Named for Medal of Honor recipient Richard A. Pittman, the new regional VA medical clinic in French Camp opened with a ribbon cutting and over 2,000 people in attendance. This project, spanning 21 years from start to finish, will now save thousands of veterans from needing to travel to Sacramento and Palo Alto for health care.
For more details, view Michael Cockrell’s video report below.
Michael Cockrell’s public service career has included law enforcement, water conservation enforcement, and emergency management. After 35-years at San Joaquin County’s Office of Emergency Services (OES), he retired as Director in December 2017. His OES experience between 1982-2017 included a wide range of emergencies and disasters such as floods, earthquake recovery, mass-casualty incidents, train derailments, hazardous materials releases, droughts, extreme heat and cold events. His education includes Associate and Bachelor degrees in Social Science, concentrating in Administration of Justice, and, a Master’s Degree in Public Administration. He has also completed many continued-education courses on administration and emergency management.
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