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Believes protecting children from sexual predators, human trafficking, school violence, and child abuse should be "Priority One."

Holds protecting children from sexual predators, human trafficking, school violence, and child abuse as his top priority, saying they are "society's more vulnerable."

Plans to establish regional centers to support victims of sexual abuse by pooling county resources.

Wants to pool resources to establish regional centers to assist sexual abuse victims. 

Believes the MCSO is "dangerously understaffed" and plans to boost morale and secure additional funding for personnel.

Wants to rebuild the MSCO Department, saying the county sheriff's office is "dangerously understaffed", with "morale...at an all-time low."

Wants to reinstate the Sheriff’s Posse, saying they are "just as much a part of the Sheriff’s Office as the Sheriff himself...[and] saved taxpayers millions of dollars every year by donating countless hours..."

- Holds protecting children from sexual predators, human trafficking, school violence, and child abuse as his top priority, saying they are "society's more vulnerable."
- Wants to pool resources to establish regional centers to assist sexual abuse victims. 
- Wants to rebuild the MSCO Department, saying the county sheriff's office is "dangerously understaffed", with "morale...at an all-time low."
- Wants to reinstate the Sheriff’s Posse, saying they are "just as much a part of the Sheriff’s Office as the Sheriff himself...[and] saved taxpayers millions of dollars every year by donating countless hours..."

Public Safety

Supports reintroducing training for deputies to identify and divert mentally ill individuals to mental health facilities, ensuring proper care in jail.

Plans to reintroduce training for field deputies and detention intake staff to identify and relocate individuals suffering from mental illness to mental health facilities if possible, and provide adequate care at jails if not. 

Believes Tent City should be part of inmate housing for its cost-effectiveness and deterrent effect. Plans to reinstate "Tent City" as a high priority.

Wants to reinstate Tent City, saying it "needs to be part of the overall inmate housing solution...it was an effective deterrent for many first-time offenders."

Believes jail conditions should be "humane, clean, and safe" but opposes inmates living better than those outside.

Believes jail conditions should be "humane, clean, and safe", but asserts inmates "should not live a better life than those do on the outside."

- Plans to reintroduce training for field deputies and detention intake staff to identify and relocate individuals suffering from mental illness to mental health facilities if possible, and provide adequate care at jails if not. 
- Wants to reinstate Tent City, saying it "needs to be part of the overall inmate housing solution...it was an effective deterrent for many first-time offenders."
- Believes jail conditions should be "humane, clean, and safe", but asserts inmates "should not live a better life than those do on the outside."

Jail Management

Supports making animal cruelty crimes a priority with a dedicated team of trained detectives to arrest and prosecute offenders.

Wants to address animal cruelty crimes and install a team of trained detectives to help catch offenders. 

Plans to reinstate the drug interdiction team to combat unchecked drug influx in southern Maricopa County. Said, "Reinstating this drug smuggling unit will be one of my top priorities."

Plans to reinstate the drug interdiction team in southern Maricopa County, saying since it was disbanded in 2017 "the influx of dangerous drugs like heroin and fentanyl has...gone unchecked in the Vekol Valley..."

- Wants to address animal cruelty crimes and install a team of trained detectives to help catch offenders. 
- Plans to reinstate the drug interdiction team in southern Maricopa County, saying since it was disbanded in 2017 "the influx of dangerous drugs like heroin and fentanyl has...gone unchecked in the Vekol Valley..."

Criminal Justice

Endorsed by the Arizona (AZ) Police Association (APA),  former Graham County Sheriff Richard Mack, former state legislator and AZ  Corporation Commissioner Justin Olson, former Fountain Hills Mayor Linda Kavanaugh, and former Goodyear Councilwoman, Vicki Gills.

Endorsed by former director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Tom Homan, former AZ Attorney General Bob Corbin, congresswomen Debbie Lesko, state representatives Joseph Chaplik, Barbara Parker, and Jacqueline Parker, and state senator John Kavanagh.

- Endorsed by the Arizona (AZ) Police Association (APA),  former Graham County Sheriff Richard Mack, former state legislator and AZ  Corporation Commissioner Justin Olson, former Fountain Hills Mayor Linda Kavanaugh, and former Goodyear Councilwoman, Vicki Gills.
- Endorsed by former director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Tom Homan, former AZ Attorney General Bob Corbin, congresswomen Debbie Lesko, state representatives Joseph Chaplik, Barbara Parker, and Jacqueline Parker, and state senator John Kavanagh.

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Plans to use crime analytics to target fentanyl dealers, gun traffickers, and other crimes, and to institute a task force reporting directly to the Sheriff.

Believes the Melendres Court Orders were necessary to stop abuse of power but now supports ending federal oversight of MCSO. Said, "it's time for MCSO to graduate from the court’s oversight."

Believes the Melendres Court Orders were necessary to stop abuse of power but now supports ending federal oversight of MCSO.

Plans to fill law enforcement vacancies with competent professionals through hiring incentives, community partnerships, and job share programs for retired officers.

Plans to fill law enforcement vacancies through hiring incentives, community partnerships, and job share programs for retired officers.

Plans to launch an online Public Safety Resource Website to provide training materials on first aid, car seat installation, crime trends, and community resources to help people protect themselves and their loved ones.

Plans to launch an online Public Safety Resource Website to provide training materials on first aid, car seat installation, crime trends, and community resources.

Believes in proactive, effective, and compassionate law enforcement through community-centric policing and innovative gang intervention strategies.

Plans to form a cross-agency task force to enhance public safety through real-time information sharing and collaboration.

- Plans to use crime analytics to target fentanyl dealers, gun traffickers, and other crimes, and to institute a task force reporting directly to the Sheriff.
- Believes the Melendres Court Orders were necessary to stop abuse of power but now supports ending federal oversight of MCSO.
- Plans to fill law enforcement vacancies through hiring incentives, community partnerships, and job share programs for retired officers.
- Plans to launch an online Public Safety Resource Website to provide training materials on first aid, car seat installation, crime trends, and community resources.
- Believes in proactive, effective, and compassionate law enforcement through community-centric policing and innovative gang intervention strategies.
- Plans to form a cross-agency task force to enhance public safety through real-time information sharing and collaboration.

Believes in complying with regulations to end federal court oversight of jails. Supports improving jail management and conditions through adherence to oversight requirements.

- Believes in complying with regulations to end federal court oversight of jails. Supports improving jail management and conditions through adherence to oversight requirements.

Believes in a holistic approach to criminal justice reform, focusing on restorative justice and reducing recidivism. Plans to expand programs like Mosaic and partnerships with organizations for education and vocational training to support inmate rehabilitation.

Supports methods of restorative justice and reducing recidivism. Plans to expand programs like Mosaic and partnerships with organizations for education and vocational training to support inmate rehabilitation.

Believes in "doing justice" through restorative and collectively responsible approaches. Supports criminal justice reform, fair sentencing, and reducing recidivism.

Supports criminal justice reform and fair sentencing.

- Supports methods of restorative justice and reducing recidivism. Plans to expand programs like Mosaic and partnerships with organizations for education and vocational training to support inmate rehabilitation.
- Supports criminal justice reform and fair sentencing.

Endorsed by the Maricopa Area Labor Federation of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.

- Endorsed by the Maricopa Area Labor Federation of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.

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- The county sheriff is the primary law enforcement officer in the county and has the power to enforce the law in all unincorporated areas of the county. 
- The sheriff's duties include overseeing the county jail and the care of prisoners, serving warrants and court orders, collecting delinquent taxes, and conducting search and rescue operations.
- The sheriff is elected in a countywide partisan election for a four-year term.