John Bunnell
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John Bunnell | |
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Born | Pendleton, Oregon, U.S. | May 25, 1944
Other names | Sheriff John Bunnell |
Children | Mark |
Relatives | Mary Lee Host |
Police career | |
Department | Multnomah County Sheriff's Office |
Service years | 1969–1995 |
Status | Retired |
Rank | Sheriff |
Other work | Actor, Host of World's Wildest Police Videos |
John Edwin Bunnell (born May 25, 1944) is a former American sheriff of Multnomah County, Oregon. Bunnell is best known for presenting World's Wildest Police Videos between 1998 and 2001 and its revival briefly in 2012.
Background
Bunnell was born in
He is usually referred to as "Sheriff John Bunnell" despite no longer being active in law enforcement; this is occasionally shown as "Sheriff John Bunnell [Ret]".
His son, Mark, is a corrections deputy with the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office and was first seen with his father on an episode of COPS as a teenager back in 1989. His COPS segments involved drug crimes as seen in this video.[2]
Media appearances
His appearances on several early episodes of
See also
References
- ^ "A History of Multnomah County Sheriffs". Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2006-07-09.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). Retrieved 22 January 2007. - ^ Bunnell COPS segment, YouTube, archived from the original on 2021-12-21