' s ▁Office , ▁like ▁many ▁offices , ▁was ▁small ▁( 1 - 3 ▁men ) ▁even ▁into ▁the ▁ 1 9 1 0 s . ▁The ▁department ▁didn ' t ▁even ▁obtain ▁uniform s ▁until ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 3 0 s . ▁They ▁were ▁obtained ▁through ▁a ▁travel ing ▁uniform ▁ped d ler ▁and ▁each ▁deput y ▁was ▁allowed ▁to ▁choose ▁his ▁own ▁bad ge ▁from ▁a ▁catalog . ▁The ▁Mon ter ey ▁County ▁Sher iff ' s ▁Office ▁was ▁considered ▁a ▁largely ▁un prof essional ▁office ▁until ▁ 1 9 6 2 , ▁when ▁sh er iff ▁D aven port ▁was ▁elected . ▁D aven port ▁chose ▁a ▁man ▁named ▁James ▁Rod rig uez ▁to ▁be ▁his ▁Und ers her iff . ▁Rod rig uez ▁was ▁a ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁veter an , ▁an ▁Officer ▁in ▁the ▁California ▁National ▁Guard ▁a ▁former ▁Mon ter ey ▁Police ▁Department ▁Captain ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁very ▁strict ▁task master . ▁He ▁instit uted ▁re forms ▁large ▁and ▁small . ▁Small ▁point , ▁being ▁Deput ies ▁wear ▁required ▁to ▁wear ▁the ▁reg ulation ▁St et son , ▁cow boy ▁hat ▁at ▁all ▁times ▁and ▁large , ▁being ▁that ▁Deput ies ▁could ▁no ▁longer ▁drink ▁on ▁the ▁job ▁( no ▁matter ▁how ▁well ▁they ▁held ▁liqu or ). ▁He ▁also ▁required ▁Deput ies ▁to ▁carry ▁fire ar ms ▁at ▁all ▁times ▁even ▁if ▁they ▁were ▁off ▁duty . ▁This ▁time ▁period ▁is ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁present ▁Mon ter ey ▁County ▁Sher