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Standoff Sheds Light on Conservative Sheriffs Group
Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association bills itself as
‘last line of defense’ against federal government overreach
By Nicholas K. Geranios
Associated Press
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The ac-
tions of two rural Oregon sheriffs
during an armed standoff at a na-
tional wildlife refuge were strik-
ing: one worked with federal offi-
cials to end the siege while the
other questioned the FBI’s author-
ity and offered words of support
for the occupiers.
Sheriff Dave Ward of Harney
County, where the Malheur Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge is located,
cooperated with federal and state
“
he was on his way to meet Palmer.
Palmer is a member of the Con-
stitutional Sheriffs and Peace Offi-
cers Association, a group that bills
itself as “the last line of defense”
against a federal government they
contend overreaches on gun con-
trol and other issues.
They see sheriffs as the ultimate
law enforcement authority in
their dispute with the federal gov-
ernment over control of federal
lands.
The group’s founder said they
are recruiting people to run
against sheriff ’s that don’t support
Many constitutional sheriffs believe
they can pass a local law and forbid fed-
eral authorities from coming into a
county. That is patently false.
police, urging standoff leader Am-
mon Bundy and his followers to
stand down and respect the law.
Meanwhile in Grant County, im-
mediately to the north, Sheriff
Glenn Palmer called the occupiers
“patriots.” When Bundy and oth-
ers were arrested during a Jan. 26
traffic stop, they were on their way
to his county. An Arizona rancher
who police fatally shot when they
say he reached for a gun shouted
their cause and that the group’s
website includes lists of county
sheriffs and whether they need to
be “recalled or replaced.”
Critics say the group’s views are
far outside the mainstream. Mark
Potok of the Southern Poverty Law
Center, which for decades has ad-
vocated against groups it consid-
ers extremist, called the CSPOA “a
remarkably radical organization,
considering who their members
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“Many constitutional sheriffs
believe they can pass a local law
and forbid federal authorities
from coming into a county,” he
said. “That is patently false.’
Richard Mack, a former Arizona
sheriff and CSPOA founder, said
he didn’t support the occupation
of the wildlife refuge, “but I un-
derstand the complete frustration
people have in this country to-
wards this government.”
Mack said the group will work to
defeat Ward in the November elec-
tion.
Mack’s group, founded in 2011,
claims more than 400 of the na-
tion’s more than 3,000 county
sheriffs support its positions,
which hold that elected county
sheriffs should oppose federal
agents whose conduct appears to
violate the U.S. Constitution.
The CSPOA is unequivocal about
gun rights. It supports the right of
criminals and the mentally ill to
carry firearms and opposes gun
registration
or
background
checks.
In conservative Kootenai Coun-
ty, Idaho, popular sheriff Ben
Wolfinger has drawn two oppo-
nents who support the concept of
constitutional sheriffs.
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