Dan Saban’s 10-point plan establishes the sheriff’s office as the regional resource for public
safety efforts by being the driving force behind the sharing of all the resources necessary to
facilitate and coordinate effective and efficient law enforcement services here in Maricopa
County.
1. Create Community Partners within County Islands
by using proven crime prevention methods in areas like Anthem, Aguila, Gila Bend, and
Cave Creek. Improve service by expanding programs such as neighborhood watch,
School Resource Officer, and Faith-Based Public Safety Partnerships.
2. Establish a county-wide approach to eliminating gangs
from our streets and cut their activity by 50% within five years by advocating a
regionalized approach to solutions and by partnering with the State wide Gang Task
Force, GITEM throughout Maricopa County in a united front.
3. Revive the Warrant Service Unit
that will actively serve the 40,000 outstanding felony warrants for violent crimes and
create a tracking method for all registered Sex Offenders living within county areas. In
addition, I will assign personnel and support resources to work with the US Marshals
Service’s Fugitive Task Force county-wide.
4. Facilitate the collaboration of a critical data-sharing process
that will use systems like COPLINK and allow multi-jurisdictions to use technology and
share criminal justice information and intelligence to increase police operational
effectiveness and efficiencies in fighting crime in real time. I will take the lead bringing
stakeholders together to work on reducing costs, while creating strategies for improving
information management and how information and intelligence is shared throughout the
state to enable police more tools to protect the public.
5. Promote the need for communications interoperability
so that first responders anywhere in the county can communicate with ease and provide
successful outcomes no matter which agency they are affiliated with.
6. Enforce illegal immigration
correctly by supporting federal, state and local agencies with available resources to
eradicate the drop houses and other tools of organized crime, human smugglers, drugtraffickers
and fraud-rings. Place immigration holds on all in-custody arrests at time of
jail booking. I will lead the efforts in working side by side with all law enforcement
agencies and repair the damage done to communities who have lived in fear and restore
the trust in law enforcement that we are here to use our authority to protect you, not
abuse you.
7. Reduce jail recidivism and costs
protect our communities by looking at innovative and cost-effective programs similar to
those found in Boston and San Francisco that have been successful with re-entry
programs. Partner with Adult Probation to create a proactive offender tracking system to
keep those offenders from repeating their criminal pasts. It is with the understanding
that education, treatment and prevention are a better investment than the cost of money
and lives after a crime has occurred.
8. Actively support existing Public Safety Partnerships
with groups like the East & West Valley Police Chiefs’ Associations that cross
jurisdictions to analyze and evaluate policing methods and practices to create the most
effective and efficient strategies to fight crime. Use the Sheriff’s Posse to suppress
burglaries/thefts and quality of life crimes within the county areas in addition to offering
them as a resource to local law enforcement efforts as requested. Create a “working” jail
users committee that will review jail costs, maintain satellite jail facilities, provide cost
effective inmate transportation and streamline existing booking procedures.
9. Recruit and retain excellent employees
by providing competitive salaries and benefits by partnering with the County Manager,
Finance Department and the Board of Supervisors to ensure that any increases are fiscally
responsible.
10. Create a Regional Public Safety Council
made up of law enforcement executives from around the county including DPS, DEA,
FBI, ATF, US Marshals, and MCAO. This Council will meet on a quarterly basis to
recommend and design joint opportunities to combat crime based on crime trends and
homeland security issues countywide in cooperation with activities at ACTIC and the
East Valley Fusion Center. I’ll create a clear plan of action with a mandate to reduce
crime and measure its effectiveness sharing that information with the public.
An excellent sheriff is a guardian of the community who works together with his law
enforcement partners and the public. Dan Saban’s plan will be effective in achieving what
we all want – to feel safe and secure within our neighborhoods. As your sheriff, he will lead
the way to accomplish that goal.
Smart on Crime. Tough on Results.
