{"id":2343257,"date":"2024-09-19T08:22:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T12:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scandals-cloud-maricopa-county-sheriff-race-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-19T08:24:54","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T12:24:54","slug":"scandals-cloud-maricopa-county-sheriff-race-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scandals-cloud-maricopa-county-sheriff-race-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Scandals cloud Maricopa County Sheriff race &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fscandals-cloud-maricopa-county-sheriff-race-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2343257&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The upcoming Maricopa County sheriff&#8217;s race is clouded by serious scandals involving both candidates. \u200bTyler Kamp, the Democratic candidate, is a former Phoenix\u2062 police\u200b officer\u2063 with\u200b a history of misconduct allegations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-state-senate-majority-leader-says-she-wont-call-for-andrew-cuomo-to-resign-unless-a-fourth-accuser-comes-forward\/\" title=\"New York State Senate Majority Leader Says She Won\u2019t Call For Andrew Cuomo To Resign Unless A Fourth Accuser Comes Forward\">including sexual harassment<\/a> from\u2064 a subordinate officer during his tenure. Although Kamp denies the harassment claims, a report found evidence of violation of sexual harassment regulations after\u2064 he retired. Additionally, he faced scrutiny regarding discrepancies in his\u200d financial disclosure statements.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Republican\u200d candidate\u2062 Jerry Sheridan has faced his own \u2062controversies, including being on the Brady List for officials accused \u200bof misconduct. He admitted \u200bto being held in contempt of court in 2016 for disobeying court orders related to a racial profiling case involving the Maricopa County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, where he served \u200bfor 42 years. Sheridan&#8217;s track record includes a failure to comply with court-mandated reforms aimed at \u200bpreventing racial profiling. Both candidates&#8217; backgrounds raise\u200c significant concerns for voters as \u2063they head\u200c to the polls.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Scandals cloud Maricopa County Sheriff race<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1763999\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; Maricopa County residents will have to decide in November who they want to be Maricopa County sheriff. However, the choice may be difficult, as both candidates have pasts of law enforcement misconduct ranging from sexual harassment to defying federal court orders.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Democrat Tyler Kamp<\/h2>\n<p>Democratic Candidate Tyler Kamp, a former Phoenix police officer, has a past of misconduct investigations and reports while working at the Phoenix Police Department including sexual harassment allegations from a rookie officer under his leadership.<\/p>\n<p>The woman&rsquo;s name was left out of the report as she was considered the victim which was filed Jan. 23, 2023 after Kamp had already retired from the Phoenix Police Department. The report includes screenshots of text messages from Kamp to the woman commenting on her appearance and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/third-woman-accuses-cuomo-of-making-unwanted-sexual-advances-at-wedding\/\" title=\"Third Woman Accuses Cuomo Of Making Unwanted Sexual Advances At Wedding\">making unwanted sexual advances<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Since November 30, 2020, former REDACTED received text messages from Lt. Tyler Kamp in which he harassed her by asking her out for drinks or made sexually harassing comments about her appearance,&rdquo; reads the report. &ldquo;For example, Lt. Tyler texted her, &lsquo;Yoga pants?? Shoot I missed it&hellip; Ummm REDACTED a little heads up next time pls.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kamp is married and has four children and when interviewed about these claims, Kamp said that he does not remember sending those messages.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In no way did I harass her at all,&rdquo; Kamp said in the report. &ldquo;We did have conversations before she worked under me. Any friendly conversations we had if you want to call them flirty or banter was completely mutual and solicited from her.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The report concluded that a violation of A.R. 2.35, the sexual harassment regulation for the city of Phoenix, did occur. However, since the report was filed after Kamp had retired, it was inconclusive on if further action needed to be taken and at this time, no action was taken on that report.<\/p>\n<p>Kamp also admitted to illegally utilizing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/l-a-democrat-says-most-fires-are-started-by-housed-individuals-after-homeless-man-charged-with-arson-in-palisades-fire\/\" title=\"L.A. Democrat Says Most Fires Are Started By \u2018Housed Individuals\u2019 After Homeless Man Charged With Arson In Palisades Fire\">law enforcement database<\/a> for personal uses.