Terre Haute, In. – Vigo County Sheriff Derk Fell has named Lt. Jim Palmer to fill his position as Vigo County Sheriff Department Chief of Operations effective immediately. Palmer has been a member of the department since 1999.  He has served in K-9 Division, Criminal Investigations, The Vigo County Drug Task Force, the Vigo County Criminal Activity Task Force, and was assigned to the Drug Enforcement Administration as a task force officer.  He also was the Assistant Reserve Coordinator, Assistant Commander of the Vigo County Criminal Activity Team, a supervisor with the Vigo County Drug Task Force, wage committee chairman, a team leader on the Vigo County Drone Team, and recently joined the Honor Gaurd Team and served as Leuiteneant of Criminal Investigations. He has also been a member of the Vigo County Emergency Response Team.