Carolyn Bunny Welsh

Carolyn "Bunny" Welsh of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania is the disgraced former Sheriff of Chester County, Pennsylvania. She held the position from 2000 to 2020. Welsh is a member of the Republican Party and on Tuesday November 24, 2020 was arraigned on theft and diversion of services charges along with McKinney, her boyfirend, who served under her as a lieutenant during her 20-year tenure. https://www.inquirer.com/news/carolyn-welsh-chester-county-k9-unit-harry-mckinney-sheriff-20201124.html Welsh is accused of stealing $67,000 through illegal diversions of funds to her boyfriend. https://whyy.org/articles/chesco-sheriff-paid-boyfriend-67k-in-unmerited-overtime-controller-alleges/ Welsh pled no contest to the theft charges. https://www.inquirer.com/news/carolyn-bunny-welsh-k9-overtime-theft-plea-20210323.html
Early life.
Welsh attended Wesley College, and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She is a former president of the Rotary Club Concordville-Chadds Ford and is a member of the Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry.
Law Enforcement Career.
Welsh is the first woman to be elected Sheriff of Chester County. She is also the first woman to be elected president of a class at the National Sheriffs Institute at the Department of Corrections in Longmont, Colorado.