By Mark Napier
Nanos and his merry band of miscreants are at it again. They are trying to convince people I am some kind of right wing zealot to be feared.
Let’s fact check this:
I got my Masters Degree at Boston University and have been teaching in their graduate program for the last 12 years. Clearly a right wing institution.
I got my B.S. in Social Psychology. Clearly a radical academic discipline. (Ask Nanos about his academic credentials).
While a member of the Tucson Police Department, I consistently requested assignment to Operations Division South; serving there as an officer, sergeant, lieutenant and captain. I did so because I believed that part of our community most needed effective policing. Probably just an attempt to spread my radical ideology.
For the past several years I have been an administrator at the University of Arizona. UA is well known as a radical conservative think tank.
I was a member of the President’s Cabinet at the UA. Considered by Nanos as a right wing group?
I am currently a member of the U of A Diversity Task Force and sit on two subcommittees. Dedicating hours to address student concerns as a clever tactic??
My office at the U of A is a dedicated Safe Zone for LGBTQ students, as I went through the Ally Training to ensure I could better understand their needs. Definitely a right of center move.
I volunteered my time to mentor students in the Arizona Assurance Scholars Program. Of course, only to indoctrinate them.
I have an excellent command of social justice issues and am passionate about the more effective address of them. I suppose merely a ploy??
Part of being a leader and having intelligence is the ability to embrace two competing ideas at the same time. I am a republican and conservative, but nothing about that closes my mind or heart. The office I seek requires that you throw off partisanship in favor of good public policy. Further, that you understand public safety is not an R or D issue; it is a quality of life issue.
The lack of an ethical compass in the Appointee might be comical if we were to forget that we should rightly hold the Chief Law Enforcement Officer of our County to a higher standard.
Mark Napier is a candidate for Pima County Sheriff. He spent 21 years with the Tucson Police Department, retiring as a Captain and as Commander of the South-Side operations division. Of his 28 years as a law enforcement professional, 15 were in command and supervisory assignments. He has been decorated six times in the line of duty. He holds a Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Boston University as well as a Bachelor of Science Degree in Social Psychology. He’s a graduate of the Senior Management Institute for Police; the ASU Public Executive Training Program; and he holds a Certificate in Public Policy Management from the University of Arizona.