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Published on: 5/28/2006
Last Visited: 11/7/2006
Looking at the backgrounds of Jason Campbell and Allen Mayfield, one probably can guess on what each candidate wants to focus if elected as Calhoun County Sheriff.
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Campbell, an investigator with the District Attorney's Calhoun and Cleburne County Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force, said the war on drugs will be his No. 1 priority.
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Campbell, 26, has served as a corrections officer at the Calhoun and Talladega county jails, a police officer at Jacksonville State University and a sheriff's deputy in Calhoun and Cleburne counties.In all, Campbell has spent seven years in law enforcement.
He is a certified methamphetamine lab inspector and is certified to dismantle meth labs.Campbell said he has hundreds of hours of narcotics training and has taken several S.W.A.T. Team courses.
Additionally, Campbell is a certified site safety officer in Clandestine Labs and Weapons of Mass Destruction and a certified Hazardous Materials Technician.He said this training is important for the sheriff to have, being so close to the incinerator at Anniston Army De-pot.
Neither man has a college degree.Mayfield attended classes at Jacksonville State University, and Campbell attended Shelton State Community College.
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Campbell on the other hand said he believes federal inmates are a great way to save the taxpayers money.
He pointed out that if the sheriff's office could make more federal cases against offenders, then the inmates would be transferred to federal prisons.
Campbell said drugs should be a major area of focus for the sheriff.
"We have thousands of people on drugs in Calhoun County," he said.
According to Campbell, fighting drugs is the key to reducing most types of crime.
He believes 90 percent of the crime in the county is drug-related.He said many addicts steal to get money to feed their habits.If the drug problems were curbed, the addicts wouldn't need to steal, he said.
He said the key to fighting drugs is to start early.
"I believe if we can start with the kids and implement new educational programs, we can make a better impact," Campbell said.
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Campbell said communication with citizens can be a valuable tool in fighting crime.
"A lot of times they can be your eyes and ears," Campbell said.
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Campbell said if he was elected, he would try to free up money by eliminating "non-essential" office staff.
Both men expressed a major de-sire to keep all of the county's agencies united.
"It'll be hard for one agency to fight crime without the support of the community and other agencies," Campbell said.
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