When I took office I inherited a system that was ripe for abuse.  The code enforcement officers were deputized by my office and yet, were not my employees; I had no oversight over them or their actions.  The result of which our community knows well and still feels the pain from.

I would like to apologize to the people for my role in this. I am the face of government locally and the government wronged the people; and I know the wounds are still there. My office will not circumvent the fourth amendment. When this issue to my attention I immediately revoked their deputy status and took their guns away. It was power without oversight, and it will not happen again.