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This was an administrative infraction on my part,&rdquo; Kamp said during a Sept. 12 Arizona Horizon debate that aired on PBS. &ldquo;Someone had needed some information, his own information, I provided that. That was 12 years ago.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Benjamin Fisk, president of the Maricopa County Law Enforcement Association, sent a letter to the county recorder&rsquo;s office asking for clarification on Kamp&rsquo;s financial disclosure statement he submitted as part of his candidacy application, submitting evidence of multiple discrepancies in his report.<\/p>\n<p>The letter states that Kamp disclosed that his only source of income compensation during April 2023-April 2024 was from Goodwill of Central and Northern Arizona. However, his Linkedin account shows that his only employer during that time was Thrive Services Group. While there is overlap among the executive teams of both organizations, they are categorized as two separate legal entities and would have to reflect that on tax documents.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Kamp worked as director of investigations and law enforcement development for the Internal Justice Mission in Ghana from Aug. 2021 to March 2022, according to his Linkedin account. While this is outside of the covered period, his tax documents indicate that he was paid $148,162 from the organization between April 2022 to March 2023. Fisk requested in the letter that the recorder&rsquo;s office obtain clarifying information from Kamp and that he be required to file an amended financial disclosure statement if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mr. Kamp has a long and unfortunate history of non-compliance with the law,&rdquo; Fisk said in the letter. &ldquo;Voters deserve no less than absolute transparency from candidates for public office.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Kamp campaign issued the following statement in response to the letter: &ldquo;Jerry Sheridan has been embarrassing himself and so his allies are seeking a distraction. This letter is the epitome of grasping at straws, which doesn&rsquo;t come as a surprise considering Mr. Fisk&rsquo;s history. We agree that voters should be fully informed. Therefore, we encourage them to watch the AZ PBS debate that aired last week where Jerry Sheridan suggested he was willing to defy a federal judge again and admitted to being on the Brady List.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Republican Jerry Sheridan<\/h2>\n<p>Republican Candidate Jerry Sheridan, who served as chief deputy of the Maricopa County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office and worked with MCSO for 42 years, did admit during the debate that he is on the Brady List &ndash; a list of public safety officials who have been accused of misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>This comes from Sheridan being held in contempt of court in 2016 for disobeying court orders. When Sheridan became chief deputy, he inherited a six<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maine-secretary-of-state-fights-to-preserve-restrictions-penalties-for-publicizing-errors-on-voter-rolls\/\" title=\"Maine Secretary of State defends rules, penalties for sharing voter roll mistakes.\">-year-long legal battle<\/a> that stemmed from MCSO deputies racially profiling Hispanic individuals in traffic stops in an attempt to deport illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after Sheridan was promoted to chief deputy in 2013, Maricopa County Judge Snow issued an order requiring then Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to make changes to prevent continued misconduct. They were required to have a monitor to keep track of the MCSO&rsquo;s behavior, record all traffic stops, increase training of employees and radio in the basis of every traffic stop before making contact with the individuals inside the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>However, in 2016, the court found that MCSO leadership had violated those court orders, when evidence was revealed that the MCSO was not complying with the required monitoring and oversight and the traffic stop recordings were being hidden from the court. Additionally, recordings were released revealing that Sheridan had told his deputies that the court ruling was &ldquo;ludicrous&rdquo; and &ldquo;crap.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sheridan admitted to this during the debate, saying, &ldquo;I think people in this county want a leader that is not afraid to do the right thing when the right thing needs to be done and if that is disagreeing with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-supreme-court-to-decide-on-hearing-suit-declaring-all-male-draft-discriminatory\/\" title=\"Report: Supreme Court to Decide on Hearing Suit Declaring All-Male Draft Discriminatory\">federal district court judge<\/a> and suffering the consequences of that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This court ruling and subsequent consent decree resulted in an increase of $350 million of taxpayer money going towards oversight at the MCSO, something that both candidates agree is an issue. However, they have different approaches addressing it.