Jim Cooper sworn in as Sacramento County’s first Black sheriff
BEGIN AT NOON WITH SACRAMENTO COUNTY GETTING A NEW SHERIFF TODAY. JIM COOPER SWORN INTO THE POSITION FIRST AFRICAN━AMERICAN SHERIFF AND COUNTY HISTORY. TALK WITH HIM BEFORE CEREMONY WANTS TO BE A SHARE FOR EVERYONE. STRIVES TO BE ENGAGED WITH THE PUBLIC. WHEN IT COMES TO ISSUES AND YOUTH TOP THE LIST. >> FILING CRIME IS THE BIG ISSUE HOW DO WE CHANGE THE NARRATIVE SO MANY AMOUNTS THERE HAVE A LOT OF INFLUENCES HOW DO WE MAKE POSITIVE INFLUENCES >> TARGETING THE YOUTH IN THE AREA HAS TROUBLE WITH SACRAMENTO WHAT WE HAVE IN COMMON UNDERPERFORMANCE SCHOOLS BANKS NO ARTS PROGRAM AND SPORTS PROGRAM. HAVE TO INVEST IN THOSE COMMUNITIES AND STOP THAT. THAT’S WHAT IT’S GONNA TAKE IS AN EFFORT >> SHERIFF COOPER ELECTED IN JUNE AFTER BEING OUT COOPER HAS 30 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SERVED WITH THE UNIT FOR VARIOUS YEARS 15 YEARS AS CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR OF L GROWT
‘Law enforcement is a calling’: Jim Cooper sworn in as Sacramento County’s first Black sheriff
Updated: 12:07 PM PST Dec 16, 2022
Jim Cooper was officially sworn in as Sacramento County sheriff on Friday morning at the Sacramento State Ballroom. Cooper, a former assembly member and Elk Grove mayor and council member with more than 30 years of law enforcement experience, won the race for Sacramento County sheriff during the primary elections this summer, defeating his opponent, Undersheriff Jim Barnes. | PREVIOUS COVERAGE | Jim Cooper wants to become Sacramento County’s next sheriff. Here’s what he plans to focus on He’ll be the first new sheriff Sacramento County has seen in 10 years and also the county’s first African American sheriff. Cooper replaced outgoing Sheriff Scott Jones, who ran for Congress during the primary election.”Obviously my background is very different than others,” Cooper said during an interview with KCRA 3 on Friday morning. “I’m only the second Black sheriff ever in the history of California, a state of 40 million. But really, more importantly, I’m a sheriff for all.”| READ MORE | Outgoing Sacramento Sheriff Scott Jones reflects on his 12-year tenure Cooper reiterated, as he had in a May interview with KCRA 3, that he will focus on tackling homelessness as a top priority. “We need to be responsible, compassionate but firm,” Cooper said about the issue of homelessness in a speech after the ceremony on Friday. Cooper said that although being sheriff is a demanding job, he said law enforcement was his “calling.””You can have instant impact on someone’s life immediately,” he said.
SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. —
Jim Cooper was officially sworn in as Sacramento County sheriff on Friday morning at the Sacramento State Ballroom.
Cooper, a former assembly member and Elk Grove mayor and council member with more than 30 years of law enforcement experience, won the race for Sacramento County sheriff during the primary elections this summer, defeating his opponent, Undersheriff Jim Barnes.
| PREVIOUS COVERAGE | Jim Cooper wants to become Sacramento County’s next sheriff. Here’s what he plans to focus on
He’ll be the first new sheriff Sacramento County has seen in 10 years and also the county’s first African American sheriff. Cooper replaced outgoing Sheriff Scott Jones, who ran for Congress during the primary election.
“Obviously my background is very different than others,” Cooper said during an interview with KCRA 3 on Friday morning. “I’m only the second Black sheriff ever in the history of California, a state of 40 million. But really, more importantly, I’m a sheriff for all.”
| READ MORE | Outgoing Sacramento Sheriff Scott Jones reflects on his 12-year tenure
Cooper reiterated, as he had in a May interview with KCRA 3, that he will focus on tackling homelessness as a top priority.
“We need to be responsible, compassionate but firm,” Cooper said about the issue of homelessness in a speech after the ceremony on Friday.
Cooper said that although being sheriff is a demanding job, he said law enforcement was his “calling.”
“You can have [an] instant impact on someone’s life immediately,” he said.