[non-entity]

This is a sherrif too, so they're elected, not neccesarily by any sort of experience or merit.

Nobody likes to hear it, but I'm willing to bet this person has been in office for a while. Tough on crime is popular among "model citizen" voters even if it utilizes dystopic tactics.

[baq]

what if people who could run against this guy in an election turned out to have high risk pasco profiles?

[pchristensen]

Their grass might be 1/4" too long, or they might not have numbers on their mailbox (examples of justification for police harassment from the article).

[pchristensen]

The article says he was appointed by the governor in 2011, and has been re-elected every time since 2012.