<\/p>\n<p>Sheridan said that the number one expense was the order that the MCSO hire 40 new sergeants, saying that they did not have enough staff and the current MCSO administration is adding extra oversight and costs that are not needed.<\/p>\n<p>Kamp claims that the order is close to being no longer needed now that there is a new administration and says that the backlog of misconduct investigations should be addressed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We need to clean up the backlog of misconduct investigations, the reason being it prevents employees from potentially transferring or promoting so it hurts their career development,&rdquo; Kamp said. &ldquo;The court orders have hurt recruiting, retention. It&rsquo;s hurt morale.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sheridan&rsquo;s campaign did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1763999\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1763999\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scandals overshadow the Maricopa County Sheriff election (The Center Square) \u2013 Residents of Maricopa County will face a challenging decision in November regarding their next sheriff, as both candidates have histories of law enforcement misconduct, including sexual harassment and violations of federal court orders. Democratic candidate Tyler Kamp, a former Phoenix police officer, has been the subject of misconduct investigations during his tenure at the Phoenix Police Department. These include allegations of sexual harassment from a rookie officer he supervised. The report detailing these claims was filed on January 23, 2023\u2014after Kamp&#8217;s retirement\u2014and includes text messages where he made inappropriate comments about her appearance and suggested going out for drinks. Despite being married with four children, Kamp claimed not to remember sending those messages and insisted that any interactions were mutual banter rather than harassment. The investigation concluded that there was indeed a violation of Phoenix&#8217;s sexual harassment policy; however, since it occurred post-retirement, no further action was taken.<\/p>\n<p>Kamp also acknowledged misusing a law enforcement database for personal reasons but described it as an administrative error from twelve years ago during a debate on Arizona Horizon aired by PBS. Additionally, Benjamin Fisk, president of the Maricopa County Law Enforcement Association, raised concerns about discrepancies in Kamp\u2019s financial disclosure statement related to his candidacy application and requested clarification from the county recorder\u2019s office. Fisk emphasized that voters deserve complete transparency from public office candidates.<\/p>\n<p>In response to these allegations and inquiries into his financial disclosures, Kamp&#8217;s campaign dismissed them as distractions orchestrated by his opponent Jerry Sheridan\u2019s allies.<\/p>\n<p>Republican candidate Jerry Sheridan has served as chief deputy at the Maricopa County Sheriff\u2019s Office (MCSO) for over four decades and admitted during the debate to being on the Brady List\u2014a registry for public safety officials accused of misconduct\u2014due to being held in contempt for ignoring court orders in 2016 related to racial profiling practices within MCSO aimed at deporting undocumented immigrants. Following his promotion in 2013 amid ongoing legal issues surrounding MCSO&#8217;s conduct towards Hispanic individuals during traffic stops mandated by Judge Snow&#8217;s order requiring oversight measures be implemented.<\/p>\n<p>Sheridan acknowledged past failures within MCSO leadership regarding compliance with court mandates but defended his stance against federal rulings when necessary while asserting that taxpayers are burdened by increased costs due to oversight requirements imposed after these legal battles.<\/p>\n<p>Both candidates agree on addressing issues stemming from past misconduct but propose different solutions: Sheridan believes additional staffing is essential while Kamp argues that resolving existing backlogs in investigations is crucial for employee morale and career advancement opportunities within MCSO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2343258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2024-arizona-elections.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[37990,32523,7169,41209,32076],"class_list":["post-2343257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-local-politics","tag-maricopa-county","tag-scandals","tag-sheriff-race","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2024-arizona-elections.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2343257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2343258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2343257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2343257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2343257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}