The full-length video, which was played at the Thursday event, was tongue-in-cheek, depicting Bredefeld as less like the Ethan Hunt character played by Tom Cruise and more like Michael Scott, the bumbling boss that Steve Carell plays in \u201cThe Office.\u201d Carell\u2019s character is a buffoon whose bravado and undeserved confidence is often overshadowed by his failures.<\/p>\n
The county video echoed just about any episode of \u201cThe Office\u201d with county employees \u2014 Sheriff John Zanoni, Communications Director Sonja Dosti, board clerk Bernice Seidel and others \u2014 either rolling their eyes or cringing at Bredefeld pitching the ideas to jump from a helicopter or pop out of a turret with a SWAT-issued rifle.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope you enjoyed the video that opened the program and highlights just some of the tremendous work of our Sheriff\u2019s Office and firefighters throughout Fresno County, and that they are truly covering 6,000 square miles,\u201d Bredefeld said after the video introduced him. \u201cWhether it\u2019s waterways, or it\u2019s the mountains, or it\u2019s doing patrol, or it\u2019s dive team, they do everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said before the event he wanted the video to draw attention and be funny.<\/p>\n
The speech that went along with the theme Building a Stronger, Safer Fresno County<\/a> touted law enforcement in the county, including the Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office as well as Fresno County firefighters and teams that rescue animals during emergencies and prosecutors.<\/p>\n A video package that played at the event also praised the first fentanyl homicide conviction in Fresno County<\/a> of a 24-year-old woman who sold fentanyl to a 41-year-old woman who died after using it. The case was described as groundbreaking by Fresno County District Attorney Lisa Smittcamp.<\/p>\n Bredefeld also pushed county efforts this year around copper theft, dog breeders<\/a> and an ordinance around halfway houses that include sex offenders. The latter case has drawn a lawsuit<\/a> in Fresno County.<\/p>\n Other video packages highlighted Naomi Tobias, the CEO of the Central California Animal Disaster Team; Andre Benson, a Fresno police officer; Haifaa Abdulhaq, the director of cellular therapy at Community Health System; and Mona Ahmed, the executive director of Fresno Furry Friends.<\/p>\n Chamber President Scott Miller said the event was sold out and had particularly high interest this year, pointing to the video that went viral and drew criticism.<\/p>\n \u201cSupervisor Bredefeld is never boring and, in fact, I\u2019m pretty sure there\u2019s never been so much attention on the chamber event in 140 years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Fresno County Board Chair Garry Bredefeld points what appears to be a semi-automatic firearm in a promotion video for the State of the County event hosted with the Fresno Chamber of Commerce. Screenshot County of Fresno
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Fresno County Board of Supervisor for District 2 Garry Bredefeld speaks at a press conference Friday, Feb. 14, 2025 in Fresno. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA Fresno Bee file
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