Ready on day one
The First 100 Days
What Mark will do first, with goals you can check, so you can hold your next Sheriff accountable.
Days 1–30
Take Stock and Listen
- Meet one-on-one with every deputy, dispatcher, detention officer, and staff member
- Review staffing, vacancies, overtime, and pay against neighboring agencies
- Go through the budget line by line with the County Commissioners and county finance staff
- Meet the fire districts, Search & Rescue, emergency management, and neighboring sheriffs
Days 31–60
Cover the Whole County
- Put in place a patrol plan that assigns deputies to regular areas on both sides of the county
- Set shift schedules based on when calls come in
- Hold town halls in Bailey, Fairplay, Hartsel, Guffey, and Lake George
- Present a deputy retention and pay plan to the Commissioners
Days 61–100
Measure, Report, Modernize
- Launch a public dashboard of response times, staffing, and overtime
- Apply for grants for co-responder, training, and equipment funding
- Update and schedule a drill of the wildfire evacuation plan with partner agencies
- Publish written policies on the use of technology and data
How You'll Know It's Working
Every item above comes with a number the public can track:
Response Times
Average and worst-case, reported for each area of the county.
Vacancies
Open deputy and dispatch positions, and how long they stay open.
Overtime
Overtime hours and cost, a direct measure of understaffing.
Budget
Spending against budget, reported in plain language.
This plan is a starting point. Mark wants to hear from you about what matters in your part of the county. Get in touch.
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