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Everyone and welcome.

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My name is Erin Hunt.

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I'm the executive director

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of the Colorado River Valley Chamber of Commerce.

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Thank you all for joining us tonight

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for the Garfield County Sheriff's Forum.

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We're grateful to see such a strong community interest in

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learning about the candidates

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and the future of public safety in Garfield County.

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On behalf of the chamber, I'd like

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to thank both the candidates, Brent Baker

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and Dan Loya for being with us this evening

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and for their willingness to participate in this very

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important community conversation.

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Thank you both. I'd also like to extend a special thank you

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to our partners who helped make tonight possible thank you

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to the Youth Theater for hosting us in this wonderful venue

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To Ron Milhorn of KMTS for serving

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as our moderator this evening

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and to Recinos language services

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for providing translation services

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and helping ensure tonight's forum is accessible

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to more members of our community.

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If you need those, you can find

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that at the front table over here.

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We appreciate everyone taking the time to be here,

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to be informed and to be a part of the conversation.

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At this time, I'd like to turn things over

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to our moderator, Ron.

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Thank you all and enjoy the forum.

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Thank you Aaron. Well, good evening everyone.

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Welcome to tonight's forum.

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It is indeed intended to be a forum, a discussion

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between the Republican candidates vying

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to be the next sheriff in Garfield County.

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Many of us weren't sure when there would be a new sheriff in

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town because Lou Valerio proudly

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and with distinctions served

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as the top cop in the county for 23 years.

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Lou, you've certainly earned your retirement

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and we thank you

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Now about tonight's form.

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It is about sharing ideas, identifying issues,

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and considering solutions as they relate

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to law enforcement in Garfield County.

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Unlike a debate, there are no winners declared in a form

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that is something to be determined

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by each individual citizen when

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they exercise their right to vote.

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Before we begin, I must address the elephant in the room.

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While primaries are generally uneventful, I think we can

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and all all agree that the campaign trail leading up

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to this particular primary election has taken some strange

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and unexpected turns.

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It has drawn a great deal of attention

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and some very strong opinions expressed

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through various mediums.

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It has been unusual

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and to some degree unprecedented out of respect

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for the political process and most importantly,

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for the candidates and the voters both in attendance

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and to those listening and watching tonight's forum,

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I must demand that everyone be on their best behavior.

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Applause is fine, but cheering, jeering

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and rude comments will be frowned upon

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and if it gets out of hand,

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you may be asked to leave the theater.

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Each candidate has been informed of the topics

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to be discussed, but not the questions.

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If there's time, we might take a few questions.

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Well, we, we will have a few questions

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that have been submitted by members of the public

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and that's it.

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I'm off my soapbox. Let's

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begin now.

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Our rules of the game, if you will.

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Sorry, that's my sports background.

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Each candidate will receive two minutes

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to present an opening statement.

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Our questions candidates will receive two minutes

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to answer several questions.

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There will not be time to go back and forth.

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If you'd like to comment on the other candidate's answer,

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you'll be using your time to comment

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and still answer the question.

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Is that clear? Yes.

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Alright, and then we'll have a two minute closing

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statement as well.

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We begin with an opening two minute opening statement

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and we start with Brent Baker.

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Good evening. Make sure my mic works. It does. Okay, good.

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I'm Brent Baker and I'm not just running

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for Garfield County Sheriff.

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I'm stepping up to lead for 45 years. This has been my home.

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I was born in parachute, raised in our emergency services

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and stood on the front lines as a volunteer, EMT

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and firefighter right here in this community.

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I've served you in the Garfield County Sheriff's Office

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for the last 24 years.

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Let's remember why we're here today.

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This is a Republican primary

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and the focus should be on conservative values,

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constitutional rights, and the future of Garfield County.

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The question before us is not what's

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or leaders from neighboring counties?

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Want. The question is what the people

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of Garfield County want, who they want as their sheriff.

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The selection should be decided by the conservative voters

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of Garfield County and by

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who they believe will best protect their constitutional

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rights and who will uphold the law

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and serve the community with integrity.

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At the end of the day, the most

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important question is simple.

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Who do the conservatives of Garfield

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County want as their sheriff?

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You ask me what separates me from the other candidate.

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The answer is dedication. Rooted in blood and sweat.

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He may have decades law enforcement,

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but my 24 years have been spent serving Garfield County

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and only Garfield County.

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He worked for a neighboring county.

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I have blood for this community.

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I wear the scars of serving you every single day.

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He cannot say the same.

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Integrity and character, these are just not words to me.

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They're my bedrock. While we hear the attacks aimed at

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current Sheriff Valerio whose endorsement I accept,

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but let me be clear, I'm not him.

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You'll find no honest facts to asail my integrity

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and trust me, people have tried.

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I stand ready to serve with honor

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to implement the vital changes this sheriff's office

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desperately needs and

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to ensure we better serve you the

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dedicated citizens of Garfield County.

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My dedication runs deeper than a badgeing uniform.

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It's wove woven into the fabric of this community.

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For two years, I fought

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for our children on the Garfield County School

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District 16 Board of Education.

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For years I dedicated myself

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to Colorado River Valley Little League board

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and I still volunteer an umpire there.

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I've invested in the future of our youth.

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I serve on the agricultural board

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for the Grand Valley Future Farmers

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of America Advisory Board,

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supporting our agricultural future.

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Let the other candidates in neighboring

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county appreciate his service.

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I have served and I will continue

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to serve you the citizens of Garfield County.

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Two minutes.

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Good evening. I'm Dan Loya.

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I'd like to first to start off by thanking my family.

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My wife, as Mr.

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Hor said, this primary has been very unprecedented.

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It's been a long hard road

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and we're gonna, we're at the tail end

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and I'm here to serve Garfield County.

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This is my home. I've been here 45 years.

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I've raised my family here. My dad was a coal miner here.

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My kids graduated from Rifle High School.

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I graduated from Glenwood Springs High School.

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My wife works in the medical field here.

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We own a nice multiple properties in Garfield County.

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I've given my blood, sweat and tears as well.

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My family owned businesses here.

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I'm ready to serve Garfield County.

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I have 30 years in law enforcement.

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Most of those years have been in major crimes,

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protecting children, defending them.

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Narcotics investigations.

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Last six years in executive leadership,

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running an entire organization overseeing a multimillion

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dollar budget, writing policies, implementing policies,

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hiring command level positions.

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I'm also very unique that I'm able

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to serve everybody in Garfield County regardless of

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who you are, I'm bilingual, I'm bicultural.

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Regardless of where you stand on the immigration issue,

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over 35% at Garfield County is Latino.

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They're business owners, they're taxpayers

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and I'm here to represent them as well.

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That is unique and that's the first time in history

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that we have a candidate that can serve both

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citizens of Garfield County.

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Along with everybody else, I want to be the sheriff

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of all the people and serve everybody regardless

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of your race, creed, sexual preference and everybody,

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and protect your constitutional rights,

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which every law enforcement officer should swear to do.

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and again, we will alternate throughout these questions.

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Public safety and community priorities.

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What do you believe is the biggest public safety challenge

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facing Garfield County right now

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and how would you address that as sheriff?

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Thanks Ron. That's a great question.

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In my opinion, the biggest priority right now

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is the drug issue.

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As you guys saw just recently, Eagle County,

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we seized over 500 Fentanyl pills that came

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through Garfield County in the nineties.

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We had the crack issue. Now we have the fentanyl issue.

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That can be devastating.

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That's the root of all evil that goes to car break-ins,

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issues at home, construction sites being broken into.

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We gotta get our handle on that.

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I've created a team in in Eagle County

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that's been nationally recognized for that.

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It's a lot of work created by highly motivated individuals.

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We work closely with everybody in the state.

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I think that's a big focus

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that we need here in Garfield County.

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I would get constant compliments of the things that we see

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and the loads that we see.

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30 years ago we used to get small amounts,

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maybe half a pound if we're lucky.

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that are coming through the state.

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That's gonna continue and we gotta get a stock to it.

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That infiltrates Garfield County,

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the problem's only gonna get bigger.

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Brent, Thanks. Yeah, great question. I would agree.

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Drugs are a problem. I think we disagree on how we go about

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enforcing drugs, right?

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If you any of you have a drug house next door to you,

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where do you want your deputies?

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Do you want them focusing on the drug horse house next

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to you or do you want 'em on the interstate?

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I want 'em focusing on my neighbors

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who are causing me problems.

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That doesn't mean we should ignore the interstate.

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The interstate brings us a lot of crime

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and it absolutely does

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and I am super proud of what the Spear Task Force has done.

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Two weeks ago they took off over 50 pounds of drugs.

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You didn't see that in the paper.

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You know why you didn't see that in the paper?

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Because they made it a bigger case Because we are integrated

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with the Drug Enforcement Administration, the DEA.

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So we work as a team with the DEA,

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so that case is gonna go bigger.

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I don't want just the drug mule

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driving up and down the interstate.

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I want the person who sent it from the border

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and I wanna catch them and make sure they go

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to federal prison where they get real time

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and I want to catch the distributor who's in Denver

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and make sure they get real federal time.

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And I wanna catch all that.

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We don't put a lot of the big drug bust Spear does out in

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the news because it's a continuing investigation.

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You might see it a year later.

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But we wanna catch all those people, not just the drug mule.

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And I'm super proud of the work

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that the Spear Task Force has been doing.

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Again, they took off a huge load here a couple weeks ago.

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I can show you pictures, but it's not in the news

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because it's still a continuing investigation.

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So excellent work by them.

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But again, we need to focus on neighborhoods

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and we need to focus on county roads

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and your neighborhoods

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where crime is occurring in your neighborhoods.

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And that's where people wanna see the deputies

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and that's where I wanna put 'em.

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The other thing about public safety

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and community priorities,

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people just wanna feel safe in their neighborhood, right?

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We don't wanna focus just on drugs,

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even though I agree drugs are 80 to 90% of crime

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is backed by crime somehow.

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But also we have to focus on other things.

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Domestic violence, child sex, assault, child abuse.

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We have to focus on all that, not just drugs. Thanks.

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Second topic deals with code enforcement

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and inter-agency cooperation.

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Mr. Baker, how would the Sheriff's Office work

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with the police department's, state agencies, schools

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and neighboring counties to address

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public safety challenges?

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It really is a team effort. It really is.

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And we have to approach it as a team.

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No single agency can do that by themselves.

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That's why the Spear Task Force is a task force

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and not just a Sheriff's office unit.

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It's a task force. 'cause we need all that help

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and we need all that experience from other agencies.

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I have been very fortunate

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to grow up here in Garfield County with

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the chiefs and the sergeants and the lieutenants

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and the deputies and the police officers

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here in Garfield County.

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So I know them. I call them friends, I call them colleagues

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and I'm proud to have their support.

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I'm proud to be supported by chiefs.

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I'm proud to be supported by fire chiefs.

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That's a huge job that the Sheriff's Office takes on is

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as the fire marshal.

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And I'm super proud

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and honored to have endorsements from local fire chiefs,

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local fire unions because they trust me

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and they believe in my leadership

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and they know I've been on the front lines

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with them fighting fires, fighting bad guys.

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Again, it's a team effort.

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I'm really proud of the sheriff's office

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and what we've done when I first started here 24 years ago,

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and Lou can speak to this,

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but we did not get along well with a lot of the PDs

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and that has come a long way in the last 24 years.

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And we do really well and we work with all of 'em very well.

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Thanks

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Mr.

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Loy. Two minutes. Yeah, I'm, I'd

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Like to refer back to the public safety

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and clarify my drug task force also works in neighborhoods.

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It's a tier tier task force.

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I have two members that work the interstate with canines.

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And then I have four other members that are doing

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investigations about your neighbors working informants.

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So just to clarify, they don't,

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we don't just work on the interstate.

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They actually are also working undercover

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narcotics with informants.

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So add to that, back to cooperation with local law,

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emergency services, it's priority

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and it's more important now than ever during a major event.

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There's a catastrophe, a wild land fire.

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You have to have those partnerships in place.

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You can't have 'em without the, the school districts

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as well have been protecting our children

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with school resource officers.

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I've just met with local school officials here.

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They have reached out to me.

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They want to continue to move that.

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I've spoken with local law enforcement chiefs

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personally in their command.

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They want to do that. I don't know if I agree

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with Mr. Baker about the working relationship

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that they have, especially

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with the current issue they've had

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with Glenwood Springs Police Department.

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However, I think that's imperative.

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We need to continue to build those relationships.

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Not one single agency has enough resources

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to cover the entire county

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and everything that happens on, we gotta work together.

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There's a big event in any municipality.

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We have to create partnerships and a brotherhood

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and a sisterhood to come and work

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and help one each other out.

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We do that in Eagle County. It's been great.

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We have multi-jurisdictional task forces,

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our special operations unit

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and that is for your safety and public safety.

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Ultimately we have to have those relationships,

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put the egos aside, come work together.

