ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI - Sheriff Blaine Koops announced Thursday, Jan. 28, that he will not seek a fifth four-year term.
Koops was elected sheriff in 2000.
Koops announced to the Allegan County Board of Commissioners that he would not seek re-election, Undersheriff Frank Baker confirmed.
He served 26 years with Holland Police Department. He was a captain there before he took over as Allegan County sheriff.
Koops, a Hamilton resident, graduated from Grand Valley State University and earned a master's degree at Western Michigan University.
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