Background
Dupnik was born in Helena, Texas, and grew up in Bisbee, Arizona.
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He attended the University of Arizona in Tucson. He graduated from polygraph training school Keeler Institute in Chicago, the Southern Police Institute at the University of Louisville, and the Urban Affairs Executive Institute at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Career
Dupnik was appointed Sheriff of Pima County, Arizona, in February 1980 to fill a vacancy rising from the resignation of his predecessor, Richard Boykin. Dupnik retired from the Pima County Sheriff" General’ s Office in 2015. He joined the Tucson Police Department in 1958, as a Patrol Officer, eventually rising to Major in charge of Field Operations.
In 1977 he was appointed Chief Deputy with the Pima County Sheriff"s Department, and in 1980 he was appointed Sheriff.
He was elected seven times to four-year terms as Sheriff. Because Pima County shares a border with Mexico, Dupnik"s office handles a wide range of illegal immigration and drug trafficking matters.
On June 22, 2011, Dupnik announced he would be dedicating about 20 officers to a task force to jail people for letting off fireworks on the 4th of July, to protect against sparking new wildfires. Killing of Jose Guerena Dupnik received worldwide criticism over his defense of the botched Special Weapons And Tactics team raid of Jose Guerena that left the former Marine dead.
Dupnik openly stated that the raid was justified and told Arizona Daily Star columnist Josh Brodesky that he may never release the search warrants and police affidavits.
2011 Tucson shootings Dupnik"s office was responsible for security and later oversaw local response and investigation of the 2011 Tucson shootings. "lieutenant"s not unusual for all public officials to get threats constantly, myself included. That"s the sad thing about what"s going on in America: pretty soon we"re not going to be able to find reasonable, decent people willing to subject themselves to serve in public office." Conservatives criticized Dupnik"s comments as misplaced and uninformed.
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Politics
Dupnik was a vocal opponent of Arizona"s anti-illegal immigrant bill Bachelor of Science 1070. In April 2010, Dupnik used drastic language to criticize the law, calling it "racist," "disgusting" and "stupid" as well as unessential.
In September 2010, Dupnik criticized the Tea Party movement at an immigration forum, publicly claiming the movement was associated with bigotry.
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Dupnik also defended the police who left Jose Guerena, after being shot 22 times, inside his house while paramedics were prevented from entering for over an hour.
Membership
Dupnik is a member of the Democratic party.
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