Bladen County Sheriff Steve Bunn was recently elected to serve as the chairman of the North Carolina Sheriffs’ Education and Training Standards Commission.

Bunn was certified as a law enforcement officer in North Carolina in 1971 and was certified as a deputy sheriff in 1979. He was sworn in as the sheriff of Bladen County in 1994. He has served on the Sheriffs' Commission since 2000, serving on the Probable Cause Committee of that commission since 2004.

The North Carolina Sheriffs’ Education and Training Standards Commission was established in 1983. It is composed of 17 Sheriffs and four civilian members. The purpose of the commission is to upgrade the capabilities, competence and proficiency of sheriffs’ office personnel through programs, standards and procedures involving employment, training, career development and retention of the sheriffs’ office personnel.

The commission currently maintains certification files on more than 20,000 deputy sheriffs, detention officers and telecommunicators.