BEND, OR -- A candidate for Deschutes County Sheriff is apologizing for confusion caused by his work decades ago in California. Sgt. Kent Vander Kamp says he only recently learned he was dismissed from the La Mesa Police Department in 1997.

He has said that position was as an unpaid volunteer and that he left the job to complete college. But Vander Kamp now says he has seen records from La Mesa that show he was dismissed with cause after failing to report some activity in a logbook and using speed radar equipment without proper certification.

Vander Kamp contends he was never notified of the dismissal, but admits to the mistakes and calls them embarrassing.

Click HERE to read his full statement.