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So make sure everybody's safe. Thank you. Ron.

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Third topic is school safety and youth.

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Dan, how would you approach balancing school safety

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with positive interactions

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between law enforcements and young people?

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Well, as we all know, we have school

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resource officers in all the schools.

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That's something maybe at our

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generation thought we'd never have.

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And I think that's a priority.

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I think selecting the right school resource officer,

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putting him in that school is important

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that they can build relationship with the kids.

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Let them know what law enforcement's about.

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There's more, there's nothing more important than that.

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Building those relationship with law enforcement

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that at young age, I'm a firm believer that when you're

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interacting with a young 14, 15, 16-year-old kid,

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that's an important time in that children, that child's life

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that you can build that relationship.

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You stop that kid for speeding,

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doesn't really need a ticket.

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What a great opportunity to build

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that relationship and educate them.

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So public safety or school safety is a priority.

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It should be for everybody in this room.

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I think Mr. Baker probably feels the same way.

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However, it's make sure you're vetting the right school

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resource officers to put 'em in there.

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That represents the agency well

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and has a very well understanding of public safety.

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But along also building relationship with children.

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That's a must. You gotta build trust with the parents.

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You have to build trust with the students.

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'cause they're the ones that they're gonna go to.

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If there's anything that's gonna be planned,

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they're gonna go to that school resource officer first

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and they may stop an incident.

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But you gotta also have good relationships

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with the school district, the board,

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and all the officials at that school.

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I think we have a great program in Eagle County.

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The sheriff's office and the county commissioners have

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chosen to fund some of that

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and we absorb some of those costs.

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I know that's maybe not always feasible

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depending from jurisdiction to jurisdiction,

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but I think public safety for schools, events

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and children's safety should be a priority.

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Brent, two minutes. Thanks.

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I'll go back to the interagency real quick.

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We have got a great relationship with Glenwood pd.

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I was just in a meeting with him two days ago.

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They help us, we help them.

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The politics in Glenwood, I would say is difficult

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and we have nothing against the PD

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and the PD has nothing against us.

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But the city council might be a different story.

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So I, I will leave it at that.

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But I would encourage you to talk to the Glenwood PD

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and ask 'em if they get along with the sheriff's office

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and we consider them brothers just like they consider us.

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I know you probably didn't mean it mean it

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as a shot at our SROs, but I kind of took it as a shot.

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Our SROs are great.

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Both our SROs, one who works in Garfield County School,

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district 16 has more than 20 years of experience,

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more than 10 years as an SRO.

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He is great with the kids.

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He's coached football, he's a great guy.

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And then our SO who works in RE two out at Coleridge,

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another guy who's got more than 20 years

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of experience in law enforcement.

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Really, really, really great cop

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who is also on the SWAT team.

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A hurt and just highly trained great guy

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who do great things in the school.

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They put on classes really, really great guys.

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And so I, I know, but I just wanted to reach out to them

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'cause they are some of the best deputies we have

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and that's where we should be

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putting some of our best deputies.

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The second thing I would say on that is we need

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to get another SRO in re one.

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Politics are rough up there.

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Not gonna sit up here and tell you

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politics or anything else.

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It's rough up in re one.

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But we have a working relationship with them

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and we need to continue that and we need

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to get an SRO back into re one out at Riverview school.

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So that's one of my main priorities starting day one.

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The second thing is I believe completely in making sure our

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deputies are engaged in your community.

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Our deputies need to be out

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and they are out coaching, baseball, coaching, football,

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coaching, wrestling, being involved in the community,

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being part of your community and that helps with the youth.

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Thanks.

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Next topic. Jail mental health and crisis response.

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Brent, what role should the sheriff's office play in

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responding to mental health crises?

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We don't have a choice. We have to respond

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to mental health crises 'cause nobody else is going to.

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There is not a fail safe in Garfield County for

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the mental health crisis.

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Years ago, we probably both agree on this.

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Years ago the state invested a lot

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of money into mental health because that was the topic

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of the day and a couple years ago

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that dried up and went away.

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And so we've had to take that on ourselves.

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We currently partner with Aspen Hope

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and they have had some really great numbers here recently

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in 24 they deployed with us 31 times in the county,

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12 in 25 and only four times this year.

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But I'm sure that'll increase as the weather gets hotter.

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48% of these times, Aspen Hope was responding

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with us directly to the client's home.

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And we have to continue that relationship

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and probably expand that relationship.

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Those keep the mental health crisis out

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of the ERs and that's what we're shooting for.

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Keep it outta the er, keep it out of the jail,

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keep it back in the community

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with community resources to help solve that.

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As far as the jail goes, we have some

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of the best programs in the state in our jail currently.

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We just did a audit slash staffing survey in the jail

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and the company came back to us

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and said, we are gonna use you as an example

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for the programs you have and the engagement you have.

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75% of our inmate population engages

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with our programs, which is huge.

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It reduces those people coming back to jail,

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especially when they get out.

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If we can keep them connected with those programs,

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then we have a 75% chance

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of them not coming back to our jail.

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As long as we can keep them in those programs outside.

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And that's what we're looking for is

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that reduces crime overall.

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Makes the community a better place.

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Dan, two minutes jail have mental health

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and crisis response.

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Sure. So we have a similar

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crisis response unit in Eagle County,

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but we also have 'em respond with community paramedics.

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Sadly, mental health is not a law enforcement issue,

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but at two o'clock in the morning, one on one

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of your loved one calls and we have to respond.

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Who else is gonna respond? It's gonna be law enforcement.

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The key is that we have mental health services to provide

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and deescalate that situation.

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We respond with our, our Hope center

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and then also a community paramedic.

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Once the situation is deescalated, we leave

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and they have ongoing services

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and they continue to follow up with that individual.

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All with the hopes that we don't have a repeated offense

526
00:22:10,065 --> 00:22:11,485
or a repeated incident.

527
00:22:11,545 --> 00:22:12,965
And oftentimes we may have that.

528
00:22:13,305 --> 00:22:15,325
So we, we have a very good solid program.

529
00:22:15,465 --> 00:22:17,405
We, we started ours about 10 years ago.

530
00:22:17,795 --> 00:22:21,165
It's been very successful in our detention center.

531
00:22:21,425 --> 00:22:24,445
We also have three contract mental health providers.

532
00:22:24,985 --> 00:22:26,125
Our mental health provider

533
00:22:26,505 --> 00:22:29,205
or our, our medical provider has a staff member.

534
00:22:29,665 --> 00:22:32,205
We also bring somebody in separate from them

535
00:22:32,205 --> 00:22:36,565
that we contract with that provides dependency therapy.

536
00:22:37,145 --> 00:22:39,445
And then we also contract with a separate company

537
00:22:39,475 --> 00:22:41,685
that provides crisis management.

538
00:22:42,325 --> 00:22:44,005
Somebody comes, comes into our facility

539
00:22:45,025 --> 00:22:47,805
and they're in crisis, they're evaluated

540
00:22:48,225 --> 00:22:50,805
and then we put 'em on what is called a step program.

541
00:22:50,945 --> 00:22:52,605
And as they move through that step program,

542
00:22:52,785 --> 00:22:54,925
the professional decides where they're gonna be placed

543
00:22:55,305 --> 00:22:56,445
and provides services

544
00:22:56,705 --> 00:22:59,805
and ongoing services upon while they remain with us.

545
00:22:59,905 --> 00:23:01,365
And then provide services or,

546
00:23:02,465 --> 00:23:04,525
or sends them forward to where they need

547
00:23:04,525 --> 00:23:06,325
to continue services upon leaving the center

548
00:23:10,695 --> 00:23:13,405
Leadership accountability and transparency.

549
00:23:14,825 --> 00:23:16,525
Dan, what would transparency look like

550
00:23:16,695 --> 00:23:17,885
under your administration?

551
00:23:20,745 --> 00:23:22,845
As most of you saw my flyer, I think accountability

552
00:23:22,845 --> 00:23:24,805
and transparency for everybody, including myself.

553
00:23:25,825 --> 00:23:28,645
It starts with me. You set the example as a leader

554
00:23:29,065 --> 00:23:30,565
and you have to have your command staff

555
00:23:30,565 --> 00:23:32,885
and your sergeants follow in that same rule.

556
00:23:32,885 --> 00:23:34,365
There's, it's not an option.

557
00:23:35,145 --> 00:23:38,725
And that follows down to your front line and to the public.

558
00:23:39,545 --> 00:23:42,725
In today's day and age, I'm sure Mr.

559
00:23:43,085 --> 00:23:45,325
Valerio would agree if he would've said We're gonna be

560
00:23:45,325 --> 00:23:46,605
wearing body cameras one day,

561
00:23:46,665 --> 00:23:48,405
we would've probably disagreed with everybody.

562
00:23:48,805 --> 00:23:50,365
I, I mean he's laughing

563
00:23:50,565 --> 00:23:51,965
'cause I think we would've never

564
00:23:51,965 --> 00:23:53,005
thought this day was coming.

565
00:23:53,505 --> 00:23:54,925
But you need it more now than ever.

566
00:23:55,745 --> 00:23:57,365
And body cams don't cover it all.

567
00:23:57,365 --> 00:23:59,085
But you gotta be fully transparent to the public.

568
00:23:59,785 --> 00:24:02,285
No, no options. There's some things you can't discuss.

569
00:24:02,395 --> 00:24:05,525
Personnel matters that are just not privileged to you.

570
00:24:05,945 --> 00:24:07,965
But everything else needs to be fully transparent.

571
00:24:08,945 --> 00:24:10,325
You're the people we serve.

572
00:24:10,345 --> 00:24:13,245
You're the taxpayers, you're the ones

573
00:24:13,245 --> 00:24:14,605
that we're providing the service to.

574
00:24:15,545 --> 00:24:17,885
So when you call, we need to respond, we need

575
00:24:17,885 --> 00:24:19,365
to provide you answers.

576
00:24:19,975 --> 00:24:21,725
Might not be the answers you want,

577
00:24:22,625 --> 00:24:24,405
but that also calls down to our staff.

578
00:24:24,585 --> 00:24:27,845
If somebody's misbehaving, whether we like it

579
00:24:27,845 --> 00:24:29,685
or not, we're the only profession

580
00:24:29,715 --> 00:24:31,045
that has an off-duty policy.

581
00:24:31,225 --> 00:24:34,165
How we behave off-duty reflects on your profession

582
00:24:34,165 --> 00:24:35,405
and it could cost you your career.

583
00:24:36,265 --> 00:24:40,005
That's what we sign up for and that,

584
00:24:40,005 --> 00:24:41,965
and that's the standard that needs to be set.

585
00:24:43,005 --> 00:24:45,365
I started a program hiring employees

586
00:24:46,095 --> 00:24:48,245
based off character, not skill.

587
00:24:49,385 --> 00:24:50,765
We can teach you the skillset,

588
00:24:51,345 --> 00:24:53,445
but character's not something you can be taught.

589
00:24:54,625 --> 00:24:57,805
And we hire based off that. And it's been successful to us.

590
00:24:58,665 --> 00:25:00,445
And accountability is not for everyone,

591
00:25:00,625 --> 00:25:02,565
but there's the standard needs to be set

592
00:25:03,965 --> 00:25:06,085
'cause that's what's required by the voters

593
00:25:06,345 --> 00:25:07,525
and the citizens we serve.

594
00:25:11,375 --> 00:25:13,805
Brent, Oh, I was excited for this question.

595
00:25:15,225 --> 00:25:19,165
So I just wanna touch on something Dan said real quick.

596
00:25:19,485 --> 00:25:21,805
And hiring is a huge thing in what we do.

597
00:25:23,095 --> 00:25:25,085
Leadership, accountability and transparency.

598
00:25:26,305 --> 00:25:29,285
That's why we have a 12% turnover rate at the Garfield

599
00:25:29,285 --> 00:25:31,565
County Sheriff's Office, which is national average.

600
00:25:31,625 --> 00:25:33,565
And we're proud of that even though we live in one of the

601
00:25:34,565 --> 00:25:37,605
very high standard of living, high cost of living area,

602
00:25:38,145 --> 00:25:40,765
12% turnover rate in law enforcement's

603
00:25:40,765 --> 00:25:41,925
almost unheard of in this area.

604
00:25:42,265 --> 00:25:44,365
That's because people wanna work at the Garfield County

605
00:25:44,365 --> 00:25:46,685
Sheriff's Office because we hold people accountable

606
00:25:46,905 --> 00:25:49,445
and they know we want transparency and character.

607
00:25:49,705 --> 00:25:52,445
People wanna work here. People are not flocking.

608
00:25:52,905 --> 00:25:55,325
The patrol divisions fully staffed right now.

609
00:25:55,595 --> 00:25:58,165
They're not flocking to the counties around us that pay more

610
00:25:58,465 --> 00:26:01,565
to the cities that are offering a $30,000 hiring bonus.

