March 11, 2013

UPDATE: We’ve been contacted by police chiefs and other groups or individuals who want to be counted among the valiant as well! Look for their list after the sheriffs.

The following sheriffs, state sheriff’s associations, and police chiefs have vowed to uphold and defend the Constitution against Obama’s unconstitutional gun control measures.  We applaud these public servants for their courage and conviction.  

The remarkable thing about what these brave men and women are doing is that nobody told them to do it.  Neither the CSPOA nor any other organization that we are aware of contacted sheriffs across the nation and asked them to make statements; this is something sheriffs did on their own, or because their constituents requested it of them.  Soon, people started submitting letters and links to us, and it was such a remarkable thing that we started to collect all the names and list them together.  Then the miracle happened: Other sheriffs across the nation have been inspired by the courage of those who stood first.  Now we see the power of standing, even if you fear you may stand alone.

“I call on sheriffs all over this nation to add their voices to the growing numbers of faithful protectors of our freedom.”

- Richard Mack

Constitutional Duty of the Sheriff – Richard Mack

TOTAL STATE SHERIFFS ASSOCIATIONS: 14

Updated 03/12/2013

Note: A statement from a state association does not necessarily mean that every sheriff in the state supports it. One such case is is Florida, listed below. This statement was voted on and approved by a majority of the sheriffs in the association, but not by EVERY sheriff in the state. While other lists may include all sheriffs within such a state, we have chosen to list associations and individual sheriffs separately.

Association	Reason for Listing
California Sheriffs Association	Link
Colorado Sheriffs Association	Link
Florida Sheriffs Association	Link
Georgia Sheriffs Association	Link
Illinois Sheriffs Association	Link
Indiana Sheriffs Association	Link
Missouri Sheriffs Association	Link
Montana Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association	Link
Nebraska Sheriffs Association	Link
New Mexico Sheriffs Association	Link
Oklahoma Sheriffs Association	Link
South Carolina Sheriffs Association	Link
Utah Sheriffs Association	Link
Wyoming Sheriffs Association	Link

 

TOTAL SHERIFFS: 349

Updated 03/12/2013

We are in the process of researching and posting links to online statements for all entities on these lists. You can help us by sending us links to statements by any of them.If you know a sheriff or association that should be listed: Please send us the sheriff’s full name, county, and state along with a link to an online statement by the sheriff if available. You may also email us supporting documents via the contact page.Disclaimer: While we encourage all sheriffs and peace officers to join CSPOA, the list below includes members of the CSPOA and any others who have gone on record to uphold their oath by having made public statements, written open letters or contacted us personally and asked to be included. We have indicated which sheriffs are members of the CSPOA.We evaluate each sheriff on a case by case basis, but in general we are looking for sheriffs whose statements contain:

• A reaffirmation that the sheriff will follow his or her oath and uphold the Constitution
• An affirmation to support the constitutional second amendment rights of citizens in his or her jurisdiction

