“Masked, armed agents sweeping into neighborhoods across the country have sown chaos, confusion, and fear. The goal of those of us who work in public safety is supposed to be the opposite of that. Here in Pima County, we expect our community members and our own local police to be safe from recklessness.
And to that end, I am urging our community not to meet recklessness with more recklessness. We must be smart and fight fire not with more fire but with water. As your County Attorney, I am here to do everything possible to protect your rights to peacefully organize, educate, and record, and I ask that you stay cool, calm, and collected so that you do not rush to judgment and mistake criminal investigations with warrants signed by judges with an “ICE sweep” that has yet to occur here. We must move in ways that are wise and pray that keeps us all alive. I am with you Pima County.”
Media Contact: Shawndrea Thomas
Director of Communications
Pima County Attorney’s Office
(520) 724-5738 (Office)
(520) 310-4720 (Mobile)
Shawndrea.Thomas@pcao.pima.gov