611
00:26:02,725 --> 00:26:04,695
They're working at the Garfield County Sheriff's Office

612
00:26:04,895 --> 00:26:05,935
'cause they wanna work there

613
00:26:06,125 --> 00:26:07,535
because they wanna work with me.

614
00:26:07,605 --> 00:26:09,055
They wanna work with Sheriff Valerio

615
00:26:09,155 --> 00:26:10,695
and they've wanna work with what we've built.

616
00:26:13,175 --> 00:26:15,135
I was an executive development class a few years ago

617
00:26:15,135 --> 00:26:16,815
and they listed the four top traits of a leader.

618
00:26:17,215 --> 00:26:19,415
Honesty, competency, inspiring, and forward-looking.

619
00:26:20,525 --> 00:26:21,935
That is why the majority

620
00:26:21,955 --> 00:26:23,295
of employees at the Garfield County

621
00:26:23,295 --> 00:26:24,815
Sheriff's Office support me.

622
00:26:24,955 --> 00:26:26,655
Thanks for coming guys. Appreciate you.

623
00:26:27,295 --> 00:26:28,735
I, I know, I know this is important to you guys too.

624
00:26:29,525 --> 00:26:31,895
They've seen my integrity on display every day.

625
00:26:32,285 --> 00:26:35,935
They know my competence, they know how forward looking I am.

626
00:26:36,245 --> 00:26:37,255
They know where we're headed.

627
00:26:37,485 --> 00:26:38,695
I've been in the trenches fighting

628
00:26:38,695 --> 00:26:39,895
with them day in and day out.

629
00:26:40,035 --> 00:26:41,455
That's what really separates us.

630
00:26:42,655 --> 00:26:44,165
I think we, we can both agree public safety,

631
00:26:44,165 --> 00:26:45,805
being aggressive on crime, school safety,

632
00:26:45,805 --> 00:26:47,085
crisis response, that's all important.

633
00:26:47,425 --> 00:26:50,045
But having true integrity, accountability to the public

634
00:26:50,045 --> 00:26:51,845
and being transparent is what separates me.

635
00:26:52,795 --> 00:26:54,685
I've been campaign campaigning for nine months.

636
00:26:55,015 --> 00:26:56,445
Those nine months have been attacked.

637
00:26:56,725 --> 00:26:59,245
A deep dive, deep, deep dive on me has been done.

638
00:26:59,625 --> 00:27:00,925
And on my family as well.

639
00:27:01,265 --> 00:27:03,005
You know what, they found nothing

640
00:27:03,395 --> 00:27:05,205
because I've lived my life with integrity.

641
00:27:05,595 --> 00:27:07,165
I've lived my life with character.

642
00:27:08,315 --> 00:27:11,245
Come at me, come, come dig into me please.

643
00:27:12,235 --> 00:27:13,285
I've lived a good life

644
00:27:13,545 --> 00:27:16,485
and I've lived in a life full of integrity and character.

645
00:27:16,535 --> 00:27:17,535
Thank you.

646
00:27:26,355 --> 00:27:29,125
Community trust and civic responsibility.

647
00:27:30,255 --> 00:27:32,925
Brent, describe what being the newly elected Garfield County

648
00:27:32,925 --> 00:27:36,045
Sheriff means to you and what your responsibility would be

649
00:27:36,145 --> 00:27:37,645
for the department and community.

650
00:27:38,315 --> 00:27:40,325
What in the departments would remain the same

651
00:27:40,945 --> 00:27:42,725
and what would be different in four years?

652
00:27:44,815 --> 00:27:46,765
First thing I'm gonna do is take a big deep breath

653
00:27:47,395 --> 00:27:49,285
because it's been a long nine months

654
00:27:49,285 --> 00:27:50,525
and we still got another months to go.

655
00:27:51,285 --> 00:27:53,445
And then we got six months after that. So,

656
00:27:54,825 --> 00:27:56,685
And we, we didn't get a $30,000 hiring

657
00:27:56,685 --> 00:27:57,805
bonus when we got hired.

658
00:27:57,825 --> 00:27:58,845
I'm no, we did not.

659
00:27:59,425 --> 00:28:02,405
So that's one of the first things I'm gonna do.

660
00:28:02,925 --> 00:28:05,045
Some changes coming to the Garfield County Sheriff's Office.

661
00:28:06,045 --> 00:28:08,725
Staffing issues. We've been working 12 hour shifts

662
00:28:08,725 --> 00:28:12,085
for 24 years and we are the busiest from four

663
00:28:12,085 --> 00:28:14,245
to 6:00 PM Anybody in this valley knows that, right?

664
00:28:14,585 --> 00:28:15,965
If you're on the roads from four

665
00:28:15,965 --> 00:28:17,245
to six, it's hard to get around.

666
00:28:17,865 --> 00:28:19,845
And that's when the sheriff's deputies are flying

667
00:28:19,845 --> 00:28:20,925
around trying to get to calls.

668
00:28:22,425 --> 00:28:24,525
We have to look at doing something different.

669
00:28:24,585 --> 00:28:26,445
We are looking at 10 and a half hour shifts.

670
00:28:26,785 --> 00:28:29,685
So we have a swing shift to cover that busiest time.

671
00:28:29,945 --> 00:28:32,205
So when our deputies are trying to go home at 6:00 PM

672
00:28:33,035 --> 00:28:34,885
they're not taking all these calls,

673
00:28:35,945 --> 00:28:37,685
we will have a swing shift in there to help

674
00:28:38,115 --> 00:28:41,205
that swing shift will also o off obviously overlap,

675
00:28:41,565 --> 00:28:43,365
which will allow some deputies

676
00:28:43,365 --> 00:28:44,565
to be able to work out on duty.

677
00:28:45,125 --> 00:28:46,525
We're gonna take an hour on duty

678
00:28:46,545 --> 00:28:47,805
and get the deputies some wellness,

679
00:28:47,835 --> 00:28:50,605
some physical wellness, some mental wellness.

680
00:28:51,145 --> 00:28:53,805
And so that is something I'm gonna implement day one.

681
00:28:55,775 --> 00:28:58,165
Those are some of the big changes coming, some

682
00:28:58,165 --> 00:29:00,725
of the long-term changes that we need to start planning for.

683
00:29:00,865 --> 00:29:03,325
Now. The jail's almost 30 years old

684
00:29:03,345 --> 00:29:04,645
and anybody that builds a jail

685
00:29:04,825 --> 00:29:05,965
or a prison will tell you

686
00:29:05,965 --> 00:29:08,885
that having multiple floors is a bad idea.

687
00:29:09,105 --> 00:29:11,965
We got three. That's why when you see a prison

688
00:29:12,025 --> 00:29:15,325
or a jail anywhere that's really big, they expand out.

689
00:29:15,325 --> 00:29:18,005
They don't expand up because when you put inmates in a

690
00:29:18,725 --> 00:29:20,925
elevator and you rely on an elevator to take people places,

691
00:29:21,675 --> 00:29:22,925
it's not a good solution.

692
00:29:23,505 --> 00:29:26,445
So here in five to six to seven years, we need

693
00:29:26,445 --> 00:29:28,245
to start saving now and we need to start planning

694
00:29:28,245 --> 00:29:29,965
for a new jail for Garfield County

695
00:29:30,035 --> 00:29:32,085
because the current one we have is not gonna work

696
00:29:32,085 --> 00:29:34,085
with current jail standards coming July 1st,

697
00:29:34,085 --> 00:29:35,485
which the state's putting on us

698
00:29:36,625 --> 00:29:39,965
and it, it needs some updating.

699
00:29:40,105 --> 00:29:41,805
So that's some of the big things coming.

700
00:29:44,035 --> 00:29:46,525
I'll repeat the question for our listening audience.

701
00:29:47,685 --> 00:29:49,725
Describe what being the newly elected Garfield County

702
00:29:49,725 --> 00:29:52,925
Sheriff means to you and what your responsibility would be

703
00:29:53,185 --> 00:29:54,725
for the department and the community.

704
00:29:55,155 --> 00:29:56,805
What in the department would remain the same

705
00:29:57,185 --> 00:29:59,885
and what would be different in four years, Dan?

706
00:30:00,595 --> 00:30:02,645
What it means to me, it'd be just a complete honor

707
00:30:02,665 --> 00:30:05,445
to be able to serve where I grew up, what I call home,

708
00:30:05,455 --> 00:30:07,405
where my family lives,

709
00:30:07,705 --> 00:30:09,485
and where my parents have been laid rust.

710
00:30:10,185 --> 00:30:11,885
That'd be an honor and that's what it means to me.

711
00:30:12,165 --> 00:30:13,845
I think it's a civic responsibility

712
00:30:13,845 --> 00:30:15,125
to every law enforcement officer

713
00:30:15,125 --> 00:30:16,845
that wears a badge in Garfield County.

714
00:30:16,845 --> 00:30:18,125
That that's why they do it.

715
00:30:19,465 --> 00:30:21,845
It it's, it oftentimes can be a thankless job.

716
00:30:21,955 --> 00:30:24,725
It's not something easy, but we do it because we care

717
00:30:24,865 --> 00:30:25,925
and we wanna serve the public.

718
00:30:26,965 --> 00:30:28,245
I can't predict the future of

719
00:30:28,245 --> 00:30:29,725
what it's gonna look like in four years.

720
00:30:30,885 --> 00:30:32,525
I don't know what legislator is gonna pass,

721
00:30:32,945 --> 00:30:36,445
but if I'm elected, I think it's important

722
00:30:36,445 --> 00:30:37,565
to get my hands on the budget.

723
00:30:38,125 --> 00:30:40,405
I would like to see some things reimplemented.

724
00:30:40,885 --> 00:30:43,445
I think animal control is a big, a big issue

725
00:30:43,445 --> 00:30:45,325
that we need back in rural Garfield County.

726
00:30:45,565 --> 00:30:46,565
I think that's a priority.

727
00:30:47,305 --> 00:30:49,805
One thing I'm proud of in Eagle County is we do over a

728
00:30:49,805 --> 00:30:51,165
hundred community events a year.

729
00:30:51,515 --> 00:30:52,925
That could be something from very minor

730
00:30:53,305 --> 00:30:55,885
to our biggest event, which is Shop with a Cop.

731
00:30:55,905 --> 00:30:58,445
We raise over $50,000 of donations

732
00:30:58,705 --> 00:31:00,605
to take less fortunate kids shopping.

733
00:31:01,355 --> 00:31:03,925
Community engagement is, is is big to me.

734
00:31:04,385 --> 00:31:08,525
And getting our community engaged, involved in our children

735
00:31:08,905 --> 00:31:11,245
and making that connection is important to me as well.

736
00:31:11,705 --> 00:31:14,925
So that civic responsibility goes back

737
00:31:14,925 --> 00:31:18,365
to committee engagement, connecting with the people

738
00:31:18,365 --> 00:31:20,605
that we serve and being out in the public.

739
00:31:22,305 --> 00:31:24,045
The jail is your biggest liability

740
00:31:24,055 --> 00:31:25,205
along with your employees.

741
00:31:25,945 --> 00:31:27,245
So you gotta get a grasp on that.

742
00:31:27,565 --> 00:31:29,005
A 30-year-old jail is a problem.

743
00:31:29,945 --> 00:31:31,405
We gotta address those issues

744
00:31:32,465 --> 00:31:34,085
and make sure that we're within

745
00:31:34,185 --> 00:31:35,285
the standards that are coming.

746
00:31:35,465 --> 00:31:37,965
I'm overseeing a jail now. I don't have a jail commander.

747
00:31:37,985 --> 00:31:39,885
I'm, I'm overseeing the jail so I know what that's like.

748
00:31:39,885 --> 00:31:40,925
That's a big liability.

749
00:31:41,825 --> 00:31:44,565
And if anybody tells you different, they're,

750
00:31:44,565 --> 00:31:45,605
they're not being honest with you.

751
00:31:45,945 --> 00:31:48,725
But the jail and your employees are your biggest liability.

752
00:31:49,285 --> 00:31:50,765
Employee health is big to me as well.

753
00:31:51,065 --> 00:31:53,205
We implemented an employee health wellness program

754
00:31:53,265 --> 00:31:54,925
and mental health program for our employees.

755
00:31:55,785 --> 00:31:58,165
You gotta take care of your employees and

756
00:31:58,785 --> 00:32:01,325
and that's the key is make sure they're valued

757
00:32:01,915 --> 00:32:05,845
opportunities given to them and

758
00:32:06,385 --> 00:32:07,925
and make sure they, they're taken care of.

759
00:32:13,225 --> 00:32:15,765
Budget, staffing and resources.

760
00:32:16,145 --> 00:32:18,565
Dan, what investments in training equipment

761
00:32:18,565 --> 00:32:21,325
or technology do you believe are most important

762
00:32:21,345 --> 00:32:22,725
for the future of the sheriff's office?