State	County	Sheriff	Reason for Listing
Alabama	Baldwin	Huey Hoss Mack	Link
Alabama	Barbour	LeRoy Upshaw	Personal request
Alabama	Chilton	Kevin Davis
Alabama	Houston	Andy Hughes	Link
Alabama	Lee	Jay Jones
Alabama	Madison	Blake Dorning	Link
Alabama	Morgan	Ana Franklin	Link
Arizona	Cochise	Mark J. Dannels	Link
Arizona	Maricopa	Joe Arpaio	Link
Arizona	Mohave	Tom Sheahan	Link
Arizona	Pinal	Paul Babeu	Link
Arizona	Yavapai	Scott Mascher	Link
Arizona	Yuma	Leon Wilmot	Link
Arkansas	Boone	Mike Moore	Link
Arkansas	Cross	JR Smith	Link
California	Amador	Martin Ryan	Link
California	Butte	Jerry Smith	Link
California	Del Norte	Dean Wilson	Link
California	El Dorado	John D’Agostini	Link
California	Fresno	Margaret Mims	Link
California	Humboldt	Mike Downey	Link
California	Kern	Donny Youngblood	Link
California	Lassen	Dean Growdon	Link
California	Mendocino	Thomas Allman	CSPOA Member Link
California	Modoc	Mike Poindexter	Link
California	Nevada	Keith Royal	Link
California	Plumas	Greg Hagwood	Link
California	Shasta	Tom Bosenko
California	Sierra	John Evans	Link
California	Siskiyou	Jon Lopey	Link
California	Stanislaus	Adam Christianson	Link
California	Tehama	David Hencraft	Link
California	Toulumne	James W. Mele	Link
California	Trinity	Bruce Haney	Link
Colorado	El Paso	Terry Maketa	Link
Colorado	Garfield	Lou Vallario	Link
Colorado	Larimer	Justin Smith	Link
Colorado	Mesa	Stan Hilkey	Link
Colorado	Montrose	Rick Dunlap	Link
Colorado	Weld	John Cooke	Link
Delaware	Sussex	Jeff Christopher	Link
Florida	Bay	Frank McKeithen	Link
Florida	Clay	Rick Beseler
Florida	Collier	Kevin Rambosk	Statement Link
Florida	Hamilton	Harrell Reid	Link
Florida	Lee	Mike Scott	Statement Link
Florida	Martin	Bill Snyder
Florida	Polk	Grady Judd
Florida	Seminole	Donald F. Eslinger	Link
Florida	Walton	Michael Adkinson
Georgia	Carroll	Terry Langley	Link
Georgia	Cherokee	Roger Garrison
Georgia	Cobb	Neil Warren
Georgia	Columbia	Clay White	Link
Georgia	Fannin	Dane Kirby
Georgia	Fayette	Barry Babb
Georgia	Gilmer	Stacy Nicholson
Georgia	Gwinnett	Butch Conway
Georgia	Oconee	Scott Berry
Georgia	Paulding	Gary Gulledge
Georgia	Pike	Jimmy Thomas
Georgia	Putnam	Howard R. Sills	Link
Georgia	Spalding	Wendell Beam
Georgia	Towns	Christopher M. Clinton	Link
Georgia	Twiggs	R. Darren Mitchum
Georgia	Upson	Dan Kilgore
Georgia	Walton	Joe Chapman
Idaho	Bannock	Lorin Nielsen	Link
Idaho	Benewah	Dave Resser	CSPOA member
Idaho	Bonner	Daryl Wheeler
Idaho	Canyon	Kieran Donahue
Idaho	Clark	Bart May
Idaho	Clearwater	Chris Goetz
Idaho	Gem	Chuck Rolland
Idaho	Idaho	Doug Giddings
Idaho	Jerome	Doug McFall
Idaho	Lewis	Brian Brokop
Idaho	Madison	Roy Klingler
Idaho	Nez Perce	Joe Rodriguez
Idaho	Oneida	J.P. Semrad	Requested personally
Idaho	Payette	Chad Huff	Emailed CSPOA Link
Idaho	Shoshone	Mitch Alexander
Idaho	Twin Falls	Tom Carter	CSPOA Member Link
Idaho	Washington	Matt Thomas
Illinois	Champaign	Dan Walsh	Link
Illinois	Clark	Jerry Parsley
Illinois	DuPage	John Zaruba	Link
Illinois	Edgar	Edward Motley
Illinois	Iroquois	Derek Hagen
Illinois	McLean	Mike Emery
Indiana	Boone	Ken Campbell
Indiana	Elkhart	Brad Rogers
Indiana	Franklin	Ken Murphy
Indiana	Hancock	Michael Shepherd	CSPOA member
Indiana	Ripley	Tom Grills
Iowa	Cedar	Warren M. Wethington
Kansas	Harvey	Walton Townsend	CSPOA member
Kansas	Johnson	Frank Denning
Kansas	Linn	Barry Walker	CSPOA member
Kansas	Sherman	Burton Pianalto	CSPOA member
Kansas	Sumner	Darren Chambers	CSPOA member
Kentucky	Bath	John Snedegar
Kentucky	Boone	Michael A. Helmig
Kentucky	Jackson	Denny Peyman
Kentucky	Kenton	Chuck Korzenborn
Kentucky	Powell	Scott F. Harrison
Maryland	Carroll	Ken Tregoning
Maryland	Frederick	Charles A. Jenkins
Maryland	Kent	John Price	Link
Maryland	Wicomico	Mike Lewis	Link
Michigan	Barry	Dar Leaf
Michigan	Benzie	Ted Schende
Michigan	Joseph	Bradley Balk
Michigan	Kent	Larry Stelma
