Over their four-year term, a county sheriff is responsible for:Serving as county tax collector in counties where a separate position doesn't exist.Executing court summons, enforcing judgments, orders, injunctions, garnishments, serving evictions, and making arrests on warrants issued by the courts.Preserving the peace, preventing/detecting/investigating criminal activity, control of crowds at public events, control of traffic at accidents, protecting property during emergencies. Custody of the county jail and the people incarcerated within it. This includes providing food and health care to people in jail as they wait for bond or the outcome of their court case. (Note: not every county has a jail, but the sheriff's department still would be responsible for transporting people to the jail they use and to/from court).Record keeping related to law enforcement and people in jail.https://www.uaex.uada.edu/business-communities/ced-blog/posts/2022/may/what-is-a-county-sheriff.a
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Republican Primary for Saline County Sheriff
The duty of the Saline County Sheriff is to protect life, enforce the law fairly, and serve the people with integrity. The sheriff should be a leader of public safety, guiding a professional sheriff’s office, and ensuring deputies are properly trained, equipped and supported in their difficult job. Most importantly, the sheriff answers to the people and must earn their trust through transparent leadership.
I have worked at the local, state and federal level as an officer, investigator and police chief. I have experience in a broad range of law enforcement roles and have led agencies though difficult, complex situations with success. My military background and leadership as a senior NCO with 23 years of experience has taught me how important the role of a leader is in an agency.
Deputies deserve decisive leadership that teaches and mentors in each step of their career. On day one, I will shorten the chain of command, provide much needed deputies on the street to provide a safer working environment for the deputies and increase public safety for the residents of Saline County. Those deputies will be trained and equipped to safely deal with emergencies and calls for service while holding themselves and their supervisors accountable to a standard of professionalism.
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Saline County Sheriff
The duties of Saline County Sheriff are to protect and serve all of the citizens of Saline County through providing law enforcement, operations of the jail, providing security for our courts, and keeping peace in this county.
I have 34+ years of law-enforcement experience, including patrol, Chief of patrol, criminal investigations, Special Agent with the Attorney General‘s office, firearms instructor, arson, investigator, crimes against children, swat, and Sergeant on Patrol. I am the current police chief at Bauxite Marshall service. I feel that I can relate to people and I can listen to people. I feel that I can bridge the gap between the community and the law-enforcement officers, as well as the other agencies across this state and beyond. I have the passion to serve this county because I love this county and I want this county to move in a positive direction.
The first thing I plan to do when I enter office will be to have meetings with the personnel that are there now to listen to the needs and concerns and take action on what can be done immediately to improve operations within the department. I will then begin taking action on the concerns that have been expressed throughout this campaign.
