Archived Press Releases
Western Sheriffs Address Situation In Harney County Oregon
The Western States Sheriffs’ Association represents over 800 Sheriffs across 15 western states. Our mission is to promote the office of Sheriff and to assist our member Sheriffs on issues of mutual concern. The WSSA has watched, with great interest, the...
Sheriffs Respond to President Obama’s State of the Union Address
National Sheriffs’ Association and Major County Sheriffs’ Association released the following statement in response to President Obama’s address to Congress: “While we were pleased San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon and other law enforcement and first...
Spread The Word: Stand With Law Enforcement – Wear And Display BLUE Join Us Tomorrow, FRIDAY, Feb. 12, 1PM EDT.
The National Sheriffs’ Association encourages all law enforcement professionals, first responders, supporters and citizens to please Wear and Display Blue this FRIDAY – and join us in a moment of silence to honor and remember the sacrifice of our...
Purdue Pharma and Nation’s Sheriffs Announce Pilot Project to Train and Administer Anti-Overdose “Rescue Drug”
National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA) CEO and Executive Director Jonathan Thompson announced that four counties will begin a pilot program to train sheriffs how to use the “rescue drug” naloxone and provide the drug to the local offices. Sheriff’s offices in St....
Sheriffs Join Senators in Opposition to Criminal Sentencing Reduction Legislation
Sheriff Danny Glick, (President, National Sheriffs’ Association, Laramie County, Wyoming), Sheriff Greg Champagne (St. Charles Parish, Louisiana), and Sheriff David Clarke (Milwaukee County, Wisconsin), joined Senators Sessions, Vitter and Rep. Lamar Smith in a...
National Sheriffs’ Association Executive Director Jonathan Thompson issued the following statement concerning passage of an amendment to the Department of Defense Appropriations bill
“U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert (WA-8) was instrumental in yesterday’s successful amendment to the Department of Defense Appropriations bill that rightly blocked the badly designed White House executive order limiting protective, excess equipment acquired by law...
Sheriffs Respond to New Bureau of Justice Statistics Report on Recidivism
This week the Bureau of Justice Statistics released a study stating that of the 43,000 federal offenders who were placed on federal community supervision, an estimated 43 percent were arrested at least once within five years of their placement. An estimated 18...