Sheriff Brian Cruze will be Running for a 4th Term

Meeker County Sheriff Brian Cruze announced last week that he will be running for a 4th term. With his reelection announcement, the Meeker County Sheriff outlined some goals that he’d still like to accomplish and touted successful highlights of his tenure, so far.

Prior to his first election as Sheriff, Cruze had spent years on patrol, working on the narcotics task force and working as a detective with the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office. He says ridding the community of drug crime has been a priority and in the past few years, record amounts of drug-related arrests have been made and record amounts of drugs have been taken off of the streets.

Sheriff Cruze says it would be nice to put more time and resources into mental health components which can tie in to different types of crime, and they’ve been working with Social Services on programs to try to help people and to try to make sure they don’t return to jail. He says rehabilitation is not part of their job description and when people leave jail, they are out of their control, but they try to help people get on the right track.

Sheriff Cruze says the remodeling of the Court House into the Justice Center and the improvements made to the Law Enforcement Center over the past couple of years has improved their space and security, and the upgrades to equipment have helped the overall operation. He says he’d like to thank his staff for all of their hard work during his years as sheriff.

Sheriff Cruze says he’d also like to thank his wife and kids for their support because it’s not always easy for them as he’s in the public eye. He says his record speaks for itself as community engagement has been a priority for him along with keeping up with technology, and he’s hoping to be elected to another 4-year term in November.