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DOC'S PLATFORM Note: Doc's platform or to-do list may grow longer by the day. Every item is subject to change. Can you think of any thing to add to this list? If so, please e-mail your suggestions to Doc at: doc4sheriff@mail.com. Thank you. Enhance the safety, security and well-being of both staff and inmates. Re-establish a real Cold Case Unit comprised of volunteers experienced in col case investigations. Allow inmates to correspond by letters to family etc. Broaden Media access to the jail. Pro Medical Marijuana. Reduce sheriff's travel expenses. Advocate reduction of the sheriff's pay to $65K. Promote greater community involvement in preventing crime. Develop greater meth awareness. No "No-Knock" raids. No Computer Digital Voice Analysis. No more tents to house inmates. Explore more alternatives to incarceration. Enhance sanitation and health care in the jail. Advocate motorcycle friendly laws. Promote aggressive fugitive apprehension program. Review use of Tasers. Reduce, even more, the cost of concealed carry permits. Maximum eight year term for sheriff. No surveillance of Tea Party gatherings, etc. Establish child safety program with Doc's child safety booklet. No taxation by citation. Determine necessity of forensic audit. Establish mandatory random alcohol/drug testing of sheriff. Review ICE contract. Advocate significant reduction in cost of bail for non-violent offenders with ties to the community. |
See The Gazette Voter Guide: Click here BUT DOC, YOU HAVE NO EXPERIENCE! Name one sheriff that was a sheriff before first becoming El Paso County Sheriff. Can you name a former El Paso County Sheriff that had no law enforcement experience prior to being elected to that office? Was there ever a woman sheriff? E-mail your answers to: doc4sheriff@mail.com. INDY MAG CITES DOC FOR VACATIONING WHILE CAMPAIGNING The Colorado Springs Independent pulled over Doc and chided him for vacationing while running. When questioned by Pam Zubeck of the Indy why he was caught traveling while campaigning ? Holiday replied by saying, "Ask how many times has Sheriff Maketa been out of town and to where and with whom, and who or what paid for the trips and did any of the checks bounce?" Doc added that the trip was planned long ago and money had been committed. "I'm ready to go back again." he proffered while being mug shot and printed. P.S. Some of this website was composed by me in early October in Montepulciano, Italy. Why The Sheriff Is So Important To The Economy Of El Paso County I saw a bumper sticker. I saw it a few times. It read; "Come to Colorado on vacation. Leave on probation". We all want folks to come to Colorado and especially to Colorado Springs for their vacation or just for a visit. Vacationers and visitors spend money and money spent in our city and county is a very good thing for everyone here. Bumper stickers like the one I mentioned does not help to promote business and tourism to the region or to our city nor does it enhance their image. A tent jail did not help our county's image either. In fact, in 2007, an inmate residing in the tent was injured by a deputy. The inmate sued and was awarded $80,000. And before that, a person was awarded $56,000 for a Taser related incident. The sheriff limiting inmates non-legal related correspondence to postcards and consequently getting sued by the ACLU did not improve our image nor taxpayer pocketbooks. The sheriff calling in a 7 million dollar federal boarder patrol spy-plane to spy on local pot growers did not help our image or our boarder security. Besides, attempting to just look tough is not nearly the same as being truly tough on the very bad criminals who deserve being tough with. And, we have no shortage of very bad criminals in our area that the sheriff should be directing his limited resources against. Streets with pot holes are not only dangerous to motorcycle riders but also hurt our image. Our region is in competition for tourist and business dollars with every other region in the country. If we are to get our fair share of those dollars then we must be as inviting and attractive a region as we can be. That's why image is so important and law enforcement is a big part of that image. The sheriff must be visitor, tourist and business friendly if he or she is to be an asset rather than a liability to the community that he or she serves and protects. Revised October 4, 2010, Montepulciano, Italy, |
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