 1990.
While at the Boulder Police Department, Weinheimer worked as a patrol officer and detective and was promoted to sergeant in 1998. He served as a patrol sergeant, detective sergeant and supervised the community services unit.
Weinheimer was promoted to commander in 2009, where he oversaw a patrol watch. He was promoted to deputy chief in 2014.
Pelle said that Weinheimer is incoming Sheriff Curtis Johnson’s pick to serve as undersheriff. Johnson is expected to take over as sheriff after he is sworn in this January.
“Tommy Sloan’s retirement gave us the opportunity to bring Carey on early, and orient and train him for several months prior to my retirement,” Pelle said. “Our hope is to provide a seamless and smooth transition in administration for our employees and the community. I am very pleased to appoint Carey to undersheriff and confident in his skills and ability.”
