Candidate for
Sheriff-Coroner; County of Orange

"The Sheriff should be in the business of protecting people's rights, not restricting them." Bill Hunt 2005 ___________________________________________________________

2nd Amendment, CCW

Protecting Your Constitutionally Guaranteed Rights!

As your Sheriff, I will issue CCW's to any applicant who is a law abiding resident of the county, meets state mandated requirements and is not prohibited by law from possessing a firearm. To me, personal protection is good cause! ___________________________________________________________

Fiscal Responsibility

The Sheriff's department budget is $800 million. In these difficult times, Orange County told our appointed Sheriff to cut 3% of the budget. She waited 8 months to find a mere 3 cents on the dollar and her plan was to fire cops. As your Sheriff, I will streamline the bloated bureaucracy, cut wasteful spending and enhance service and performance for our citizens. I will reform our jails, reform drug treatment and medical services, feed inmates in their cells, stop senior leaders from spiking their pensions and eliminate take home cars for non-first responders. ___________________________________________________________

Jail Reform

It is the responsibility of the Sheriff to maintain our jails.

NO EARLY RELEASES

As your sheriff I will ensure we keep sentenced inmates in-custody for the duration of their sentence, PERIOD!

I WILL NOT CITE AND RELEASE INMATES

I will not release inmates early to save money and expand jail space. As your sheriff my policy will be pay your bail or stay in jail!

NO BEDS FOR FEDS

I will not lease our jail space to the Federal Government for pennies on the dollar while citing and releasing local criminals back into the community.

I will end the long standing practice of citing and releasing for misdemeanor crimes. I will book all misdemeanor arrests and require criminals to bear the cost for their release by posting bail NOT by citation or through release on their own recogniznce with nothing more than a promise to appear.

It's time we stopped subsidizing criminal activity in Orange County!

I worked every level of our jails and I can change the culture. Morale and performance suffers when deputies serve 7 years in custody on average with no hope of other assignments. I will change this.

I will charge a fee for inmate initiated medical visits and feed inmates in their cells. We will increase jail capacity; eliminate early releases, lower operating costs and reduce the need to build costly new jail facilities.