SANTA ANA – New Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens has chosen a pair of Los Angeles law enforcement veterans to lead her command staff.

Hutchens also retained Jack Anderson, who served as interim sheriff when Mike Carona retired in January to fight charges after being accused of pocketing nearly $700,000 in bribes and kickbacks. Anderson will serve as assistant sheriff in charge of administration.

Hutchens announced Wednesday that her second in command will be John Scott, a retired former division chief with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department who ran the jails there. Hutchens worked with Scott before she retired from that department.

She also named as one of four assistant sheriffs Mike Hillman, a 41-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department who most recently served as deputy chief.