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Believes in restoring trust and accountability in the Sheriff's Office through transparency, community engagement, and independent oversight.

Promises to make efforts to restore trust and accountability in the County Sheriff's Office "through transparency, community engagement, and independent oversight."

Believes effective leadership and accountability are essential for addressing public safety issues.

Believes effective leadership and accountability are essential for addressing public safety issues and ensuring citizen safety and well-being. 

Wants officers to form strong relationships with the community.

Plans to install measures to ensure taxpayer funds are "used wisely, including regular audits, cost-saving initiatives, and transparent reporting on how funds are allocated to meet the community’s needs."

- Promises to make efforts to restore trust and accountability in the County Sheriff's Office "through transparency, community engagement, and independent oversight."
- Believes effective leadership and accountability are essential for addressing public safety issues and ensuring citizen safety and well-being. 
- Wants officers to form strong relationships with the community.
- Plans to install measures to ensure taxpayer funds are "used wisely, including regular audits, cost-saving initiatives, and transparent reporting on how funds are allocated to meet the community’s needs."

Public Safety

Plans to improve jail facilities, reduce overcrowding, and implement rehabilitation programs.

Plans to improve jail facilities, reduce inmante overcrowding, and implement rehabilitation programs to help prepare inmates to reintegrate into society successfully. 

Believes the current sheriff’s administration has failed in jail management, citing "numerous challenges, including failing jail inspections, multiple deaths, and poor conditions."

Believes the current sheriff’s administration "has faced numerous challenges, including failing jail inspections, multiple deaths, and poor conditions."

- Plans to improve jail facilities, reduce inmante overcrowding, and implement rehabilitation programs to help prepare inmates to reintegrate into society successfully. 
- Believes the current sheriff’s administration "has faced numerous challenges, including failing jail inspections, multiple deaths, and poor conditions."

Jail Management

Believes in reducing recidivism through education, job training, and mental health services for inmates.

Wants to lower criminal reoffense rates by providing education, job training, and mental health services for inmates.

Believes in the accountability of sheriffs to meet community standards, saying, "If your sheriff does not live up to community standards, and the professionalism that you desire, you can vote that sheriff out!"

Believes in holding sheriffs accountable, saying, "If your sheriff does not live up to community standards, and the professionalism that you desire, you can vote that sheriff out!"

- Wants to lower criminal reoffense rates by providing education, job training, and mental health services for inmates.
- Believes in holding sheriffs accountable, saying, "If your sheriff does not live up to community standards, and the professionalism that you desire, you can vote that sheriff out!"
- Plans to address the opioid crisis.

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As a sheriff, Fartheree added more deputies to county schools to ensure they can improve responses to violent situations. 

As sheriff, Fartheree provided funds to 13 area police departments to purchase new police cars. 

Created a Gun Violence Reduction Unit that partners with the Akron Police Department.

Rebuilt the K-9 Unit and established a Drone Unit, Dive & Water Rescue Team, and Warrant Unit.

- As a sheriff, Fartheree added more deputies to county schools to ensure they can improve responses to violent situations. 
- As sheriff, Fartheree provided funds to 13 area police departments to purchase new police cars. 
- Created a Gun Violence Reduction Unit that partners with the Akron Police Department.
- Rebuilt the K-9 Unit and established a Drone Unit, Dive & Water Rescue Team, and Warrant Unit.

As sheriff, Fatheree invited labor unions to teach trades and offered culinary training certificates to inmates.

As sheriff, Fatheree "provided tablets to inmates to earn training and education, and to eliminate the flow of contraband through the mail."

Opened a facility for newly released unhoused inmates to receive mental health and addiction treatment and support for finding housing.

Introduced more diverse jail ministries and caseworkers to help with inmate mental health and addiction issues.

- As sheriff, Fatheree invited labor unions to teach trades and offered culinary training certificates to inmates.
- As sheriff, Fatheree "provided tablets to inmates to earn training and education, and to eliminate the flow of contraband through the mail."
- Opened a facility for newly released unhoused inmates to receive mental health and addiction treatment and support for finding housing.
- Introduced more diverse jail ministries and caseworkers to help with inmate mental health and addiction issues.

Matriots Ohio

As sheriff, Fatheree developed a program to help residents understand their rights and changes to concealed carry laws

Prioritizes the opioid epidemic and mental health crisis as the top two issues in the community.

- As sheriff, Fatheree developed a program to help residents understand their rights and changes to concealed carry laws
- Prioritizes the opioid epidemic and mental health crisis as the top two issues in the community.

Kandy Fatheree

- The County Sheriff has complete police jurisdiction over all municipalities, and provides full police protection to the unincorporated areas of the county.
- The County Sheriff is responsible for enforcing the laws of Ohio and the United States. 
- County Sheriffs are responsible for operating and maintaining the county jail. 
- The County Sheriff aids the Common Pleas Court with security during trials, issues warrants, and serves court orders. 
- County Sheriffs are elected to 4 year terms. 