Today, more than 190 law enforcement officials across the nation endorsed Joe Biden for President of the United States. Their endorsement comes on the heels of Donald Trump’s attempts to characterize himself as the ‘Law and Order’ president despite failing to condemn violence, his gross mismanagement of the coronavirus, and his incitement of chaos, destruction and violence as a way to rally his base and advance his political agenda. Additionally, 23 Democratic Attorneys-General have already endorsed Biden.
Furthermore, in their endorsement, the law enforcement officials underscored Joe Biden’s experience keeping communities safe, his vision for the country, and his ability to unify and heal the nation during times of crisis, tragedy, and economic stress.
“Joe Biden has always stood on the right side of the law and is offering a much needed vision for our Nation. When asked the question, would you feel safe in Joe Biden’s America? The answer is yes,” said Retired Chief and former President of the Major Cities Chiefs Association, Tom Manger. “I’ve worked with Vice President Biden for years and know that he can heal the divide in our Country. He has condemned violence of all kinds, and there is no question that I would feel safe in Joe Biden’s America.”
“It’s ironic that a lawless President claims to be the ‘law and order’ president. We are at a crossroads with this nation, and we need a president that has always prioritized the safety of Americans and their families,” said Retired Chief Noble Wray. “We have seen time and time again that Donald Trump has prioritized advancing his own political interests before considering the well-being and livelihood of Americans.”
“COVID has devastated our economy, killed thousands of Americans. The murder rate is up, and more cops have died of COVID-19 this year than on patrol,” said retired Col. Illinois State Police Joann Johnson. “Yet, despite all that, Donald Trump has continued to insist he is the law and order president without condemning violence, providing a plan to control COVID-19, or a path for economic recovery. Joe Biden has done all those things but, most importantly Joe is a ma of character and of family values who I believe can heal our nation and begin to restore the trust between law enforcement and communities of color.”
“President Trump failed to protect America so now he is trying to scare America. I talk to law enforcement officers here in Arizona and all across the country: and none of them believe there will be less violence in America if Donald Trump is re-elected,” said former Republican Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods. “One of his top advisors even expressed hope for more discord and violence in our cities in a cynical ploy to use division as a political strategy. Joe Biden is offering a different vision. He’s going to bring Americans together to address the challenges our country faces.”
See the full list of names below:
Karen L. Loeffler (AK) Former U.S. Attorney – District of Alaska, Former Assistant U.S. Attorney – Anchorage
Conner Eldridge (AZ) Former U.S. Attorney
Tom O’Halleran (AZ) Congressman & Former Chicacho Police Department Homicide
Grant Woods (AZ) Former Arizona Attorney General
Terry Goddard (AZ) Former Arizona Attorney General
Rob Carey (AZ) Former Arizona Chief Deputy Attorney General
Janet Napolitano (AZ) Former Homeland Security Secretary; Former Arizona Governor; Former Arizona Attorney General
KC Clark (AZ) Former Sheriff, Navajo County
Rick Romley (AZ) Former Maricopa County Attorney
Mark Martinez (AZ) Former Sheriff’s Officer, Retired U.S. Army Military Police
Don Villejo (AZ) Former Detective and Police Officer, Phoenix Police Department
Tony Diefert (AZ) Former Police Officer, Phoenix Police Department
Ron Davis (CA) Former Chief, Palo Alto
Tony Estrada (CA) Sheriff, Santa Cruz County
Benjamin Wagner (CA) Former U.S. Attorney
