BENTONVILLE — From fashion to function, Kelley Cradduck wants things to look, feel and be different at the Benton County Sheriff’s Office.

His first week as sheriff is one of change. Some little, some big.

New uniforms are being designed and deputies no longer have to wear hats. Cradduck wants deputies focused on jobs, not whether they will get in trouble for not wearing a hat.

“I will do my best to end some of the nonsensical traditions,” Cradduck said Friday. “There’s a lot of little things like that which will stop.”

Cradduck plans to move the Sheriff’s Office to 12-hour shifts, so he wants uniforms that fit the deputies’ needs.

“Deputies need uniforms that are comfortable because their day could include climbing fences, fighting, directing traffic and interviewing people,” Cradduck said.

Facial hair is another fashion Cradduck addressed this week. Deputies can wear goatees as long as they are kept neat and trimmed. Deputies who wear goatees must donate $5 a month to do so. The money raised will be given to a charity. Full beards aren’t allowed.

Function also got a facelift this week as Cradduck settled on his command staff.

Major Shawn Holloway, who left the Rogers Police Department to be part of Cradduck’s administration, will oversee the patrol division, the criminal investigation division and the special operations unit. Major Robert Holly will oversee administration and the county jail.

Cradduck will have five captains — Jeremy Felton in administration; Chris Sparks in the criminal investigation division; Nathan Atchison in the patrol division; Brandon Rogers in special operations and Jeremy Guyll as jail captain.

“I have people with tons of experience, and that’s one reason why I’m comfortable with them,” Cradduck said.

Cradduck will not have a chief deputy in his administration.

Cradduck brought Holly back into the Sheriff’s Office after Holly was fired by former Sheriff Keith Ferguson in November 2011 for an off-duty incident. Holly, then the jail captain, went to Shane Huber’s house looking for his 19-year-old stepdaughter. Holly told Huber he was conducting a welfare check and refused to leave when asked, according to the investigative report.

Cradduck said he was comfortable with Holly in his administration.

“He has vast experience at this department and has been accomplished in every assignment,” Cradduck said. “He has the same leadership philosophy as I do.”

Holly said Cradduck called him before the election for sheriff to talk with him about jail operations. Cradduck called Holly again after the election and asked him to be part of his administration.

“I was humbled and truly had to think about whether to return,” Holly said.

Holly, who was working for Tyson Foods, said he returned because the Sheriff’s Office feels like home to him. He also said he wishes he had handled the issue that got him fired in 2011 differently.

“I am a father who was worried about his daughter,” Holly said Friday as he sat in his office — Ferguson’s old one. “I was truly scared for her at the time.”

Cradduck also plans to create a cyber-crime unit headed by Sgt. Dennis Schumacher. The unit, with two detectives and an analyst, will investigate crimes involving computers, cellphones and other electronic devices, Cradduck said.

“I’m excited to see where this unit takes us,” Cradduck said. “As recent events showed us, protecting children is probably our most important duty.”

Cradduck also will start a gang task force led by Andy Lee, who last worked for the Bentonville Police Department.

A mobile application for the Sheriff’s Office also is set to go live in the coming months.

“It’s about the efficiency of providing information,” Cradduck said. “People want and need information. Getting it to them is truly serving the public.”