When he decided to get involved in law enforcement, Curry’s desires were simple. His work with it began in 1984 as a part-time volunteer after he became an emergency medical technician in 1982. He started working at the Sheriff’s Office when he was 20 as a patrol deputy and then became a corporal. His mother, daughter and two grandchildren still live in the area.Ĭurry attended Montana State University-Northern and Montana State University, where he majored in criminal justice. The Curry family remained in the Flathead Valley.
“My mom had her fill of moving around at that point, so we stayed.” “Back then, there was an Air Force base in Lakeside, and he helped build the one on Blacktail Mountain,” Curry said. His father was a civil service employee and the family moved around quite a bit as his dad helped build radar installations across the country. His father, now deceased, was a Posse member and Curry said he knew a lot of the people in it and looked up to those who worked with the Sheriff’s Office. He joined the Sheriff’s Posse when he was 18. The bottom line is this is not a black and white job and a lot of what we do occurs in gray areas.”Ĭurry, who was born in Havre in 1959, graduated from Flathead High School in 1977. “Jim had great common sense and I believe that’s the most important part of this job. “Jim was a great guy we were good friends and I respected him a lot and I learned a lot,” Curry said. Dupont was the longest-tenured sheriff in Flathead County, serving 16 years from 1991 to 2007.
Then, he had reached the position of undersheriff, working for the legendary Jim Dupont for 15 years. Curry is retiring from the department after leading it since 2011.Ĭurry first retired from the force in 2006 after 26 years. (David Reese/Bigfork Eagle file)įlathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry will work his last day as the county’s top lawman on Monday, Dec. Curry was training with Flathead County Search and Rescue in the recovery of a body of a missing man. Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry hangs below a helicopter March 13, 2014, over the Flathead River near Bigfork.
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