Dylan Roberts (CO) Deputy District Attorney, Colorado State Representative
Bruce Brown (CO) District Attorney, Summit, Eagle, Clear Creek, Lake
Michael Dougherty (CO) District Attorney, Boulder County
Beth McCann (CO) District Attorney, Denver
Christian Champagne (CO) District Attorney, La Plata, Archuleta, San Juan
Henry Solano (CO) District Attorney, Las Animas, Huerfano; Former U.S. Attorney
Jeff Chostner (CO) District Attorney, Pueblo County
Ken Salazar (CO) Former Attorney General, Colorado; Former U.S. Secretary of
the Interior; Former U.S. Senator
John Morse (CO) Former Chief, Fountain Police Department; Former
Colorado Senate President
Stan Garnett (CO) Former District Attorney, Boulder County
John Walsh (CO) Former U.S. Attorney, District of Colorado (2010-2016); Chair,
Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of US Attorneys (2015-2016)
Charles Dennis Maes (CO) Pueblo City Schools Board of Education Member,
Former Chief Justice of the Colorado 10th Judicial District Court
Rick Albers (CO) Sheriff, Clear Creek County
Joe Pelle (CO) Sheriff, Boulder County
Kirk Taylor (CO) Sheriff, Pueblo County
Amy Reyes (CO) Sheriff, Lake County
Deirdre Daly (CT) Former U.S. Attorney, District of Connecticut (2013-2017)
David Fein (CT) Former US Attorney
Ken Wainstein (DC) Former Assistant Attorney General, National Security;
Former Homeland Security Advisor
Ronald C. Machen (DC) Former U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia (2010-2015)
Neil MacBride (NC) Former U.S. Attorney
Charles Oberly (DE) Former U.S. Attorney, District of Delaware (2010-2017), Former Attorney General, Delaware (1983-1995)
Brian Lewis (DE) Sheriff, Kent County
David Aronberg (FL) State Attorney, Palm Beach County
A. Lee Bentley, III (FL) Former U.S. Attorney
Andrew Warren (FL) State Attorney, Hillsborough County
Dan Oates (FL) Former Chief, Aurora Police Department
Bonnie Campbell (IA) Former Attorney General, Iowa; Director of DOJ’s Office on
Violence Against Women
Ken Runde (IA) Former Sheriff, Dubuque County; Former U.S. Marshal
Nick Klinefeldt (IA) Former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa
(2009-2015)
Kevin W. Techau (IA) Former U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Iowa (2014-2017); Former Commissioner, Iowa Department of Public Safety (2002-2007)
Roxanne Conlin (IA) Former U.S. Attorney
Mike Johnstone (IA) Sherriff, Des Moines County
Kevin Kinney (IA) State Senator; Former Lieutenant, Investigations Division of the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office
Chandlor Collins (IA) Former U.S. Parole Officer
John Sarcone (IA) Polk County Attorney
Tony Thompson (IA) Sheriff, Black Hawk County
Bill Wolfgram (IA) Sheriff, Buchanan County
Buck Clark (IA) Former Police Officer; Former Mayor, Waterloo
Rick Lincoln (IA) Clinton County Sheriff
Brian Gardner (IA) Linn County Sheriff
Tom Kriegel (IA) Sheriff, Poweshiek County
Paul Fitzgerald (IA) Sheriff, Story County
Steve Schroeder (IA) Chief Deputy, Jackson County Sheriff’s Office
Joann Johnson (IL) Former Colonel, Illinois State Police
Sean Smoot (IL) Vice President Area 4, National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO)
Barry R. Grissom (KS) Former U.S. Attorney, District of Kansas (2010-2016)
Nora Baston (MA) Deputy Superintendent, Boston Police Department
Rachael Rollins (MA) District Attorney, Suffolk County; Former Assistant U.S.
Steve Tompkins (MA) Sheriff, Suffolk County
Tom Manger (MD) Former Chief, Fairfax and Montgomery County Police; Former Head of Major Cities Chiefs Association
Marcus Harris (MD) Sheriff, Howard County
Darren Popkin (MD) Sheriff, Montgomery County
Melvin High (MD) Sheriff, Prince George’s County
Jay Fisher (MD) Sheriff, Baltimore County
Maeghan Maloney (ME) District Attorney, Kennebec and Somerset Counties
Jim Theriault (ME) Former Sheriff, Oxford County; Former Chief, Mexico, ME Police Dept.
