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Cochise County sheriff highlights cold-case arrest, $1.5 million school-safety grant and county-hosted drone summit
Summary
Sheriff Mark Daniels recounted a recent arrest in a 1984 cold-case, described a $1.5 million Navigate360 grant being deployed to enhance school security countywide, warned residents about holiday scams and announced an invite-only drone conference to be held in Cochise County.
Sheriff Mark Daniels of the Cochise County Sheriff's Office said this week that investigators arrested a suspect in a 1984 murder after major-crimes detectives reopened the cold case and assembled new evidence.
"They brought justice for the victims 40 years later," Daniels said, praising the county's major-crimes team and the county attorney for their work on the investigation.
The sheriff also discussed a countywide school-safety effort funded by a Navigate360 grant. "This is a grant that we received for $1,500,000 to enhance school security," Daniels said, adding that installation of the program is in progress and that a recent state audit raised no immediate concerns.
Daniels described steps the sheriff's office is taking at the southern border and said he has met with Customs and Border Protection leadership, including Commissioner Rodney Scott and former Tucson-sector chief John Modlin, to improve interoperability between local sheriffs, CBP and ICE.
Separately, Daniels announced an invite-only drone conference to be hosted in Cochise County, saying about 100 attendees and representatives from several countries will attend to share experience on law-enforcement uses of unmanned aircraft. "This is not open to the public," he said.
On public-safety outreach, Daniels cautioned listeners about holiday scams. He described receiving a personal call about alleged back taxes and warned against scanning QR codes on anonymous gifts. "If it doesn't seem right, it doesn't look right," Daniels said, urging residents to call law enforcement to verify suspicious contacts.
The sheriff closed by thanking volunteers who assist the office at community events and by praising local partners involved in the school-safety implementation.
Next steps: the sheriff said the drone conference will take place in the near future and that the county will continue installing the school-safety systems; no vote or formal action was recorded during the program.