Michigan	Menominee	Kenny Marks	CSPOA member Link
Michigan	Tuscola	Leland Teschendorf
Minnesota	Anoka	James Stuart
Minnesota	Hennipen	Rich Stanek
Minnesota	Itasca	Victor Williams
Minnesota	Otter Tail	Brian Schlueter
Minnesota	Pine	Robin Cole	Link
Minnesota	Ramsey	Matt Bostrom
Minnesota	Steams	John Sanner
Minnesota	Yellow Medicine	Bill Flaten
Mississippi	DeSoto	Bill Rasco
Mississippi	Forrest	Billy McGee
Mississippi	Monroe	Cecil Cantrell
Missouri	Barry	Mick Epperly
Missouri	Bollinger	Darin Shell	Link
Missouri	Butler	Mark Dobbs
Missouri	Cape Girardeau	John Jordan	Link
Missouri	Gasconade	Randy Esphorst
Missouri	Henry	J. Kent Oberkorm	Link
Missouri	Jasper	Randee Kaiser
Missouri	Johnson	Charles Heiss
Missouri	Lawrence	Brad A. DeLay	Link
Missouri	Lawrence	Brad A. DeLay
Missouri	Lincoln	John Cottle	Link
Missouri	Livingston	Steve Cox
Missouri	Marion	Jimmy Shinn
Missouri	Mercer	Stephen Stockman
Missouri	Oregon	George R. Underwood
Missouri	Osage	Michael Dixon
Missouri	Ralls	Gerry Dinwiddie
Missouri	Shannon	Steven R. Blunkall
Missouri	Texas	James Sigman	Link
Missouri	Warren	Kevin T. Harrison
Montana	Cascade	Bob Edwards
Montana	Lake	Jay Doyle
Montana	Lewis and Clark	Leo Dutton
Montana	Musselshell	Woodrow Weitzeil
Montana	Powell	Scott F. Howard
Montana	Ravalli	Chris Hoffman
Montana	Sanders	Tom Rummel
Montana	Wibaux	Darby Harrington
Montana	Yellowstone	Mike Linder
Nebraska	Dakota	Chris Kleinberg
Nevada	Churchill	Benjamin D. Trotter	CSPOA member
Nevada	Humboldt	Ed Kilgpore
Nevada	Nye	Tony DeMeo
New Hampshire	Grafton	Douglas R Dutile
New Mexico	Arriba	Joe Mascarenas
New Mexico	Bernalillo	Dan Houston
New Mexico	Catron	Shawn Menges
New Mexico	Chaves	Patrick R Jennings
New Mexico	Cibola	Johnny Valdez
New Mexico	Colfax	Jim Maldonado
New Mexico	De Baca	Dennis A. Cleaver
New Mexico	Dona Ana	Todd Garrison
New Mexico	Eddy	Scott London
New Mexico	Grant	Raul Holguin
New Mexico	Guadalupe	Michael R Lucero
New Mexico	Harding	Herman Martinez
New Mexico	Hidalgo	Saturnino Madero
New Mexico	Lea	Mark Hargrove
New Mexico	Lincoln	Robert Sheppard
New Mexico	Los Alamos	Marco Lucero
New Mexico	Luna	Raymond Cobos
New Mexico	Otero	Benny House
New Mexico	Quay	Joe Schallert
New Mexico	Roosevelt	Darren Hooker
New Mexico	San Juan	Ken Christesen
New Mexico	San Miguel	Benjie Vigil
New Mexico	Santa Fe	Robert Garcia
New Mexico	Sierra	Joe Baca
New Mexico	Socorro	Phillip Montoya
New Mexico	Taos	Miguel Romero Jr
New Mexico	Torrance	Heath White
New Mexico	Union	William Spriggs
New Mexico	Valencia	Louis Burkhard
New York	Erie	Timothy B. Howard
New York	Erie	Timothy B. Howard
New York	Greene	Greg Sealy	Link
New York	Otsego	Richard Devlin Jr.
New York	Putnam	Donald Smith
New York	Saratoga	James D. Bowen	Link
New York	Schoharie	Tony Desmond
New York	Steuben	David Cole
New York	Suffolk	Vincent DeMarco
North Carolina	Brunswick	John Ingram	Link
North Carolina	Catawba	Coy Reid
North Carolina	Cleveland	Alan Norman
North Carolina	Franklin	Jerry Jones
North Carolina	Guilford	Darlene Terrell	CSPOA member
North Carolina	Harnett	Larry Rollins
North Carolina	Henderson	Charlie McDonald
North Carolina	Lee	Tracy Carter
North Carolina	Rockingham	Sam Page
North Carolina	Sampson	Jimmy Thornton
North Carolina	Stokes	Mike Marshall
North Carolina	Union	Eddie Cathey
North Carolina	Wake	Donnie Harrison
North Carolina	Wake	Robert Foy	CSPOA member
North Carolina	Wayne	Carey Winders
Ohio	Allen	Sam Crish
Ohio	Auglaize	Al Solomon
Ohio	Hancock	Michael E. Heldman
Ohio	Hancock	Mike Heldman
Ohio	Mercer	Jeff Grey
Ohio	Preble	Michael Simpson
Ohio	Richland	J. Steve Sheldon
Oklahoma	Cleveland	Joe Lester	Link
Oklahoma	Jackson	Roger LeVick
Oklahoma	Major	Steve Randolph
Oklahoma	McCurtain	Johnny Tadlock
Oklahoma	Wagoner	Bob ‘Big Block’ Colbert
Oregon	Baker	Mitchell Southwick
Oregon	Coos	Craig Zanni	Link