Joel Merry (ME) Sheriff, Sagadahoc County
Assad I. Turfe (MI) Chief of Staff, Wayne County Executive Office; Former Sheriff Deputy, Wayne County
Samer Jaafar (MI) Deputy Director for Homeland Security Management, Wayne County
David Israel (MI) Former Sheriff, Kalkaska County
Bart Stupak (MI) Former Police Officer, Michigan; Former Congressman
Jerry Cannon (MI) Former Sheriff, Kalkaska County; Former Major General, Michigan Army National Guard
Alan L. Hart (MI) Former Sheriff, Kalkaska County; Former Director, Michigan Police Academy at Northwestern Michigan College
Pat Miles (MI) Former U.S. Attorney
Lori Swanson (MN) Former Attorney General, Minnesota
Mike Hatch (MN) Former Attorney General, Minnesota
Gregory K. Davis (MI) Former U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Mississippi
Lynda Hicks (MI) Police Officer, Detroit
Jeff Getting (MI) Prosecutor, Kalamazoo County; Former Assistant Prosecutor
Corporal William Parker (MI) Sheriff Deputy, Wayne County
Scott Wrigglesworth (MI) Sheriff, Ingham County
Richard C. Fuller II (MI) Sheriff, Kalamazoo County
Jerry Clayton (MI) Sheriff, Washtenaw County
Fadwa Hammoud (MI) Solicitor General, Michigan
Tyrone Carter (MI) State Representative; Former Sheriff Deputy, Wayne County
Kym Worthy (MI) Wayne County Prosecutor
John J.H. “Joe” Schwarz (MI) Former CIA Agent and Former Member of Congress
Michael Cotter (MT) Former U.S. Attorney, Montana; Former Disciplinary Counsel, Montana
Anne M. Tompkins (NC) Former U.S. Attorney, Western District North Carolina
(2010-2015)
Quentin Miller (NC) Sheriff, Buncombe County
Ennis Wright (NC) Sheriff, Cumberland County
Clarence Birkhead (NC) Sheriff, Durham County
Dr. Hubert Peterkin (NC) Sheriff, Hoke County
Gerald Baker (NC) Sheriff, Wake County
Johnny Williams (NC) Sheriff, Warren County
Timothy Q. Purdon (ND) Former U.S. Attorney, District of North Dakota (2010-2015)
John Ewing (NE) County Treasurer, Douglas County; Former Deputy Chief, Omaha Police Department
Deborah Gilg (NE) Former U.S. Attorney for Nebraska
Thomas J. Monaghan (NE) Former U.S. Attorney for Nebraska
Mike Hughes (NE) Former Douglas County Sheriff Candidate; Former Police Officer, Savannah, GA
Joe Foster (NH) Former Attorney General, New Hampshire
Bill Barry (NH) Former Lieutenant, Hillsborough County Sheriff, NH
Steve Shurtleff (NH) Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, Former U.S. Marshal
Paul J. Fishman (NJ) Former U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey (2009-2017);
Former Chair, Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys (2011-2013)
Daniele Monroe-Moreno (NV) Assemblywoman; Former Corrections Officer
Frankie Sue Del Papa (NV) Former Attorney General, Nevada
Richard Perkins (NV) Former Chief, Henderson Police; Former Speaker of the
Assembly
Pat Spearman (NV) State Senator; Retired Lieutenant Colonel, USAF
Charles Billups (NV) Chairman, Grand Council of Guardians
Zach Klein (OH) Columbus City Attorney
Charmaine McGuffey (OH) Candidate for Hamilton County Sheriff
Ann Rowland (OH) Former Assistant U.S. Attorney; Deputy Chief, Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney’s Office
Linda Barr (OH) Former Assistant U.S. Attorney; Northern District of Ohio
Michael J. Rendon (OH) Former Border Patrol Agent; Former Senior Special Agent;
Former Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Ohio; Former Assistant District Attorney, Cuyahoga County
Anita Davis (OH) Retired Sergeant
William M. Denihan (OH) Former Director of Public Safety, Former Chief of Police,
Cleveland (1994, 1996); Former Director of Ohio Department of Public Safety (1985 – 1989)
Ben Glassman (OH) Former District Attorney
William J. Edwards (OH) Former FBI Agent; Former First Assistant of U.S. Attorney Office Northern District of Ohio; Former Acting US Attorney
Carole S. Rendon (OH) Former U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Ohio; First Assistant U.S. Attorney, NDOH; Assistant U.S. Attorney District of Massachusetts, Trial Attorney, Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Organized Crime Strike Force
