Cattaraugus County Sheriff Whitcomb Elected to State Association Post
Cattaraugus County Sheriff Timothy Whitcomb was elected
to serve as a member of the New York State Sheriffs’ Association’s Executive
Committee at the organization’s 86th Annual Winter Training
Conference held in Albany this week. The
Association, headquartered in Albany, is comprised of the state’s 55 elected
and 3 appointed Sheriffs, and was formed in 1934 to represent the interests and
concerns of Sheriffs and their constituents before the State Legislature, the
Governor’s Office and state criminal justice agencies, and to provide training
and support to Sheriffs and their staff across the state. The Executive Committee is responsible for
guiding the activities of the organization between annual meetings of the
Sheriffs’ Association.
Among other actions taken by the Association at the
annual conference was the adoption of resolutions opposing the
decriminalization of marijuana in New York, as being contrary to everyone’s
efforts to fight the opioid epidemic and vaping epidemic, and opposing the
Governor’s proposal for shared county jails, as being harmful to families,
defense attorneys, the inmates themselves, and the taxpayers. The Sheriffs also
continue to urge changes to the recently enacted bail and discover rules.
Timothy
Whitcomb has served as Sheriff of Cattaraugus County since 2009.
