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Cochise County sheriff reports border-related bookings, SWAT activity and four-year strategic plan
Summary
Sheriff Mark J. Daniels used a KWCD radio appearance to summarize 2022–2024 border-related detention statistics, SWAT deployments and the Cochise County Sheriff's Office strategic priorities for the next four years, and to describe partnerships with state and federal agencies.
Sheriff Mark J. Daniels said on KWCD's First Watch that Cochise County law enforcement has processed thousands of border-related detainees in recent years and will continue partnering with state and federal authorities on enforcement and humanitarian priorities.
Daniels, speaking Jan. 3 on the weekly program hosted by Grady Butler and Carol Kappas, said “detention was 4,170” — the number of border-related arrests booked in the county jail since 2022 — and provided additional breakdowns tied to a 2022 state law that criminalizes smuggling the driver. “We booked 822 of those in our jail,” he said of driver-smuggling cases that could be charged under the law that took effect Sept. 28, 2022. Daniels also said there were 564 pursuits that led to drivers being taken into custody.
The figures, Daniels said, do not include most federal immigration arrests because those are handled separately. He said the county…
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