763
00:32:25,225 --> 00:32:27,445
All of the above. I think technology,

764
00:32:27,665 --> 00:32:29,045
I'm a big technology guy.

765
00:32:29,265 --> 00:32:32,605
We just implemented AI at our office where our,

766
00:32:32,625 --> 00:32:35,125
our officers can, when they get back to their office,

767
00:32:35,125 --> 00:32:37,405
they can dock their body cam, it writes the reports.

768
00:32:37,865 --> 00:32:40,250
The key is to get them back on the street serving you.

769
00:32:40,585 --> 00:32:43,125
We don't want our officers sitting in the patrol room

770
00:32:43,125 --> 00:32:45,645
typing, we want them back being visible to serve you

771
00:32:45,645 --> 00:32:46,925
and responding to calls for service.

772
00:32:47,545 --> 00:32:51,805
So that's important to us. Training is also big to me.

773
00:32:52,325 --> 00:32:55,565
I think cutting training, I know budgets can be tough.

774
00:32:56,205 --> 00:32:57,645
I know Garfield County has struggled

775
00:32:57,805 --> 00:33:01,045
with their budget issues and it's probably not gonna get

776
00:33:01,045 --> 00:33:02,125
any better in the near future.

777
00:33:02,125 --> 00:33:05,285
However, training is is essential.

778
00:33:05,825 --> 00:33:07,165
You gotta keep your guys trained.

779
00:33:07,305 --> 00:33:10,605
You gotta ke meet the state mandates that required by post

780
00:33:11,425 --> 00:33:12,485
and keep them fresh

781
00:33:12,755 --> 00:33:14,765
because they gotta be prepared to respond

782
00:33:14,765 --> 00:33:16,045
to calls when they go to you.

783
00:33:17,515 --> 00:33:19,605
Budgets. I'm overseeing

784
00:33:20,585 --> 00:33:22,325
all the budgets within my organization,

785
00:33:22,505 --> 00:33:23,765
not just parcel budgets.

786
00:33:24,875 --> 00:33:26,245
Nothing gets purchased

787
00:33:26,245 --> 00:33:28,445
through our organization without our

788
00:33:28,445 --> 00:33:29,565
financial team improved.

789
00:33:30,505 --> 00:33:32,085
The first year I was the undersheriff,

790
00:33:32,085 --> 00:33:34,445
we cut our overtime rate by 75%.

791
00:33:35,825 --> 00:33:37,085
Not that we're cutting overtime,

792
00:33:37,385 --> 00:33:39,045
but we're holding our staff accountable.

793
00:33:39,045 --> 00:33:40,245
That needs to be justified.

794
00:33:40,735 --> 00:33:42,445
Articulate why you need the overtime,

795
00:33:43,705 --> 00:33:45,565
that's big, that's your money.

796
00:33:46,825 --> 00:33:48,885
So holding our staff accountable,

797
00:33:49,395 --> 00:33:50,925
holding the budget accountable.

798
00:33:50,925 --> 00:33:52,725
It's not an open checkbook, it's my money.

799
00:33:52,965 --> 00:33:56,005
It's your money and we wanna make sure we have those

800
00:33:56,205 --> 00:33:57,245
services to provide to you.

801
00:33:58,105 --> 00:34:00,685
And we're, we're watching the bottom line of the dollar

802
00:34:01,865 --> 00:34:04,605
and making sure our staffs are being paid fair, right?

803
00:34:05,075 --> 00:34:07,325
That they're comparable to other agencies

804
00:34:07,325 --> 00:34:08,325
so we're not losing them

805
00:34:08,325 --> 00:34:10,405
to another law enforcement agency in the valley.

806
00:34:11,365 --> 00:34:14,605
I have staff that drive Diego County if I'm sheriff,

807
00:34:14,745 --> 00:34:16,005
I'd love them to be serving here.

808
00:34:17,905 --> 00:34:20,925
But budgets are are difficult but they gotta be managed

809
00:34:21,225 --> 00:34:22,565
and I'm proud that I've been doing

810
00:34:22,565 --> 00:34:23,685
that for the last six years.

811
00:34:24,285 --> 00:34:27,085
I see a multimillion dollar budget, I see every line item.

812
00:34:27,285 --> 00:34:29,325
I meet with my staff and go over every line

813
00:34:29,325 --> 00:34:30,445
item once a week.

814
00:34:35,435 --> 00:34:37,695
So Brett, what investments in training equipment

815
00:34:37,695 --> 00:34:39,975
or technology do you believe are most important

816
00:34:40,515 --> 00:34:41,895
for the future of the Sheriff's office?

817
00:34:42,795 --> 00:34:44,615
So I would love to see the Eagle County guys come

818
00:34:44,615 --> 00:34:45,655
down and work in Garfield County too.

819
00:34:45,775 --> 00:34:46,855
'cause we have great environment.

820
00:34:50,895 --> 00:34:53,775
I would agree that equipment

821
00:34:53,775 --> 00:34:55,055
and training is really important.

822
00:34:55,435 --> 00:34:59,735
We implemented AI a year ago for the deputies via Axon

823
00:34:59,735 --> 00:35:02,055
and draft one and it's been working

824
00:35:02,075 --> 00:35:03,175
out really, really well for us.

825
00:35:03,275 --> 00:35:04,455
But there has to be controls on that.

826
00:35:05,015 --> 00:35:07,175
We are continuing, we are on the cutting edge

827
00:35:07,175 --> 00:35:08,495
of law enforcement in Garfield County

828
00:35:08,495 --> 00:35:09,615
and that's due to the investment that

829
00:35:09,615 --> 00:35:10,775
Sheriff Valerio has made.

830
00:35:10,995 --> 00:35:13,615
And there's been a lot of attacks recently on our

831
00:35:13,615 --> 00:35:15,015
budget and our equipment.

832
00:35:15,715 --> 00:35:17,575
And I find that hilarious in

833
00:35:17,575 --> 00:35:20,535
that the guy who's run the office for the last 24 years,

834
00:35:20,915 --> 00:35:23,335
who gives back a million dollars every year is

835
00:35:23,335 --> 00:35:24,455
being attacked for his budget.

836
00:35:25,265 --> 00:35:29,775
Gimme a break. Our equipment is second

837
00:35:29,795 --> 00:35:31,135
to none here in Garfield County.

838
00:35:31,355 --> 00:35:34,055
And the deputies want that. That's why deputies work here.

839
00:35:34,395 --> 00:35:35,775
Yes, our cars are expensive

840
00:35:35,775 --> 00:35:38,320
because we give them the best equipment they have.

841
00:35:38,545 --> 00:35:40,565
If you're on Douglas Pass at two in the morning

842
00:35:40,625 --> 00:35:41,765
and it's snowing sideways,

843
00:35:42,265 --> 00:35:43,965
you want the best equipment you can have.

844
00:35:44,305 --> 00:35:46,725
If you're in a fire and you're running from a fire

845
00:35:46,725 --> 00:35:48,765
that's licking the back of your patrol car,

846
00:35:49,025 --> 00:35:50,765
you want the best equipment you can have.

847
00:35:51,505 --> 00:35:53,405
That's what matters to our deputies.

848
00:35:53,745 --> 00:35:55,965
That's why our pay is great,

849
00:35:56,265 --> 00:35:59,845
but we don't have to pay Eagle County Pickin County rates

850
00:36:00,115 --> 00:36:01,565
because they wanna work here

851
00:36:01,565 --> 00:36:04,085
because they get good equipment, they get good support.

852
00:36:05,885 --> 00:36:08,685
Training is huge for us. Unfortunately due the budget cuts.

853
00:36:08,685 --> 00:36:09,885
Last year we had to cut back on training,

854
00:36:09,885 --> 00:36:11,205
but we're gonna get back to where we were.

855
00:36:11,505 --> 00:36:12,925
We, we were doing four times

856
00:36:13,595 --> 00:36:15,285
what the state required in training

857
00:36:15,865 --> 00:36:17,285
at the Garfield County Sheriff's Office

858
00:36:17,285 --> 00:36:18,365
and we're gonna continue that.

859
00:36:18,555 --> 00:36:20,885
There's two ways you make and, and Dan will agree with this.

860
00:36:20,915 --> 00:36:22,725
There's two ways you make a deputy

861
00:36:23,725 --> 00:36:24,885
a good law enforcement officer.

862
00:36:24,975 --> 00:36:26,645
One's training and one's experience, right.

863
00:36:26,645 --> 00:36:28,365
If you can't gain experience, you gotta get 'em training

864
00:36:29,585 --> 00:36:31,325
and you put those both together

865
00:36:31,325 --> 00:36:32,765
and you get some really, really good

866
00:36:32,785 --> 00:36:33,885
law enforcement officers.

867
00:36:37,505 --> 00:36:39,965
We get audited every year by the same company

868
00:36:39,965 --> 00:36:42,245
that Eagle County uses McMahon and Associates

869
00:36:42,665 --> 00:36:44,245
and the outside audit comes in

870
00:36:44,385 --> 00:36:45,965
and audits the Garfield County budget

871
00:36:45,985 --> 00:36:48,085
to make sure we're doing right by with your money.

872
00:36:52,545 --> 00:36:54,365
All right, we're gonna get to some public questions,

873
00:36:54,425 --> 00:36:57,245
but first we're gonna take about a 10 minute break,

874
00:36:57,335 --> 00:37:00,125
allow people to stretch a little bit, use the facilities,

875
00:37:00,145 --> 00:37:02,685
get something to drink and then we'll come back in 10

876
00:37:02,685 --> 00:37:05,365
minutes and resume this with some questions from the public.

877
00:37:15,285 --> 00:37:19,255
Alright? All right, we will continue now with some

878
00:37:20,095 --> 00:37:24,175
questions from the public that have been examined, read.

879
00:37:24,205 --> 00:37:25,415
Some of 'em are redundant,

880
00:37:25,565 --> 00:37:27,175
some subjects have already been covered

881
00:37:28,275 --> 00:37:29,575
and some aren't questions at all.

882
00:37:29,645 --> 00:37:34,615
Just statements. So I took

883
00:37:34,615 --> 00:37:37,575
my black pen and just, no offense,

884
00:37:37,835 --> 00:37:38,855
you can make your statement,

885
00:37:38,875 --> 00:37:41,415
but this is not the time or place.

886
00:37:45,835 --> 00:37:47,975
We will continue with Brent.

887
00:37:49,525 --> 00:37:51,855
This is about guns and gun rights.

888
00:37:51,885 --> 00:37:54,495
What are your thoughts on some of the red flag laws

889
00:37:54,495 --> 00:37:56,495
that have been passed by the state legislature?

890
00:37:58,755 --> 00:38:03,695
The state legislature in Denver continues

891
00:38:03,695 --> 00:38:05,815
to pass laws that do nothing for crime

892
00:38:06,835 --> 00:38:09,495
and only make it harder for the citizens of this state

893
00:38:09,995 --> 00:38:12,095
to exercise their constitutional rights.

894
00:38:12,715 --> 00:38:13,615
And it's ridiculous.

895
00:38:20,315 --> 00:38:25,015
We need a sheriff who will continue to be boisterous

896
00:38:25,035 --> 00:38:27,295
and to be loud and to what I tell everybody,

897
00:38:27,355 --> 00:38:28,535
go yell into the void.

898
00:38:29,215 --> 00:38:30,855
'cause sometimes it's like yelling into the void.

899
00:38:30,855 --> 00:38:33,055
Perry will tell you that he worked over there.

900
00:38:34,245 --> 00:38:35,525
It's like yelling into a void.

901
00:38:35,705 --> 00:38:37,725
But you have to have somebody that's gonna go over there

902
00:38:37,725 --> 00:38:39,885
and stand up for your constitutional rights.

903
00:38:40,545 --> 00:38:42,885
And we need that. We have

904
00:38:44,455 --> 00:38:46,365
discretion in law enforcement

905
00:38:46,365 --> 00:38:48,125
and we have to exercise that when it comes

906
00:38:48,185 --> 00:38:50,965
to these crazy laws that are coming outta Denver.

907
00:38:52,645 --> 00:38:56,125
I am committed to that and I'll stay committed to that.

908
00:38:56,385 --> 00:38:59,725
And since day one, that's been one of my top priorities

909
00:38:59,745 --> 00:39:01,965
as a Second Amendment and making sure we protect that

910
00:39:01,965 --> 00:39:03,045
for the citizens of Garfield County.

911
00:39:03,045 --> 00:39:04,045
Thank you.

912
00:39:08,205 --> 00:39:10,125
I, Dan Red flag Laws.

913
00:39:12,205 --> 00:39:13,725
I agree with Brent. I echo that.

914
00:39:13,825 --> 00:39:16,965
I'm a gun advocate, gun owner, a firearm instructor.

915
00:39:17,265 --> 00:39:21,565
And you know, the Second amendment's dear to me,

916
00:39:21,985 --> 00:39:23,765
I'm a, I'm a concealed weapon instructor

917
00:39:23,945 --> 00:39:27,845
and I've been teaching firearms for since 97, 98.

