Eric Taylor - Sheriff/Coroner

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Eric Taylor is the Sheriff-Coroner of San Benito County.  He was most recently assigned as a Captain and Commander of the Operations Division. 

He has previously overseen our Administrative Division as well.  In addition, he is a founding member of the Family Impact Center with First 5 San Benito, a founding member of the Opioid Task Force in San Benito County, a Hollister Rotarian, a Director for the San Benito Saddle Horse Show & Rodeo, a member of LULAC and the LULAC Farm Worker Task Force and the Co-Chair of the Child Abuse Prevention Council.

Sheriff Taylor draws on his experience from the Watsonville Police Department where he was a Patrol Officer, Corporal, Gang Detective, Task Force Member, Patrol Sergeant and Detective Sergeant. 

Tom Keylon - Undersheriff

Undersheriff Tom Keylon second in command to the Sheriff and oversees the Commanders.  He was born in Modesto, California and raised in the state of Oklahoma. After returning to California as a young adult, he attended the police academy in 1989 and started with the San Benito County Sheriff’s Office in 1990 as a deputy sheriff. He left the Sheriff’s Office from 1992 to 2004 to work for the Hollister Police Department. While there, his assignments included patrol officer, motor officer, field training officer (FTO), SWAT officer, and detective. Shortly after transferring back to the Sheriff’s Office in late 2004, he was promoted to Sergeant where he was assigned to oversee the Investigations Bureau, supervise a patrol team and later, run the Court Security Division.  As he continued in the Sheriff’s Office and aspired to promote into management, he decided to further his education where he graduated with an Associate’s degree in Liberal Arts from Gavilan College and has his Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from San Jose State University. Undersheriff Keylon has had extensive training within the law enforcement community, honing his skills in leadership and organization. While a sergeant, he earned a certificate in the 8-month intensive Sherman Block Supervisory Leadership Institute course that is offered to the rank of sergeants and above across the state of California. He holds many certificates through Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST). 

Tom Keylon has served the communities of Hollister and San Benito County for over 30 years and is continuously working towards positive relations with the community and partner agencies. 

During his off-time, he enjoys spending time with his wife and family and their dogs Allie Mae and Willie. Undersheriff Keylon is dedicated to this office and the community that he serves. 

Silvestre Yerena - Captain

Captain Yerena is the commander of our Operations Bureau. He oversees the Operations Lieutenant, Detective Bureau, CASPR Task Force, Special Intelligence Unit (SIU) and will be overseeing all of our community engagement and outreach along with acting as our liaison to Human Resources.

He was born in Santo Tomas Guanajuato, Mexico.  Commander Yerena was hired as a Correctional Officer for our county in 2006 and received his US citizenship in 2007. He left to work in the Santa Cruz County Jail from 2012-2014. He returned to our community to serve with the Hollister Police Department from 2014-2018.  

In 2018, he returned to our office as a sworn Deputy Sheriff. He was promoted to Sergeant in 2020 to Lieutenant in 2021, and is now a Captain. He is proving to be a huge key to our community partnerships. He has already been serving on the Board of Directors at the YMCA on his own time since last year.

Tom Corral - Captain

Captain Tomas Corral is the Commander of our Correcti0ns Bureau. He oversees all jail/corrections functions for our office as well as Court Security, Jail Transportation and Professional Standards and the Correction Lieutenant.

Commander Corral was a police officer at the Hollister Police Department, and a Police Officer and Police Corporal at the Watsonville Police Department, prior to becoming an investigator for the Santa Cruz County District Attorneys Office. While there, Commander Corral was assigned to an auto theft task force called SCARE and was involved in complex investigations of trans-national criminal organizations and gangs.

His father was one of the last police officers in the San Juan Bautista Police Department. Commander Corral was initially hired as a Lieutenant and has recently been promoted to Captain.

He is a Hollister native and former Haybaler.

Breyon Canez -Lieutenant

Bio Coming Soon  

Matt Presser -Lieutenant

Bio Coming Soon