Oregon	Crook	Jim Hensley
Oregon	Curry	John Bishop
Oregon	Deschutes	Larry Blanton
Oregon	Douglas	John Hanlin
Oregon	Grant	Glenn E. Palmer
Oregon	Jackson	Mike Winters
Oregon	Josephine	Gil Gilbertson
Oregon	Klamath	Frank Skrah
Oregon	Linn	Tim Mueller	Link
Oregon	Malheur	Brian Wolfe
Oregon	Marion	Jason Myers
Oregon	Multnomah	Dan Staton
Oregon	Polk	Bob Wolfe
Oregon	Union	Boyd Rasmussen
Oregon	Wallowa	Steve Rogers
Oregon	Washington	Pat Garrett
Oregon	Yamhill	Jack Crabtree
Pennsylvania	Adams	Jim Muller
Pennsylvania	Berks	Eric J. Weaknecht
Pennsylvania	Bradford	Clinton J. Walters
Pennsylvania	Butler	Michael T. Slupe	Link
Pennsylvania	Cambria	Bob Kolar	Link
Pennsylvania	Chester	Carolyn ‘Bunny’ Welsh	Statement Link
Pennsylvania	Cumberland	Ronny R. Anderson	CSPOA member
Pennsylvania	Elk	Jeffrey C. Krieg
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	Mark Reese	Link
Pennsylvania	Montour	Ray C. Gerringer.pdf	Link
Pennsylvania	Venango	Eric Foy	CSPOA member
Pennsylvania	Westmoreland	Jonathan Held
South Carolina	Abbeyville	Ronnie Ashley
South Carolina	Berkeley	Wayne DeWitt
South Carolina	Charleston	Al Cannon
South Carolina	Edgefield	Adell Dobey
South Carolina	Kershaw	Jim Matthews
South Carolina	Lexington	James Metts
South Carolina	Pickens	Rick Clark
South Carolina	Spartanburg	Chuck Wright	Link
South Carolina	York	Bruce Bryant
Tennessee	Bradley	Jim Ruth
Tennessee	Dyer	Jeff Box
Tennessee	Hamilton	Jim Hammond
Tennessee	White	Oddie Shoupe
Texas	Anderson	Greg Taylor	Link
Texas	Austin	Jack Brandes
Texas	Burnet	W.T. Smith
Texas	Collin	Terry Box	Link
Texas	Dallam	Bruce Scott	CSPOA member
Texas	Ellis	Johnny Brown
Texas	Fannin	Dane Kirby
Texas	Fort Bend	Troy E. Nehls
Texas	Galveston	Henry Trochesset
Texas	Grayson	Keith Gary	Link
Texas	Grimes	Donald Sowell	Link
Texas	Hardin	Ed Cain	CSPOA member
Texas	Hartley	Frank Scott	CSPOA member Link
Texas	Hill	Michael Cox
Texas	Hudspeth	Arvin West
Texas	Hutchinson	Don L Johnson
Texas	Johnson	Bob Alford
Texas	Liberty	Bobby Rader	Link
Texas	Mason	Buster Nixon
Texas	McCulloch	Earl Howell
Texas	McLennan	Parnell McNamara
Texas	Mills	Clint Hammonds
Texas	Montgomery	Tommy Gage
Texas	Oldham	David Medlin
Texas	Randall	Joel W. Richardson
Texas	Smith	Larry Smith
Texas	Taylor	Ricky Bishop	Link
Texas	Waller	R. Glenn Smith
Utah	Beaver	Cameron M. Noel
Utah	Box Elder	Joseph Yeates
Utah	Cache	G. Lynn Nelson
Utah	Carbon	James Cordova
Utah	Daggett	Jerry Jorgensen
Utah	Davis	Todd Richardson
Utah	Duchesne	Travis Mitchell
Utah	Duchesne	Merv Gustin
Utah	Emery	Greg Funk
Utah	Garfield	James D. Perkins
Utah	Garfiled	Than Cooper
Utah	Grand	James B. Nyland Sr.
Utah	Grand	Steven White
Utah	Iron	Mark Gower
Utah	Juab	Alden Orme
Utah	Kane	Lamont Smith
Utah	Millard	Robert Dekker
Utah	Morgan	Blaine Breshears
Utah	Morgan	Gene Ercanbrack
Utah	Puite	Marty Gleave
Utah	Rich	Dale Stacey
Utah	San Juan	Rick Eldredge
Utah	San Juan	Mike Lacy
Utah	Sanpete	Brian Nielson
Utah	Sanpete	Kay P. Larsen
Utah	Sevier	Phil Barney
Utah	Sevier	Nathan Curtis
Utah	Summit	David Edmunds
Utah	Tooele	Frank Park
Utah	Uintah	Jeff Merrell
Utah	Utah	James Tracy
Utah	Wasatch	Todd Bonner
Utah	Wasatch	Kenneth Vanwagoner
Utah	Washington	Kirk Smith
Utah	Washington	Cory Pulsipher
Utah	Wayne	Kurt Taylor
Utah	Weber	Terry Thompson
Virginia	Williamsburg-James City	Robert J. Deeds	Link
Washington	Asotin	Ken Bancroft
Washington	Grant	Tom Jones
Washington	Skamania	Dave Brown
Washington	Whitman	Brett Myers
Washington	Yakima	Ken Irwin	Link
West Virginia	Boone	William “Randall” White	Link
West Virginia	Hardy	Bryan Ward	Link
West Virginia	Logan	Sonya M. Dingess Porter	Link
West Virginia	Raleigh	Steve Tanner	Link
West Virginia	Roane	Mike Harper	Link
West Virginia	Wood	Ken Merritt	Link
WI	Washington	Dale K. Schmidt	Link
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	David Clarke	Link