918
00:39:28,165 --> 00:39:29,405
I so long I can't remember,

919
00:39:30,105 --> 00:39:34,285
but they continue to pass laws this year they

920
00:39:35,285 --> 00:39:39,485
actually passed another law ex expanding the red flag

921
00:39:39,485 --> 00:39:40,565
to other people to submit that.

922
00:39:41,235 --> 00:39:44,205
However, we've had one

923
00:39:44,205 --> 00:39:45,325
or two instances in Eagle County

924
00:39:45,325 --> 00:39:46,925
where a red flag has been signed

925
00:39:46,945 --> 00:39:48,085
by a judge in a court order.

926
00:39:48,225 --> 00:39:51,365
And I will tell you if it's done properly, it's effective

927
00:39:51,365 --> 00:39:53,885
because the gentleman that they submitted to

928
00:39:54,585 --> 00:39:56,285
was extremely dangerous.

929
00:39:56,835 --> 00:39:58,965
That was three years ago, I believe.

930
00:39:59,065 --> 00:40:01,565
And we're still in possession of his firearms.

931
00:40:02,185 --> 00:40:04,925
So if it's used properly, the judges read it

932
00:40:05,495 --> 00:40:09,245
signs the court order and vetted it has a purpose,

933
00:40:09,545 --> 00:40:10,885
but it needs to be done right.

934
00:40:11,705 --> 00:40:14,485
So it continues.

935
00:40:15,065 --> 00:40:17,855
I'm, I'm with Mr. Baker on this.

936
00:40:18,555 --> 00:40:21,415
Go down, we fight with the legislators, we get

937
00:40:21,415 --> 00:40:22,775
with the county Sheriffs Colorado.

938
00:40:23,035 --> 00:40:25,895
We team up with them, we team up with the other sheriffs

939
00:40:26,315 --> 00:40:28,255
and we, we stand up for your rights.

940
00:40:28,675 --> 00:40:31,295
We may not always win it, but it won't be without a fight.

941
00:40:41,025 --> 00:40:43,205
The budget wa came, came up during some

942
00:40:43,205 --> 00:40:44,725
of your comments from both of you

943
00:40:45,065 --> 00:40:49,245
and over the years the budget continues to,

944
00:40:49,785 --> 00:40:50,925
has continued to shrink

945
00:40:51,385 --> 00:40:53,725
and the commissioners have made some difficult decisions

946
00:40:53,745 --> 00:40:55,885
and I've, I've, I cover all the meetings

947
00:40:55,885 --> 00:41:00,125
and I know Sheriff Lou Valerio has

948
00:41:01,395 --> 00:41:03,165
been forced to make some cutbacks.

949
00:41:03,745 --> 00:41:08,005
How would you, with oblique forecast over the next five

950
00:41:08,005 --> 00:41:12,485
years or so, how would you manage to continue

951
00:41:12,485 --> 00:41:14,285
to meet the, the needs of the,

952
00:41:14,345 --> 00:41:16,085
the community law enforcement needs

953
00:41:17,275 --> 00:41:19,465
with a shrinking budget, Dan?

954
00:41:20,495 --> 00:41:21,825
Well you're gonna have to, you know,

955
00:41:21,825 --> 00:41:23,745
unfortunately I was part of oh eight

956
00:41:23,925 --> 00:41:26,865
and we, we struggled all just like probably everybody he did

957
00:41:26,865 --> 00:41:27,865
here in Garfield County.

958
00:41:27,925 --> 00:41:29,625
The budget restraint, you're gonna have

959
00:41:29,625 --> 00:41:32,025
to prioritize what's important, which is public service,

960
00:41:32,685 --> 00:41:34,885
having cops responding to calls for service

961
00:41:34,985 --> 00:41:37,525
and make sure your safety's protected is the number one.

962
00:41:37,825 --> 00:41:40,605
The jail's also number one priority by statutorily

963
00:41:40,605 --> 00:41:42,805
where the sheriff's required to maintain a jail.

964
00:41:43,505 --> 00:41:44,685
So you gotta maintain that.

965
00:41:45,145 --> 00:41:47,325
You're gonna have to trim the fat, you know,

966
00:41:47,325 --> 00:41:49,845
really justify your overtime.

967
00:41:50,385 --> 00:41:54,085
Things that aren't needed, you know, are gonna have

968
00:41:54,085 --> 00:41:58,205
to cut back and, and get by with the, the bare necessities.

969
00:41:58,625 --> 00:41:59,725
I'm not a firm believer

970
00:41:59,725 --> 00:42:01,805
that you turn one thing about government,

971
00:42:01,805 --> 00:42:05,045
there's always a set of money coming the next year, right?

972
00:42:05,345 --> 00:42:07,605
And it's not to, hey, let's turn to the taxpayer

973
00:42:07,705 --> 00:42:09,445
and ask for a tax increase.

974
00:42:10,185 --> 00:42:12,365
Nobody else gets to do that. Why should government?

975
00:42:12,905 --> 00:42:15,845
So I think is we have to run a tight budget,

976
00:42:16,915 --> 00:42:18,325
hold each other accountable,

977
00:42:18,825 --> 00:42:20,685
the taxpayers hold us accountable

978
00:42:21,465 --> 00:42:23,645
and make sure that we're meeting the basic services.

979
00:42:23,705 --> 00:42:25,205
If we get to that point where we have

980
00:42:25,205 --> 00:42:29,005
to just maintain services, we have to be responsible

981
00:42:29,005 --> 00:42:30,285
and good stewards of the budget.

982
00:42:31,145 --> 00:42:33,445
And I know everyone

983
00:42:33,545 --> 00:42:35,485
and anybody that's elected will tell

984
00:42:35,485 --> 00:42:36,525
you how they're gonna do it.

985
00:42:37,345 --> 00:42:40,165
But every sheriff has their own priorities on

986
00:42:40,165 --> 00:42:41,205
how they want things done.

987
00:42:41,745 --> 00:42:43,725
But my main focus would be public safety.

988
00:42:43,925 --> 00:42:46,325
I want people to make sure they feel comfortable going

989
00:42:46,325 --> 00:42:50,165
to the store, walking in a park, safe at home.

990
00:42:51,945 --> 00:42:54,045
So you're gonna have to streamline some things

991
00:42:55,545 --> 00:42:57,645
and make sure your budget is accounted for

992
00:42:57,705 --> 00:42:59,005
and cut back on some things.

993
00:42:59,075 --> 00:43:01,285
I've been through that in oh way. It wasn't pleasant.

994
00:43:02,145 --> 00:43:04,965
But the key is to make sure everybody stays employed

995
00:43:05,785 --> 00:43:08,325
and maybe through attrition you just don't fill some

996
00:43:08,565 --> 00:43:11,005
positions and you wait and you move on

997
00:43:11,225 --> 00:43:12,565
and see if it balances back.

998
00:43:19,095 --> 00:43:20,765
Brent, future budget challenges.

999
00:43:21,445 --> 00:43:22,725
Thanks. I'm gonna go back real quick

1000
00:43:23,425 --> 00:43:24,845
to the Second Amendment

1001
00:43:25,385 --> 00:43:27,885
and some statements made about the red flag law.

1002
00:43:28,205 --> 00:43:29,645
I don't believe it serves a purpose at all.

1003
00:43:29,755 --> 00:43:32,565
It's not due process, it's not in the second Amendment

1004
00:43:32,865 --> 00:43:34,805
and it's a violation of our constitutional rights.

1005
00:43:35,895 --> 00:43:40,645
We've had one, we've had one red flag law

1006
00:43:41,045 --> 00:43:42,965
come to the Garfield County Sheriff's Office here

1007
00:43:43,505 --> 00:43:45,005
and we handled it appropriately

1008
00:43:45,225 --> 00:43:47,045
and that we didn't go enforce it.

1009
00:43:47,265 --> 00:43:48,445
We went and talked to the family

1010
00:43:48,585 --> 00:43:51,805
and said, Hey, your dad's having a rough time having some

1011
00:43:51,805 --> 00:43:54,045
mental health issues, let's go help him.

1012
00:43:54,505 --> 00:43:56,765
And the family reached out and went out and helped him

1013
00:43:56,765 --> 00:43:59,205
because as soon as you put law enforcement

1014
00:43:59,835 --> 00:44:02,565
with guns against a person who's mentally unstable

1015
00:44:02,565 --> 00:44:05,005
with guns, you're gonna end up with a horrible outcome.

1016
00:44:05,005 --> 00:44:07,325
And we don't want that on the onto the budget.

1017
00:44:08,625 --> 00:44:11,805
Yes, we have to protect core services, patrol, detentions,

1018
00:44:12,325 --> 00:44:15,325
emergency operations, fires, search and rescue.

1019
00:44:15,425 --> 00:44:17,085
We have to protect all those within the budget.

1020
00:44:17,815 --> 00:44:19,445
We've started already started making

1021
00:44:19,445 --> 00:44:20,725
moves in the sheriff's office.

1022
00:44:21,305 --> 00:44:23,965
We took a admin spot and moved it over to patrol

1023
00:44:23,965 --> 00:44:25,325
because it could be better served there

1024
00:44:25,545 --> 00:44:27,885
and we needed it there to provide better services

1025
00:44:27,945 --> 00:44:29,285
to the citizens of Garfield County.

1026
00:44:30,505 --> 00:44:32,205
I'd be curious to know what's not needed.

1027
00:44:32,635 --> 00:44:34,805
What are we gonna cut from the budget We've made cuts

1028
00:44:34,805 --> 00:44:36,245
to the budget to balance it this year

1029
00:44:37,305 --> 00:44:39,245
and if we're forced to do that again next year,

1030
00:44:39,245 --> 00:44:40,445
which it doesn't sound like we're gonna be,

1031
00:44:40,445 --> 00:44:41,685
sounds like we're gonna be status quo,

1032
00:44:42,785 --> 00:44:45,325
but what are we gonna cut?

1033
00:44:46,615 --> 00:44:49,485
We've made cuts and we can do it again.

1034
00:44:50,345 --> 00:44:51,925
We made cuts to training and overtime

1035
00:44:51,925 --> 00:44:53,605
and that's where we save that money.

1036
00:44:54,105 --> 00:44:56,845
So if it's needed to do it again, we'll do it again.

1037
00:44:57,625 --> 00:45:00,805
But again, I think again, what's important to the citizens

1038
00:45:00,805 --> 00:45:02,285
of Garfield County is those core services

1039
00:45:02,665 --> 00:45:04,245
and we have to continue funding those.

1040
00:45:04,625 --> 00:45:05,625
Thanks.

1041
00:45:10,105 --> 00:45:12,035
This is another interesting question from the public

1042
00:45:12,635 --> 00:45:14,155
residents in some of the more rural

1043
00:45:14,295 --> 00:45:16,315
or outlying parts of Garfield County

1044
00:45:16,905 --> 00:45:19,955
have concerns about patrol coverage and response times.

1045
00:45:20,975 --> 00:45:23,595
How would you address those concerns? Brent

1046
00:45:26,205 --> 00:45:29,285
Garfield County is 3000 square miles

1047
00:45:29,585 --> 00:45:32,205
and we're just north of 63,000 people currently.

1048
00:45:35,125 --> 00:45:36,785
We have a large county to cover

1049
00:45:37,045 --> 00:45:38,705
and that's why we need so many deputies.

1050
00:45:40,765 --> 00:45:43,795
We are fully staffed currently in the patrol

1051
00:45:43,955 --> 00:45:45,035
division, which really helps.

1052
00:45:46,395 --> 00:45:48,915
I just got an email last week

1053
00:45:48,915 --> 00:45:51,995
or two weeks ago from a county resident saying, Hey,

1054
00:45:52,035 --> 00:45:53,995
I really appreciate seeing the deputies back out on the

1055
00:45:53,995 --> 00:45:56,275
county roads and that's because now we can staff that

1056
00:45:56,275 --> 00:45:57,915
and get the guys out to where they need to be.

1057
00:45:59,695 --> 00:46:01,835
We are looking into the future to

1058
00:46:03,105 --> 00:46:04,915
take the emergency operations division

1059
00:46:05,055 --> 00:46:07,395
and put them over a rural patrol unit to

1060
00:46:07,395 --> 00:46:10,715
where we put deputies out on the flat tops out on Douglas

1061
00:46:10,865 --> 00:46:13,595
pass out in those areas during busy times

1062
00:46:13,695 --> 00:46:15,355
to make sure we're getting coverage out there.

1063
00:46:16,135 --> 00:46:19,315
But I don't disagree with the comment that we need

1064
00:46:19,315 --> 00:46:20,875
to get more deputies back out on the county

1065
00:46:20,885 --> 00:46:21,995
roads and off the interstate.

1066
00:46:24,705 --> 00:46:27,475
Yeah, Well it's my,

1067
00:46:27,545 --> 00:46:28,995
it's my philosophy, it's real simple.

