Friday’s incident where a Pinal County Sheriffs deputy was ambushed by drug smugglers only served to add to the attention Senate Bill 1070 already is getting. My cell phone has been inundated with calls and messages from friends and family since the bill was past. What will cities do? Will Casa Grande enforce it?
The bill will undoubtedly force every police department to review their operations policies. Whether good or bad it is what is and the law is the law. Our department will have to comply with it but do so maintaining the strictest level of professionalism as our Deputy Chief has already stated to every officer. Profiling will not be tolerated by any police department.
As a manager or administrator one has to view the law and say it is what it is and move forward in enforcing it accordingly. Politicians set policy and administrators have the task of carrying it out whether we agree with it or not. Some cities are weighing suing the state but there is very little doubt that this issue will be taken up by other groups. Cities should let those groups fight the law in court and save their resources for suits that will likely come about by accusations of profiling.
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SB 1070 from an administrative view is fascinating but I admit that I find the political aspect of it much more intriguing. The process of getting the votes and how incidents like these are used to get those votes can be tiring. Many Senators are against cities who remotely disagree with it!
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