Dupnik’s Nanos Nod Attacks Pima County Sheriff’s Staff
The man who once called Arizona the “Mecca of hate and bigotry,” retired Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, emailed Pima County democrats to spew hate and bigotry in support of current Sheriff Chris Nanos. The vitriolic message was met with a rapid response from former Surgeon General and Democratic senatorial candidate, Dr. Richard Carmona.
Since the indictment of Chief Deputy Chris Radtke earlier this month, and his much anticipated plea agreement due in early November, tensions in the Department have been high. Dupnik’s email appeared to many to be a desperate plea to keep Nanos in power so as to prevent the house of cards Dupnik built from collapsing.
Dupnik had little to offer as far as a recommendation of Nanos. He wrote, “Chris was my Chief Deputy before being selected by the Board of Supervisors to succeed me as Sheriff when I retired almost two years ago. I made him my Chief Deputy because he is a smart, no-nonsense street cop who came up through the ranks over 30 years beginning first as a Corrections Officer at our jail. He’s done it all and done it well and with class.”
On the other hand, while bemoaning politics, Dupnik took a shot at Nanos’ opponent and the men and women in the Sheriff’s Department who support him. He wrote, “His opponent, through cowardly surrogates, has run a vicious attack campaign full of lies, half-truths, innuendo, and ruinous character assassination. Believe me, I know when they repeatedly state, “It’s not political,” it is just that—political.”
Because most of Napier’s support comes from Sheriff’s personnel, who have been disgusted with the corruption that has grown in the Department, Dupnik’s attack was viewed as a direct assault on them.
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