Randall Tryzbiak (Republican)

2712 Commercial Way
Rock Springs, Wyoming 82901
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Randall Tryzbiak is a near 20 year resident of Rock Springs, where he has worked the oilfields, run businesses, and raised his family. Before coming to Wyoming, he served as a private military contractor in Iraq and Kuwait, conducting convoy escort and Department of Defense personnel security. He has worked in corporate security, K9 handling, and emergency medicine, and has owned and operated businesses in Sweetwater County for over a decade. He is running for sheriff to bring independent leadership to a department full of professionals. Coming in from outside means no debts to anyone inside the building and no institutional habits to protect. His job is to back his deputies and run the office for the people of Sweetwater County.

Private military contractor, Iraq/Kuwait, 2005. Multi-state classified corporate surveillance (dates confidential). Certifications for Military-grade K9 handler, 1999-2003 and EMT, 2006. Executive protection and personnel security, 2003–2004. Halliburton, 2010–2012. Frac/pump operator, G&J Hot Oiling, 2011–2014. Operations Manager, Thomas Tools (5 states), Rock Springs, 2012–2014. Owner/operator, Bareback Saloon; Rock Springs, 2012–2019. Owner, Randall’s Holistics, Rock Springs, 2017–present.

EMT certification, Melbourne, FL. Advanced tactical firearms training, Blackwater USA Training Center, Moyock, NC (instruction by Delta Force and DOE operators). K9 handler certification (narcotics detection, personal protection, and search and rescue). Class A CDL with tanker endorsement, Wyoming. Personnel Security Detail (PSD) training, private company.

Twenty year Rock Springs resident; local employer for fourteen years. Contributed to community fundraisers and supported neighbors facing health and personal crises. Participated in local civic life throughout Sweetwater County. Republican voter. No formal organizational memberships: involvement has been personal and direct.

I moved to Rock Springs almost twenty years ago. I have lived here continuously for sixteen of them. This is home. My son grew up here. My businesses are here. My neighbors are here. I am running because the people in this county deserve more from the Sheriff’s Office than they are getting. Not more spending, not more programs. More accountability. That kind of accountability is hard to find when the job goes to someone who already works there and already owes people inside the building. The department has real problems that have to be dealt with in the next term. The behavioral health crisis is documented and it is not going away. Budget pressure from declining energy revenues is real. Programs the department depends on are running on outside funding that will not last. None of that gets better on its own. I am not a career law enforcement officer. That is not a liability. It is exactly what this office needs right now. It means a sheriff who walks in without obligations to anyone inside the department and without past decisions to defend. The deputies in this office are professionals. They deserve a leader who backs them up and runs the department without getting tangled in internal politics. I will walk in with no debts inside that building. My obligation is to the people of Sweetwater County and to the men and women who do this work.

1. Behavioral Health Response. Sweetwater County has Wyoming’s highest overdose death rate and a suicide rate more than double the national average. Fewer than two psychiatric physicians serve 47,000 residents. The department has a co-responder program called Virtual Crisis Care that connects people in crisis to a behavioral health professional by tablet, on scene, within minutes, followed by a local referral within 24 to 48 hours. That program is funded by a private trust grant that expires during the next sheriff’s first term. A new funding source has to be identified and in place before the current one runs out. If that work is already underway, the next sheriff's first job is to make sure it lands. 2. Budget and Revenue Management. The Sheriff’s Office is the largest budget item in county government. How it is managed affects county finances and frontline staffing levels directly. Patrol and detention staffing come first and have to be protected. Federal opioid settlement funds have been designated for addiction and recovery programs in this county and are available to this department right now. Those funds should be put to use. 3. Equal Enforcement. Every person in this county gets the same response from this department regardless of who they are, who they know, or what brought them into contact with it. The Bill of Rights applies to everyone equally. This is not a policy preference. It is a legal requirement. The sheriff works for the public, and the public is entitled