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Submitted Biography
Allen Medina has dedicated his life to public service as a U.S. Army and Army Reserves Veteran (1985–1993) and a 30-year law enforcement professional. He served 28 years with the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office, spending 25 of those years as a Sergeant leading teams in Detention, Patrol, Investigations, and Civil Fugitive divisions. He currently serves as an Adult Community Parole Officer for the Colorado Department of Corrections. As Sheriff, Allen’s vision centers on transparency, equity, and modernizing agency training to tackle mental health and substance abuse issues. Targeted plans include restoring a dedicated Traffic Division, implementing permanent sector patrol assignments to build community trust, reviving localized gang units.
Campaign Phone
719-248-3858
My top priorities for the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office are restoring transparency, ensuring community equity, and modernizing agency training to address mental health and substance abuse crisis points.
In my first 100 days, I will launch a structured transition plan across all divisions:
Days 1–30:
Stabilization & Evaluation. I will immediately audit Detention Bureau operations to eliminate unsafe practices, enforce strict security protocols regarding gang management, and restore staff morale by ensuring all personnel feel valued. Simultaneously, I will sit down with IBPO Local 837 to rebuild a positive, collaborative labor relationship.
Days 31–60:
Strategic Realignments. I will establish permanent sector patrol assignments so deputies can build direct, trusted relationships with residents and local businesses. I will also initiate discussions with the Pueblo Police Department and federal partners to realign our drug and gang units, shifting our focus back to the immediate needs of Pueblo County.
Days 61–100:
Community Partnerships. In coordination with local judges, the DA, and the Public Defender’s office, we will begin the framework to restore the inmate work release program. Finally, I will expand partnerships with mental health professionals to develop a co-responder framework, ensuring our deputies have immediate, expert support on critical calls.
As Sheriff, my foundational duty is to uphold the Constitution and ensure that state laws are enforced fairly, consistently, and equitably across all communities in Pueblo County. Law enforcement must never be selective; it must be rooted in public safety, accountability, and the protection of victims' rights.
To effectively enforce state laws, we must optimize our resources to address our community's most pressing challenges:
Traffic Safety:
I will establish a dedicated Traffic Division to actively enforce state laws regarding speeding, aggressive driving, and DUI offenses to keep our roadways safe.
Gangs and Narcotics:
We will aggressively target illegal drug distribution and gang activity by reviving a localized Gang Unit and collaborating directly with regional and federal partners to keep the focus of these investigations right here in Pueblo County.
Collaboration and Support:
Effective enforcement relies entirely on the deputies doing the work. I am fully committed to supporting our staff's labor representation, ensuring our personnel have the training, equipment, and legal backing necessary to perform their duties safely and professionally.
By enforcing the law with transparency and equity, we will protect our citizens while rebuilding vital community trust.
To effectively reduce subsistence crimes, law enforcement must
combine strict accountability with proactive, root-cause solutions. We cannot simply arrest our way out of these challenges.
I will support and implement the following law enforcement-based initiatives:
Co-Responder Framework:
I will establish strong partnerships with mental health and substance abuse professionals to accompany deputies on critical, non-violent calls. Getting individuals immediate crisis intervention addresses the underlying issues of trespassing and drug possession far more effectively than standard jail bookings alone.
Reinvigorated Work Release:
In close collaboration with local judges, the District Attorney, and the Public Defender’s Office, I will bring back the inmate work release program. This provides individuals who have made mistakes with a structured path to pay their debt to society, contribute positively, and legally provide for their families, directly reducing the economic desperation that drives retail theft.
Permanent Sector Patrols:
By placing deputies in permanent geographic assignments, our staff will build direct relationships with local business owners and residents. This proactive visibility deters shoplifting and trespassing before they occur and allows for rapid, collaborative problem-solving.
By balancing targeted enforcement with smart, rehabilitative programs, we can lower crime rates, reduce the burden on our taxpayers, and build a safer Pueblo County.