1068
00:46:29,575 --> 00:46:31,395
You give that directive to your leadership

1069
00:46:31,975 --> 00:46:33,755
and if that's not being done, you address that.

1070
00:46:34,655 --> 00:46:37,835
If you're fully staffed shouldn't be an issue.

1071
00:46:37,935 --> 00:46:40,995
You tell your rank, we need officers in these areas.

1072
00:46:41,685 --> 00:46:43,395
We're having a traffic issue

1073
00:46:43,575 --> 00:46:45,155
or speeding issue in this areas.

1074
00:46:46,155 --> 00:46:48,075
I know it's not always feasible when calls

1075
00:46:48,075 --> 00:46:49,675
for service are maybe a priority,

1076
00:46:50,095 --> 00:46:53,155
but we encounter the same things in every law enforcement.

1077
00:46:53,195 --> 00:46:55,275
I think one of the biggest issues in every law enforcement

1078
00:46:55,275 --> 00:46:56,755
locally is parking and traffic.

1079
00:46:57,155 --> 00:46:59,995
Probably the complaints that come in quite regularly, right?

1080
00:47:00,315 --> 00:47:02,355
I mean we get a lot of those people calling in

1081
00:47:02,355 --> 00:47:04,835
neighborhoods, people are speeding, parking on the street

1082
00:47:05,415 --> 00:47:08,235
and that can be very bothersome to a lot.

1083
00:47:08,655 --> 00:47:10,875
But when time there's downtime, you get out there

1084
00:47:10,875 --> 00:47:13,955
and you run radar and you contact the public

1085
00:47:14,935 --> 00:47:15,995
and you enforce that.

1086
00:47:17,455 --> 00:47:21,275
And those people out in those county roads are just

1087
00:47:21,275 --> 00:47:22,915
as equally important as anywhere else.

1088
00:47:23,495 --> 00:47:24,555
And we should be out there.

1089
00:47:24,765 --> 00:47:28,395
Every law, every municipality in Garfield County has its own

1090
00:47:28,415 --> 00:47:29,445
law enforcement agencies.

1091
00:47:31,145 --> 00:47:32,725
So there's no reason we shouldn't be

1092
00:47:32,725 --> 00:47:33,925
out there enforcing those.

1093
00:47:38,445 --> 00:47:39,935
Next question for Dan,

1094
00:47:40,085 --> 00:47:42,815
what role should the sheriff's office play in cooperating

1095
00:47:42,815 --> 00:47:44,215
with ICE Spear

1096
00:47:44,315 --> 00:47:47,735
and local municipalities on immigration related issues?

1097
00:47:49,725 --> 00:47:54,175
Well, as much as we would all want to, that rolls outlined

1098
00:47:54,195 --> 00:47:55,295
by our legislators.

1099
00:47:55,395 --> 00:47:59,915
We have very limited enforcement, which was set out

1100
00:47:59,915 --> 00:48:01,315
by our legislators and government.

1101
00:48:01,315 --> 00:48:04,555
There's laws on the books that we as law enforcement can't

1102
00:48:05,345 --> 00:48:09,235
take enforcement action if that that's gonna cost.

1103
00:48:09,895 --> 00:48:11,995
Our fully staffing levels are gonna drop.

1104
00:48:12,495 --> 00:48:15,115
And the way that legislators are passing laws now is they're

1105
00:48:15,115 --> 00:48:16,875
holding those officers personally liable.

1106
00:48:17,585 --> 00:48:20,515
They can hold that officer up to 50,000 personally liable.

1107
00:48:21,735 --> 00:48:23,795
We all know officers don't make a lot of money

1108
00:48:26,055 --> 00:48:28,635
and then we don't wanna put 'em in that position.

1109
00:48:28,775 --> 00:48:29,955
So we gotta know our lane.

1110
00:48:30,375 --> 00:48:31,795
We have to respect our lane

1111
00:48:32,255 --> 00:48:34,995
and stay within our laws whether we like it or not.

1112
00:48:35,295 --> 00:48:36,595
We have to comply with that.

1113
00:48:36,905 --> 00:48:39,115
This may not something we, we may want to do,

1114
00:48:39,455 --> 00:48:42,755
but we have to stay within our laws and,

1115
00:48:42,895 --> 00:48:44,955
and you know, I'm all about working

1116
00:48:44,955 --> 00:48:46,075
with our federal partners.

1117
00:48:46,635 --> 00:48:49,155
I think we've all done that. They live in our communities.

1118
00:48:50,945 --> 00:48:52,995
They want safe communities just like everybody else,

1119
00:48:54,615 --> 00:48:56,955
but we also don't want to be violating our federal,

1120
00:48:57,015 --> 00:48:58,475
our state laws and getting

1121
00:48:58,495 --> 00:49:00,915
and jeopardizing our deputies and our officers.

1122
00:49:01,855 --> 00:49:02,955
So I think that's important.

1123
00:49:09,725 --> 00:49:12,555
Brent, two minutes. I agree

1124
00:49:12,555 --> 00:49:17,035
that legislation has totally hamstrung us as it comes

1125
00:49:17,035 --> 00:49:18,315
to immigration enforcement.

1126
00:49:19,105 --> 00:49:20,355
It's not our job

1127
00:49:21,135 --> 00:49:23,755
and it's not something we're allowed to be involved in.

1128
00:49:25,795 --> 00:49:30,475
I would say, and I'll steal this from a,

1129
00:49:30,495 --> 00:49:31,635
for a former opponent

1130
00:49:32,195 --> 00:49:36,825
and a really good guy, that we

1131
00:49:38,855 --> 00:49:41,665
have to continue to work as a team with our federal partners

1132
00:49:42,445 --> 00:49:46,885
and we have to make sure we're working with them

1133
00:49:47,585 --> 00:49:49,405
to steal a line from my former opponent.

1134
00:49:50,745 --> 00:49:52,645
We are still allowed to work with ICE

1135
00:49:53,185 --> 00:49:55,085
and HSI on criminal investigations.

1136
00:49:55,515 --> 00:49:57,645
That hasn't stopped. We're just not allowed to work

1137
00:49:57,645 --> 00:49:59,245
with them on immigration issues.

1138
00:50:00,025 --> 00:50:03,205
But when there's really bad people in our community doing

1139
00:50:03,205 --> 00:50:05,085
really bad things, we're gonna work

1140
00:50:05,085 --> 00:50:06,765
with every federal agency we can

1141
00:50:06,785 --> 00:50:08,205
to remove them from our community

1142
00:50:08,465 --> 00:50:09,805
and we will continue to do that.

1143
00:50:10,295 --> 00:50:11,605
Spear has done a great job.

1144
00:50:11,675 --> 00:50:15,485
They are co-located again with DEA and HSI as well

1145
00:50:15,485 --> 00:50:19,445
because we wanna do those joint criminal investigations

1146
00:50:19,505 --> 00:50:21,525
to remove bad people from our community.

1147
00:50:21,635 --> 00:50:22,925
Whichever way that takes.

1148
00:50:23,145 --> 00:50:26,085
If they're doing crime, they need to leave. Thank you.

1149
00:50:33,135 --> 00:50:37,565
We've touched a bit on, on mental health

1150
00:50:39,265 --> 00:50:42,045
for guests of the Garfield County Jail.

1151
00:50:42,755 --> 00:50:45,085
What about the, the deputies, the staff,

1152
00:50:45,625 --> 00:50:47,885
how important Brett is mental

1153
00:50:48,105 --> 00:50:51,245
and physical health when you're serving the community?

1154
00:50:52,455 --> 00:50:56,965
Super important. We have a very strong peer support team

1155
00:50:57,425 --> 00:50:58,805
at the Garfield County Sheriff's Office.

1156
00:50:58,865 --> 00:51:02,045
The second to none, it's led by a doctor.

1157
00:51:02,745 --> 00:51:05,325
We have a doctor employed within the sheriff's office thanks

1158
00:51:05,325 --> 00:51:06,405
to Sheriff Valerio.

1159
00:51:07,085 --> 00:51:09,405
I mean you won't get that anywhere else

1160
00:51:09,545 --> 00:51:12,285
but here we provide our people

1161
00:51:12,285 --> 00:51:16,485
with the best mental health support that we can find.

1162
00:51:17,385 --> 00:51:20,245
We contract with what's called Code four counseling

1163
00:51:20,585 --> 00:51:22,725
and they provide counseling sessions free

1164
00:51:22,845 --> 00:51:25,165
of charge every month to any deputy that wants it.

1165
00:51:26,105 --> 00:51:27,685
We have to take care of our people.

1166
00:51:29,745 --> 00:51:32,165
Second to that is the physical side.

1167
00:51:32,505 --> 00:51:35,125
And you know, I have a plan already put forward

1168
00:51:35,435 --> 00:51:37,485
that we are gonna start making deputies not making,

1169
00:51:37,485 --> 00:51:39,485
we're gonna start letting deputies work out on duty

1170
00:51:40,705 --> 00:51:43,965
and making sure their physical side's taken care of as well.

1171
00:51:44,865 --> 00:51:47,365
That's, again, I, I keep going back to it, the climate

1172
00:51:47,365 --> 00:51:48,525
and culture at the Garfield County

1173
00:51:48,525 --> 00:51:49,925
Sheriff's Office is a great place.

1174
00:51:50,465 --> 00:51:53,325
People wanna work here, they wanna come work for us,

1175
00:51:53,325 --> 00:51:55,805
they wanna come work with us because we have these programs

1176
00:51:55,985 --> 00:51:57,005
and because we support 'em.

1177
00:51:59,655 --> 00:52:01,145
Yeah, I,

1178
00:52:01,345 --> 00:52:04,545
I think physical fitness is highly impor important

1179
00:52:04,645 --> 00:52:09,405
and a priority along with mental health Peer support's.

1180
00:52:09,405 --> 00:52:13,045
Great. I think every agency has it. It's nothing new.

1181
00:52:13,425 --> 00:52:14,565
But one thing we do more

1182
00:52:14,565 --> 00:52:17,925
and above that is we require every one of our employees

1183
00:52:18,445 --> 00:52:19,645
included administrative staff

1184
00:52:20,025 --> 00:52:21,925
to do a mental health wellness check

1185
00:52:22,595 --> 00:52:24,485
with a mental health professional

1186
00:52:25,075 --> 00:52:27,005
that is required every once a year.

1187
00:52:27,185 --> 00:52:28,485
We just did it two weeks ago.

1188
00:52:28,875 --> 00:52:30,565
They meet with their mental health professional.

1189
00:52:30,835 --> 00:52:32,245
They don't tell us anything about it.

1190
00:52:32,245 --> 00:52:33,845
They just sign a document that they met.

1191
00:52:33,845 --> 00:52:34,845
It's signed by the doctor.

1192
00:52:34,845 --> 00:52:36,845
We put it in our, and we, we chart it

1193
00:52:37,435 --> 00:52:39,325
just like a doctor's physical is

1194
00:52:39,325 --> 00:52:41,045
important, so is the mental health.

1195
00:52:42,155 --> 00:52:43,605
It's just not about peer support,

1196
00:52:44,025 --> 00:52:45,285
but our officers see a lot,

1197
00:52:45,865 --> 00:52:47,445
we can't just ask 'em to bury it.

1198
00:52:48,745 --> 00:52:52,165
So they go and see with a, a mental health provider

1199
00:52:52,465 --> 00:52:55,485
of their choosing and they meet with them once a year.

1200
00:52:55,985 --> 00:52:59,285
On top of that, law enforcement officers are having heart

1201
00:52:59,285 --> 00:53:02,685
attacks between 46, 43 to 49 years of age.

1202
00:53:03,395 --> 00:53:05,845
Corrections officers is three times that.

1203
00:53:07,385 --> 00:53:09,765
We contracted with a company called Sigma.

1204
00:53:09,995 --> 00:53:13,325
They come in, they draw your blood, they,

1205
00:53:13,345 --> 00:53:16,045
and this is offered to staff their spouses as well

1206
00:53:16,045 --> 00:53:17,485
because of the work we do.

1207
00:53:17,875 --> 00:53:20,405
They send your blood screen into the Cleveland Heart Lab.

1208
00:53:21,155 --> 00:53:22,925
They do a seven page panel.

1209
00:53:23,955 --> 00:53:27,445
They come back to your office, our office at this last year

1210
00:53:28,025 --> 00:53:31,885
and they do artery ultrasounds to see

1211
00:53:31,885 --> 00:53:33,205
what your plaque buildup is.

1212
00:53:33,595 --> 00:53:34,605
They put you on a bike

1213
00:53:34,625 --> 00:53:36,085
and collect your breath particles

1214
00:53:36,265 --> 00:53:37,285
to see what you should be eating.

1215
00:53:37,905 --> 00:53:39,045
To make a long story short,

1216
00:53:41,105 --> 00:53:43,685
law enforcement average is at 42%

1217
00:53:43,745 --> 00:53:44,965
at risk for a heart attack.