Steve Dettelbach (OH) Former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio
Keller Blackburn (OH) Prosecutor, Athens County
Gwen Howe-Gebers (OH) Prosecutor, Henry County
Dennis Will (OH) Prosecutor, Lorain County
Cliff Pinkney (OH) Former Sheriff, Cuyahoga County
Joseph Schmitz (OH) Former Assistant U.S. Attorney
Dwight Holton (OR) Former U.S. Attorney for Oregon
Julia Bates (OH) Prosecutor, Lucas County
Mathias Heck, Jr (OH) Prosecutor, Montgomery County
John Ferrero (OH) Prosecutor, Stark County
Sherri Walsh (OH) Prosecutor, Summit County
Paul Timothy Bailey (OH) Sheriff, Marion County
George Maier (OH) Sheriff, Stark County
Mark Powell (PA) District Attorney, Lackawanna County
Kevin Steele (PA) District Attorney, Montgomery County
Sean Kilkenny (PA) Sheriff, Montgomery County
Mike Schmidt (OR) District Attorney, Multnomah County
Gil Kerlikowske (SC) Former Seattle Police Chief, former Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, former Drug Czar
Bill Nettles (SC) Former U.S. Attorney District, South Carolina (2010-2016)
David Pascoe (SC) First Circuit Solicitor
George Morales (TX) Constable, Travis County
Brian Middleton (TX) District Attorney, Ft. Bend County
Jaime Esparza (TX) District Attorney, El Paso County
Sarah R. Saldaña (TX) Former Director, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Former U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Texas
Kenneth Magidson (TX) Former U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Texas
May Walker (TX) Constable, Harris County
Carlos Lopez (TX) Constable, Travis County
David Escamilla (TX) County Attorney, Travis County
Mark Gonzalez (TX) District Attorney, Nueces County
Martin Cuellar (TX) Sheriff, Laredo County
Sally Hernandez (TX) Sheriff, Travis County
José Rodríguez (TX) State Senator, Former Attorney, El Paso County
Howard Gwynn (VA) Attorney, Newport News Commonwealth
Bryan Porter (VA) Commonwealth Attorney, Alexandria
Parisa Dehghani-Tafti (VA) Commonwealth Attorney, Arlington
Steven Descano (VA) Commonwealth Attorney, Fairfax
Anton Bell (VA) Commonwealth Attorney, Hampton
Shannon Taylor (VA) Commonwealth Attorney, Henrico
Megan Clarke (VA) Commonwealth Attorney, Prince Edward County
Bobby Mathieson (VA) Former Delegate, Virginia; Former Police Office
Timothy J. Heaphy (VA) Former U.S. Attorney Western District of Virginia (2009-2015)
John Fishwick (VA) Former U.S. Attorney, Western District of Virginia
Josh King (VA) Sheriff Candidate, Prince William County
Beth Arthur (VA) Sheriff, Arlington County
Alisa Gregory (VA) Sheriff, Henrico
Gabriel Morgan (VA) Sheriff, Newport News
Vanessa Crawford (VA) Sheriff, Petersburg
Sarah George (VT) State’s Attorney, Chittenden County
Eric Miller (VT) General Counsel, University of Vermont Health Network;
Former U.S. Attorney, District of Vermont
Tracy Shriver (VT) State’s Attorney
Doug DiSabito (VT) State’s Attorney
Dennis Wygmans (VT) State’s Attorney
Jenny Durkan (WA) Mayor, Seattle; Former U.S. Attorney, Western District of
Washington
David Kris (WA) Former U.S. Assistant Attorney General, National Security
Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (2009- 2011); Former Associate Deputy Attorney General (2000 – 2003)
John Chisholm (WI) District Attorney, Milwaukee County
Tim Gruenke (WI) District Attorney, La Crosse County
Louis Molepske, Jr. (WI) District Attorney, Portage County
Craig Lambert (WI) District Attorney, Wood County
Noble Wray (WI) Former Chief, Madison Police
Ismael Ozanne (WI) Dane County District Attorney
George Silverwood (WI) Former Captain, Madison Police
Ed Flynn (MA,WI, VA) Former Chief, Milwaukee Police Department; Former
Secretary of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security; Former Commissioner, Springfield Police; Former Chief, Arlington Police
Joe DeCecco (WI) Former District Attorney, Sheboygan County
John W. Vaudreuil (WI) Former United States Attorney (2010-2017); Former Federal Prosecutor (1980-2017)
David Mahoney (WI) Sheriff, Dane County
Tom Dalbeck (WI) Sheriff, Douglas County
Jeff Skatrud (WI) Sheriff, Green County
Earnell Lucas (WI) Sherriff, Milwaukee County
