Losing any local county Sheriff would be significant to regional law enforcement and would shake up the political landscape, since Arizona Sheriffs are usually the heavyweight in their respective county. The death of Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever is far more significant, since he was a leader among elected Sheriffs and clearly helped shape a more reasonable conversation on border security.
Sheriff Dever was not only a board member of the National Sheriffs’ Association, he also served as chairman of the Border Security Committee. I was on his committee when he spearheaded the effort to get a unanimous committee vote to adopt the elements of the McCain/Kyl 10 Point Border Security Plan. Later that year in St. Louis, America’s 3,000 elected Sheriffs unanimously approved Dever’s plan.
With all the political implications of this vote to adopt a controversial plan, where it may seem like a no brainer for Arizonans — trust me, many of the Sheriffs on the committee were as partisan democrat as Sheriff Dever and I are republican. Sheriff Dever had more than a decade of cultivating all these relationships with these Sheriffs and he used every bit of his personal and professional credibility to convince Sheriffs from California, New York, North Carolina, Florida and Alabama that this is the right policy for America. We were cautioned by high level officials that by taking this formal and very public position, it would alienate our organization from President Obama and his administration. Sheriff Dever never flinched. His calm demeanor and his western Arizonan charm was disarming and his arguments convincing. Larry made this herculean effort look like a stroll in the park.
When all 15 Arizona Sheriffs were facing lawsuits from the ACLU to stop us from implementing SB1070, I called Sheriff Dever and asked him to join join me and the Rose Law Group to fight back with an aggressive legal defense. Larry immediately agreed, convinced his County Attorney and Board of Supervisors to allow him to have outside counsel represent him on this matter and it would not cost Cochise County one dime. Larry went the entire distance, all the way to the Supreme Court, where he filed an amicus brief that articulated our unique law enforcement perspective regarding illegal immigration, drug smuggling, threats from an unsecured border and why we should be able to enforce SB1070. A bit of irony is that the very day Larry died is when a major portion of SB1070 went into effect.
We organized a bipartisan majority of Arizona Sheriffs to call for independent investigation on Fast and Furious, we also served together on the Arizona Joint Legislative Border Security Committee, we battled back the AZ Department of Corrections prisoner and cost shift to counties and we visited each other in our counties. Larry’s sense of humor was amazing and we would often speak jointly before groups in Cochise, Pinal and other parts of Arizona. We would roast each other in front of friendly crowds while talking about serious issues - one Sheriff in uniform and the other in western get-up complete with cowboy hat and boots. There are too many stories that I have and can only imagine the full positive impact this Arizona legend had on his family, his community and those who he directly served in Cochise County.
Sheriff Larry Dever was more than Cochise County’s Sheriff. Larry Dever is truly Arizona’s Sheriff. All of us share in our grief and mourn the loss of our friend and a true American Patriot. We shall pray for strength, peace and comfort for Nancy Dever, his six sons, 11 grandchildren, extended family, CCSO and his many friends. We shall miss you Larry. Our lives have been touched and enriched by your friendship and service.
Paul Babeu, Sheriff
Pinal County, Arizona
hillstreet posted at 9:28 am on Wed, Sep 26, 2012.
"...since Arizona Sheriffs are usually the heavyweight in their respective county"
What a freaking idiot. Studboi's ego can allow himself to pay respect to a real sheriff w/o pumping up his own image. Yes, I am sure the Phoenix police chief is a lightweight and useless w/o the sheriff. Hey Babeu, you are not qualified to shine Dever's cowboy boots.
hadenough posted at 10:09 am on Wed, Sep 26, 2012.
This letter is more about Sheriff Babeu than Sheriff Dever. Sheriff Babeu's repeated use of the word "I" and "we" as though he was an extension of Sheriff Dever tells us more about how low Babeu will go to get attention and satisfy his narcissism and megalomania than it does about the greatness of Sheriff Dever. Even Sheriff Arpaio wouldn't stoop this low.
exit526 posted at 11:10 am on Wed, Sep 26, 2012.
Nice letter, Mr. Babeu.
Babeu often campaigned on the term "perishable trust." Friendship can also be perishable. As Babeu now starts to rewrite border issue history, he reaches for that friendship with Dever that he piddled away. Babeu needs the boost and Dever can no longer keep the lid on the Babeu boastings.
Babeu's former associate has passed away. Larry Dever leaves a solid legacy (as a sheriff, as a leader, as a man) that few really need to comment much on. Babeu, having established no legacy, now tries to rebuild things that he pushed aside. He feels he can rescript his closeness to a great man. What friendship there was, Babeu pushed aside in February when he tried to recover from the Jose issue and to save his run for Congress. Babeu never looked back.
Babeu, show us a photo of you and Larry Dever taken in the past seven months. There is none.
Babeu, show us your personal or agency phone records for any phone call to Larry Dever since February 18. There should be but one. That would be the one you made two months after he called you on the 18th to see how you were doing. You never called the patient Dever back until he mentioned it in an interview with New Times.
Babeu, explain some of your close political buddies that are border activists. Make those vigilantes. Explain Larry Dever's published comments that their groups Southwest Border Sheriffs and Border Narcotics Intelligence are FRAUDULENT. You and your lackeys huddle closely with Mike Presnell and Ryan Sudrick (two guys that claim they take down smugglers in the desert). You wine and dine and politick with them regularly. They are questionable lads close to the stature of JT Ready.
Explain the FRAUDULENT description calmly made by "Arizona's Sheriff." These clowns are some of your best friends. Larry Dever wasn't. You walked away from that friendship when your knickers got wrinkled with the Jose Orozco accusations.
No other sheriff in Arizona has taken to the stage with the death of Sheriff Dever. Several have made comments and that is most appropriate. No other sheriff jumped into a media madness like Babeu tried to create - for HIMSELF.
We are all well aware and appreciative of the long life of service Larry Dever gave to his county and to law enforcement and his role as a father. Those things will long be remembered and respected. Babeu's "but what about me?" interviews are kind of sad, but were expected.
For Dever to have shown up anywhere in his hat and boots was normal and respectable. For Babeu to dress up in the same goofy plaid shirt with his white hat on his shaved head, now that wasn't normal. A police uniform doesn't make the man. Infatuated with uniforms, Babeu's collection of sheriff costumes establishes his manhood no more than his military uniform (that was sullied by his acts and comments).
While Babeu is shouting from the rooftops, he is also busy shoveling and covering his misdeeds and mismanagement,
Things Larry Dever never had to do.
Engaged Voter posted at 10:34 am on Fri, Oct 12, 2012.
We can just be glad the drunk Dever didn't kill anyone else with his irresponsible behavior.
I wonder...would this piece have been published if the latest news on Dever had been known?
"Larry Dever’s blood-alcohol content was .29 — more than three times the state’s legal limit, the report released Monday indicates ."
Engaged Voter posted at 10:41 am on Fri, Oct 12, 2012.
"Achieving a .29 BAC might take as many as 15 drinks slammed over a fairly short space of time ... As someone who's handed out many DUI tickets in his career, Dever would have known the danger of consuming that much booze. On top of that, Dever didn't have his seat-belt on and was driving at an excessive 62 miles per hour on a dirt road at sunset."
A Mormon heavy drinker? Next you'll say we have a sheriff who is Republican and gay! ;)
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