1218
00:53:45,995 --> 00:53:47,885
That should be concerning to everybody in this room.

1219
00:53:48,505 --> 00:53:50,645
Our agency was at 38% at risk.

1220
00:53:51,345 --> 00:53:52,965
We don't do it to scare officers.

1221
00:53:53,345 --> 00:53:56,485
We do it to catch that early and reverse it.

1222
00:53:57,285 --> 00:53:59,965
Officers been caught for cancer based off this screening.

1223
00:54:01,065 --> 00:54:02,685
We save longer on insurance,

1224
00:54:02,985 --> 00:54:05,285
but that's a priority that we need to implement now.

1225
00:54:06,265 --> 00:54:09,325
Not peer support, that's important as well.

1226
00:54:09,625 --> 00:54:11,205
But so is that physical wellness.

1227
00:54:18,815 --> 00:54:22,045
Final question. Let's do deals with

1228
00:54:23,365 --> 00:54:24,605
incident command response.

1229
00:54:27,105 --> 00:54:29,245
For those of us who've lived in this county long enough,

1230
00:54:29,615 --> 00:54:33,405
we've experienced some incredible devastating

1231
00:54:34,275 --> 00:54:35,485
natural disasters.

1232
00:54:35,935 --> 00:54:38,685
Fires just every summer

1233
00:54:38,985 --> 00:54:41,125
and we're anticipating a rough year ahead.

1234
00:54:45,695 --> 00:54:47,965
Storm king, coal seam, grizzly Creek,

1235
00:54:47,985 --> 00:54:49,125
and the list goes on and on.

1236
00:54:54,015 --> 00:54:56,805
Brent, what have you learned over the years

1237
00:54:57,775 --> 00:54:59,085
about incident command

1238
00:54:59,085 --> 00:55:03,885
and what could be improved when in terms

1239
00:55:03,885 --> 00:55:06,605
of interagency cooperation, when it comes to

1240
00:55:07,115 --> 00:55:09,125
natural disasters or protecting the public

1241
00:55:09,145 --> 00:55:10,365
and keeping people informed?

1242
00:55:13,195 --> 00:55:17,045
Yeah, so we unfortunately are experts here in Garfield

1243
00:55:17,045 --> 00:55:19,445
County on disasters.

1244
00:55:20,795 --> 00:55:23,245
It's just, unfortunately we live in a beautiful area

1245
00:55:23,385 --> 00:55:25,925
and a great county, but it comes with a price

1246
00:55:26,305 --> 00:55:28,845
and that is wildland fires, mudslides

1247
00:55:28,845 --> 00:55:29,925
and all the rest of the stuff.

1248
00:55:30,385 --> 00:55:33,365
And so we have become experts on responding to those.

1249
00:55:35,565 --> 00:55:39,885
I would say what we can improve on and we need to improve on

1250
00:55:39,885 --> 00:55:41,725
and if you've seen any of my stuff online

1251
00:55:41,745 --> 00:55:43,205
or anything else, is we need to do better

1252
00:55:43,205 --> 00:55:44,525
with communicating with our public.

1253
00:55:45,265 --> 00:55:47,085
We don't do a good job of communicating

1254
00:55:47,085 --> 00:55:49,045
with our public what's going on when those emergency

1255
00:55:49,245 --> 00:55:50,725
disasters are help are happening.

1256
00:55:51,185 --> 00:55:53,485
And so we need to do a better job on that.

1257
00:55:53,785 --> 00:55:56,205
And I'm committed on day one again to improving that

1258
00:55:57,205 --> 00:55:58,325
communication with our public

1259
00:55:58,385 --> 00:56:01,685
and make sure if the public knows why what we're doing

1260
00:56:01,705 --> 00:56:04,205
and why we're doing it, they're always supportive

1261
00:56:04,505 --> 00:56:06,005
and we really appreciate that.

1262
00:56:07,065 --> 00:56:09,405
As far as fires go, that's our biggest disaster

1263
00:56:09,405 --> 00:56:10,805
that we usually see as,

1264
00:56:10,805 --> 00:56:14,005
and again, unfortunately we're experts on it.

1265
00:56:14,005 --> 00:56:16,245
We have an emergency operations division staffed

1266
00:56:16,245 --> 00:56:19,485
by three highly trained, really excellent deputies

1267
00:56:20,465 --> 00:56:22,365
who do a great job with that.

1268
00:56:22,395 --> 00:56:23,925
They are all NIMS instructors,

1269
00:56:24,165 --> 00:56:25,445
national Incident Management systems.

1270
00:56:25,585 --> 00:56:26,605
So they actually go out

1271
00:56:26,625 --> 00:56:31,005
and teach the incident management system to other

1272
00:56:31,565 --> 00:56:33,925
agencies and they do a great job with that.

1273
00:56:33,985 --> 00:56:35,525
We have a great working relationship

1274
00:56:35,525 --> 00:56:36,565
with our fire departments.

1275
00:56:37,065 --> 00:56:39,845
So if a fire starts in a local fire district, it's on

1276
00:56:39,845 --> 00:56:41,925
that local fire district to handle that fire

1277
00:56:41,935 --> 00:56:45,405
until it becomes a outside of their ability

1278
00:56:46,025 --> 00:56:47,605
and then it gets turned over to the county,

1279
00:56:47,625 --> 00:56:49,085
it gets turned over to the sheriff's office

1280
00:56:49,385 --> 00:56:51,405
and then we take over managing that fire.

1281
00:56:51,925 --> 00:56:53,925
When it gets too big for us, then it goes

1282
00:56:53,925 --> 00:56:55,285
to the federal government and they come in

1283
00:56:55,285 --> 00:56:58,445
with their million dollar a day teams and take over.

1284
00:56:58,715 --> 00:57:01,165
I've been fortunate to be incident command on several

1285
00:57:01,185 --> 00:57:02,685
of our large fires here recently.

1286
00:57:03,505 --> 00:57:04,965
The one in Ruralton that took,

1287
00:57:04,965 --> 00:57:06,245
unfortunately took out a house.

1288
00:57:07,525 --> 00:57:09,805
I was the first incident commander on that scene

1289
00:57:10,625 --> 00:57:13,765
and am proud of the work CRFR, grand Valley Fire

1290
00:57:13,765 --> 00:57:15,165
and the rest of the fire departments did there.

1291
00:57:15,385 --> 00:57:16,385
Thanks

1292
00:57:19,305 --> 00:57:20,305
Dan.

1293
00:57:20,305 --> 00:57:24,205
Sure. You know I've lived in this valley, I've seen those,

1294
00:57:24,265 --> 00:57:26,245
but I've also been the, I was one

1295
00:57:26,245 --> 00:57:28,885
of the first ones on scene on the Lake Christine, which is,

1296
00:57:29,025 --> 00:57:31,085
you know, that was a huge fire along

1297
00:57:31,085 --> 00:57:33,405
with Grizzly Creek Derby Mesa Fire last year.

1298
00:57:33,945 --> 00:57:35,325
But one thing that we discovered

1299
00:57:35,325 --> 00:57:39,965
that's a flaw in the system, Eagle Garfield County overlaps

1300
00:57:39,965 --> 00:57:41,125
with Eagle and Pickin County.

1301
00:57:41,665 --> 00:57:44,205
The evacuation procedures are a flaw at this moment.

1302
00:57:44,485 --> 00:57:45,485
'cause there's no communication.

1303
00:57:45,485 --> 00:57:47,765
Everybody uses a different evacuation system.

1304
00:57:48,105 --> 00:57:50,045
That's a problem that needs to be addressed.

1305
00:57:50,585 --> 00:57:52,645
We don't wanna lose a life because people aren't getting the

1306
00:57:52,645 --> 00:57:53,765
messages to be evacuated.

1307
00:57:54,425 --> 00:57:56,285
How can we have so many incidences?

1308
00:57:56,505 --> 00:57:57,965
And that hasn't been addressed yet.

1309
00:58:00,195 --> 00:58:02,755
I know where I live, I have one way in and one way out.

1310
00:58:03,395 --> 00:58:04,595
I agree with Mr. Baker Ridge.

1311
00:58:04,595 --> 00:58:05,675
We live in a beautiful place,

1312
00:58:06,575 --> 00:58:09,115
but there's no reason we shouldn't be all getting together.

1313
00:58:09,975 --> 00:58:11,635
And that's, and and sitting down

1314
00:58:11,635 --> 00:58:13,835
with all these other agencies and federal partners

1315
00:58:13,895 --> 00:58:17,875
and our local partners of creating one evacuation system

1316
00:58:18,065 --> 00:58:20,875
because our counties overlap and talk to one another.

1317
00:58:21,655 --> 00:58:23,275
One thing that I would implement if I was a,

1318
00:58:23,275 --> 00:58:24,435
is an incident management team.

1319
00:58:24,855 --> 00:58:28,115
We created that in Eagle County and that has been great.

1320
00:58:28,215 --> 00:58:30,595
We work together and you work things out

1321
00:58:30,615 --> 00:58:31,795
and you troubleshoot.

1322
00:58:32,135 --> 00:58:34,715
Not after an incident in the middle of an incident.

1323
00:58:37,405 --> 00:58:39,635
We've been fortunate enough that we haven't lost lives.

1324
00:58:40,455 --> 00:58:41,595
Nobody wants to do that,

1325
00:58:42,615 --> 00:58:45,355
but we have to have great messaging to the public.

1326
00:58:45,735 --> 00:58:50,715
But it's not a PIO report or a social media report.

1327
00:58:51,065 --> 00:58:53,435
It's you need to pack and you need to go.

1328
00:58:53,655 --> 00:58:54,875
You need to message the public

1329
00:58:54,975 --> 00:58:56,915
and have things ready so they can get out.

1330
00:58:57,615 --> 00:58:59,795
But one thing during these major incidents, one thing

1331
00:58:59,795 --> 00:59:02,315
that we've recover discovered is the messaging

1332
00:59:02,855 --> 00:59:05,795
on the outlining skirts of the county where it overlaps.

1333
00:59:06,265 --> 00:59:07,755
They're not talking to one another.

1334
00:59:07,855 --> 00:59:08,955
And that can be problematic.

1335
00:59:09,055 --> 00:59:11,715
And an incident management team, if created,

1336
00:59:12,065 --> 00:59:13,195
doesn't cost more money.

1337
00:59:13,625 --> 00:59:15,195
It's just getting the partnerships together

1338
00:59:15,895 --> 00:59:17,355
can communicate and resolve that.

1339
00:59:23,465 --> 00:59:27,165
Before we get to closing statements, I wanna thank

1340
00:59:27,745 --> 00:59:29,765
the Colorado River Valley Chamber of Commerce.

1341
00:59:29,935 --> 00:59:31,965
Thank you, Aaron. That our timers,

1342
00:59:36,985 --> 00:59:39,965
the City of Rifle, pat Dupre,

1343
00:59:40,025 --> 00:59:41,485
and his staff here at the Ute

1344
00:59:41,545 --> 00:59:43,765
for providing us a wonderful venue.

1345
00:59:48,635 --> 00:59:50,845
This form has been carried live on

1346
00:59:50,845 --> 00:59:52,125
Rifle Community television.

1347
00:59:52,125 --> 00:59:54,565
Thank you to Michael Churchill and his staff.

1348
00:59:56,585 --> 00:59:58,525
And it'll be available for replay.

1349
00:59:58,595 --> 01:00:01,605
It's been carried live on kts.com

1350
01:00:01,825 --> 01:00:03,725
and on K MTSS Facebook page.

1351
01:00:04,385 --> 01:00:05,405
So it's covered.

1352
01:00:05,465 --> 01:00:08,405
If you miss something, it it'll be available,

1353
01:00:08,615 --> 01:00:11,645
it'll be archived and very important information

1354
01:00:14,665 --> 01:00:16,245
that's gonna do it.

1355
01:00:16,265 --> 01:00:17,265
Oh,

1356
01:00:17,975 --> 01:00:18,975
Three to four Minutes.

1357
01:00:18,975 --> 01:00:19,885
Okay. Okay.

1358
01:00:22,975 --> 01:00:24,725
We're gonna get to closing statements now.

1359
01:00:24,985 --> 01:00:28,245
And I want to, again, thank the, the candidates

1360
01:00:28,785 --> 01:00:30,405
for your willingness to serve the community

1361
01:00:31,065 --> 01:00:32,485
and put yourself out there.

1362
01:00:33,205 --> 01:00:35,005
I wanna thank the audience for their participation

1363
01:00:35,005 --> 01:00:36,005
and the good questions.

1364
01:00:40,855 --> 01:00:43,445
Since we have a little extra time,

1365
01:00:43,445 --> 01:00:47,285
we're finishing a bit early, we will start with Dan

1366
01:00:47,345 --> 01:00:49,205
and each of you'll get I'll,

1367
01:00:49,205 --> 01:00:50,605
I'll just give you, you know, three or four minutes.