TOTAL POLICE CHIEFS & MISC: 2

Updated 03/12/2013

State	County or City	Office	Name	Reason for Listing
Nevada	Mineral County	Deputy Sheriffs	Association	Emailed us
Pennsylvania	Gilberton, Schuylkill	Police Chief	Mark Kessler	Link

How NOT To Get On The List

This section is clear down at the bottom, where it belongs. It contains a few links to statements with a lot of truthiness that miss the whole point. Most of the statements from sheriffs below this line contain some statement about it being their job to enforce the law, not to pick and choose. A great response to this can be found in a letter from Cleveland County, Oklahoma Sheriff Joe Lester who stated, “I was trained in the US Army, under the authority of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, that I had the right and the duty as a member of the military to disregard any order that I knew to be unlawful.” Even soldiers in the military are not supposed to blindly follow orders. They are supposed to use their own moral compasses to determine right and wrong. Failure to do so rests on their own shoulders, and the same is true for every individual – not just in this country – but in the world.

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Sheriff Gary Raney, Ada County, Idaho – I uphold all of the Constitution, not just part of it and an excellent rebuttal here.

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And look! Here is a post a the sheriff’s site in Ohio, quoting the local sheriffs association on the issue. For those of you who understand the impending threats, this may make you slightly sick to your stomach. Who will stop the tyrants? Will the tyrants regulate themselves?

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Michigan Sheriff’s Association takes the low road – WatchDog Wire reports that in response to questions from citizens on their Facebook page, the Michigan Sheriff’s Association took the bold, decisive step of deleting the posts after hiding behind the old “it’s not our job to make the laws; we just enforce ‘em” schtick. Way to be answerable to the public, guys. You are of the same mindset as the cops who threw Rosa Parks off the bus.

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Somebody recently submitted the following “Add my sheriff” request to us:

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Please add Sheriff Lovick [Snohomish County, Washington] to your list that oppose unlawfull gun control by President Obama.

“As Sheriff elected twice by the citizens of Snohomish County, I swore to support, defend and obey the Constitution AND laws of the United States of America. At this time, there have been no changes to federal or state gun laws. As a law enforcement agency, it is not our role to comment on or criticize policy recommendations – it is our job to uphold and defend the laws of our county, state and country. If new federal or state gun laws are passed, I will discuss the best way to follow the spirit of those laws with Snohomish county leadership, Washington state legislators, and my colleagues at other law enforcement agencies.”

-Sheriff John Lovick, Snohomish County, Washington

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Sorry, but this is the OPPOSITE of what we need.  A statement so wimpy and ambiguous that it could mean anything.  Is he for or against?  Will he uphold the Constitution or the unconstitutional laws?  Could be either… or both. Or neither.

http://cspoa.org/sheriffs-gun-rights/