Clarence Dupnik
| Clarence Dupnik | |
|---|---|
| Sheriff of Pima County, Arizona | |
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In office 1980–2015 |
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| Preceded by | Richard J. Boykin |
| Succeeded by | Chris Nanos |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 11, 1936 Helena, Texas |
| Political party | Democratic |
Clarence William Dupnik (born January 11, 1936) is a retired American law enforcement official. Dupnik was appointed Sheriff of Pima County, Arizona, in February 1980 to fill a vacancy rising from the resignation of his predecessor, Richard Boykin. He won election in his own right in September 1980, and has been re-elected every four years since. Dupnik is a member of the Democratic party. Dupnik retired from the Pima County Sheriff's Office in 2015.
Dupnik was born in Helena, Texas, and grew up in Bisbee, Arizona. 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. 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.
Dupnik also won the contest to name the Tucson Toros baseball team.
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.
Dupnik was a vocal opponent of Arizona's anti-illegal immigrant bill SB 1070. In April 2010, Dupnik criticized the law, calling it "racist," "disgusting" and "stupid" as well as unessential.
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