1368
01:00:50,825 --> 01:00:52,005
You can just kind of take your time

1369
01:00:52,425 --> 01:00:53,525
for your closing thoughts.

1370
01:00:53,865 --> 01:00:54,865
Ooh,

1371
01:00:59,665 --> 01:01:00,665
Thanks Ron.

1372
01:01:00,665 --> 01:01:04,805
I appreciate it. You know, I'll start off by these last four

1373
01:01:04,805 --> 01:01:06,365
or five months has just been

1374
01:01:07,355 --> 01:01:09,085
something I'd never thought I'd ever do.

1375
01:01:10,075 --> 01:01:11,165
It's been humbling.

1376
01:01:11,725 --> 01:01:15,165
I want to thank all the supporters

1377
01:01:15,745 --> 01:01:17,565
and everyone that I've interacted with

1378
01:01:18,725 --> 01:01:21,925
through the whole entire Garfield County area.

1379
01:01:22,235 --> 01:01:25,125
It's, it's, it has really pushed me

1380
01:01:26,745 --> 01:01:28,205
To the levels I didn't think I had.

1381
01:01:28,355 --> 01:01:30,165
I've learned so much as myself.

1382
01:01:31,205 --> 01:01:32,445
Watching my wife go through it

1383
01:01:32,445 --> 01:01:34,765
with me has just been humbling and, and an honor.

1384
01:01:34,815 --> 01:01:39,125
Along with my campaign team, I've gotten to know people

1385
01:01:39,745 --> 01:01:41,005
and supported by people

1386
01:01:41,385 --> 01:01:42,405
and encouraged by people

1387
01:01:42,405 --> 01:01:44,565
that I never thought would be in my corner.

1388
01:01:45,505 --> 01:01:48,845
And after 30 years in law enforcement to start

1389
01:01:48,845 --> 01:01:52,285
to realize a few things that after this career, what's next?

1390
01:01:53,145 --> 01:01:55,285
And I've been here my whole life.

1391
01:01:55,925 --> 01:01:57,485
I grew up here, raised my family here.

1392
01:01:57,885 --> 01:01:59,725
I also wanna recognize Mr. Brent Baker.

1393
01:01:59,795 --> 01:02:02,045
This is not something that I will tell you.

1394
01:02:02,045 --> 01:02:03,605
I've been through a lot of battles in my life.

1395
01:02:04,035 --> 01:02:06,485
I've been drug through a lot of things in my life

1396
01:02:06,665 --> 01:02:08,005
and working cases.

1397
01:02:08,315 --> 01:02:09,725
I've been in the courtroom with some

1398
01:02:09,725 --> 01:02:11,725
of the best attorneys in the country

1399
01:02:11,985 --> 01:02:13,325
and been cross examined.

1400
01:02:14,275 --> 01:02:15,965
Kobe Bryant put me through the ringer.

1401
01:02:15,965 --> 01:02:18,925
I'll tell you that right now. And we think we've both

1402
01:02:19,005 --> 01:02:21,525
learned a lot about ourselves, our family,

1403
01:02:22,665 --> 01:02:26,125
and it's been an honor to, to run this campaign and,

1404
01:02:26,145 --> 01:02:28,445
and be a part of it, and interact with everybody here,

1405
01:02:29,065 --> 01:02:30,205
to my friends and my family.

1406
01:02:30,405 --> 01:02:32,685
I can't thank you enough. I, I really can't.

1407
01:02:33,545 --> 01:02:34,765
You kept me motivated

1408
01:02:35,185 --> 01:02:37,685
and pushed me when I, I didn't think I'd be pushed.

1409
01:02:38,145 --> 01:02:40,605
But with that said, I'd be honored to be your sheriff.

1410
01:02:42,285 --> 01:02:46,285
I got 30 years. I started at the bottom pushing a room.

1411
01:02:48,235 --> 01:02:49,805
I've worked myself through the ranks.

1412
01:02:50,955 --> 01:02:52,925
I've seen the worst cases of humanity

1413
01:02:52,925 --> 01:02:53,925
that you could ever see.

1414
01:02:55,675 --> 01:02:56,765
I've sat around

1415
01:02:57,225 --> 01:02:59,245
and I've, I've sat in interview rooms,

1416
01:02:59,245 --> 01:03:00,485
interviewing murderers,

1417
01:03:01,505 --> 01:03:04,045
and still try to leave there, trying to make that family

1418
01:03:04,915 --> 01:03:06,525
that day better, which you can't.

1419
01:03:08,065 --> 01:03:09,965
And those, the last six years of my career,

1420
01:03:10,725 --> 01:03:12,245
I continue to learn and to grow.

1421
01:03:14,625 --> 01:03:17,645
And I've vowed to myself is, as long as I continue to do

1422
01:03:17,645 --> 01:03:20,365
that, I'm gonna continue to try to serve.

1423
01:03:21,025 --> 01:03:22,685
And I want to serve Garfield County

1424
01:03:22,685 --> 01:03:25,365
where it's my home, where I live here.

1425
01:03:25,875 --> 01:03:27,045
I'll live here my whole life.

1426
01:03:27,865 --> 01:03:30,525
And I'm sure I will make mistakes along the way. We all do.

1427
01:03:31,585 --> 01:03:34,125
But it's how you recover from those mistakes.

1428
01:03:35,505 --> 01:03:38,885
But one thing that I can tell you is I'm proud of

1429
01:03:38,885 --> 01:03:40,485
where I've been and what I've learned.

1430
01:03:41,675 --> 01:03:43,885
I've been promoted under three different sheriffs.

1431
01:03:44,935 --> 01:03:47,205
Sadly one of 'em passed away today.

1432
01:03:49,065 --> 01:03:50,365
But we're still gonna move forward.

1433
01:03:50,705 --> 01:03:52,605
That's one thing about this profession.

1434
01:03:52,605 --> 01:03:54,325
When you encounter some of the worst things

1435
01:03:54,325 --> 01:03:56,285
that you could ever imagine, you still gotta get up

1436
01:03:56,285 --> 01:03:58,085
and put your, pull yourself up from your

1437
01:03:58,085 --> 01:03:59,165
bootstraps and move forward.

1438
01:04:02,245 --> 01:04:05,425
But I will tell you, we wanna represent one another

1439
01:04:06,205 --> 01:04:08,905
and represent the badge in the best uniform that we can.

1440
01:04:08,905 --> 01:04:13,585
Because of you. We wanna

1441
01:04:13,585 --> 01:04:15,625
provide a service to make sure you're protected.

1442
01:04:16,885 --> 01:04:18,505
And when you call that, we respond.

1443
01:04:20,765 --> 01:04:23,145
But I want to be able to learn and still grow.

1444
01:04:25,705 --> 01:04:26,905
I also want to be able to serve

1445
01:04:27,005 --> 01:04:28,225
the other part of our community.

1446
01:04:31,125 --> 01:04:32,505
We have Latinos in the community

1447
01:04:32,505 --> 01:04:33,905
that they don't feel they have representation.

1448
01:04:35,085 --> 01:04:37,265
And regardless of where you're at with the ice

1449
01:04:38,225 --> 01:04:39,345
situation, there's fear in there.

1450
01:04:40,975 --> 01:04:42,435
And that's a cultural thing.

1451
01:04:42,905 --> 01:04:44,995
They would like someone that they can speak to.

1452
01:04:45,395 --> 01:04:50,155
I work major cases in where they would only speak to me

1453
01:04:50,315 --> 01:04:51,915
'cause I could speak their native language.

1454
01:04:54,235 --> 01:04:56,175
And they're here and they live in your community.

1455
01:04:56,205 --> 01:04:58,695
They go to school with your kids, they're your neighbors.

1456
01:05:01,275 --> 01:05:03,895
And I would like, and I'd be honored to serve

1457
01:05:04,115 --> 01:05:05,735
as your Garfield County Sheriff.

1458
01:05:06,715 --> 01:05:08,415
I'm not gonna sit here and give you the rhetoric.

1459
01:05:08,595 --> 01:05:10,895
My experience, I think you've all heard it for the last,

1460
01:05:12,725 --> 01:05:15,895
well, five months and not this last hour.

1461
01:05:17,105 --> 01:05:21,285
But thank you for your time. Thank you for your efforts.

1462
01:05:21,335 --> 01:05:22,405
Thank you for listening.

1463
01:05:22,405 --> 01:05:25,165
And thank you for all those that have stood beside us,

1464
01:05:26,145 --> 01:05:28,165
not just me, but also through Brent Baker

1465
01:05:29,745 --> 01:05:34,045
for the last nine months in my race since January.

1466
01:05:34,975 --> 01:05:35,975
Thank you,

1467
01:05:42,415 --> 01:05:43,415
Grant, you have the floor.

1468
01:05:44,375 --> 01:05:47,085
Thank you. I would like to start

1469
01:05:47,085 --> 01:05:49,725
by thanking the Colorado River Valley Chamber, KMTS,

1470
01:05:50,065 --> 01:05:51,885
the Ute Theater and Rifle Community TV

1471
01:05:51,945 --> 01:05:53,085
for hosting this forum

1472
01:05:53,105 --> 01:05:54,205
and providing the opportunity

1473
01:05:54,225 --> 01:05:55,485
for the community to hear from us.

1474
01:05:56,605 --> 01:05:58,925
I would second like to thank my supporters.

1475
01:05:59,435 --> 01:06:02,245
They work really, really hard

1476
01:06:02,545 --> 01:06:04,205
and I appreciate everything they do.

1477
01:06:05,345 --> 01:06:06,925
So thank you, thank you, thank you so much.

1478
01:06:08,025 --> 01:06:11,005
My wife, Gina, my kids Marshall and Kimber.

1479
01:06:11,005 --> 01:06:13,285
Shout out Marshall, wherever you are, buddy.

1480
01:06:15,985 --> 01:06:18,685
But thank you so much. It's been, whoa,

1481
01:06:19,075 --> 01:06:20,485
it's been a crazy nine months.

1482
01:06:20,585 --> 01:06:22,045
And lemme tell you, I've learned a lot about

1483
01:06:22,045 --> 01:06:23,325
politics in the last nine months.

1484
01:06:26,025 --> 01:06:28,245
But let's talk about the election, the election's,

1485
01:06:28,245 --> 01:06:30,325
about leadership trust

1486
01:06:31,025 --> 01:06:33,245
and the future of Garfield County Sheriff's Office.

1487
01:06:34,185 --> 01:06:35,285
The sheriff, whom the people

1488
01:06:35,285 --> 01:06:38,045
of Garfield County have elected a record six times.

1489
01:06:38,855 --> 01:06:41,285
Trust me to carry forward the legacy he has built,

1490
01:06:42,065 --> 01:06:43,365
the dedicated men and women

1491
01:06:43,365 --> 01:06:44,565
of the Garfield County Sheriff's Office.

1492
01:06:44,565 --> 01:06:46,885
Trust me, to lead this organization into the future.

1493
01:06:47,395 --> 01:06:48,685
Most importantly, the people

1494
01:06:48,685 --> 01:06:51,245
of Garfield County have trusted me for the past 24 years

1495
01:06:51,305 --> 01:06:52,445
to protect this community.

1496
01:06:53,225 --> 01:06:55,045
And today I'm asking for

1497
01:06:55,045 --> 01:06:57,445
that trust once again from the Garfield County community.

1498
01:06:58,225 --> 01:07:00,565
As your next sheriff, I'll continue to lead a professional,

1499
01:07:00,565 --> 01:07:02,605
accountable, and exceptional sheriff's office

1500
01:07:02,795 --> 01:07:04,965
that puts the safety and needs of our citizens.

1501
01:07:04,965 --> 01:07:07,045
First, I'll be honored

1502
01:07:07,065 --> 01:07:11,525
to earn your vote in the Republican primary here in June 9th

1503
01:07:11,525 --> 01:07:12,725
through June 30th vote.

1504
01:07:12,725 --> 01:07:14,525
Brent Baker for Sheriff, thank you

1505
01:07:22,435 --> 01:07:23,435
Once again.

1506
01:07:23,435 --> 01:07:26,285
Ballots will go in the mail on Tuesday, June 9th.

1507
01:07:27,105 --> 01:07:28,645
You should be receiving them next week.

1508
01:07:28,825 --> 01:07:32,245
And the primary is June 30th. Thank you for attending.

1509
01:07:32,245 --> 01:07:33,245
Have a great evening.

1510
01:07:40,685 --> 01:07:41,005
I even

1511
01:07:41,635 --> 01:07:46,045
want, I don't

1512
01:07:47,195 --> 01:07:47,485
Ever,

1513
01:08:03,475 --> 01:08:03,765
Yeah,

1514
01:08:17,440 --> 01:08:18,130
Yeah, that was good,

1515
01:08:40,005 --> 01:08:40,355
Aaron.