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Candidate for Bernalillo County sheriff

Name: Jose Edgar Chavez, Democrat

Age: 26

Campaign Web site address: N/A

Occupation: Security guard

Family: Parents; two brothers; a sister

Education: Rio Grande High School; NMMI; and the University of New Mexico.

Please list the experience you think would make you a good sheriff:

Degree in criminology and similar background.

Have you ever been arrested or charged with a felony or misdemeanor? Not answered.

What's the best meal you can cook from scratch?

Eggs with chorizzo

Last book you read:

Currently reading the Bible

What was your biggest mistake in life and what lesson did you learn?

Getting in debt and learning from it.

Why do you want to be sheriff? What qualities do you bring to the job?

I want to help keep the law in Bernalillo County and know I'll be a good one.

The Metropolitan Detention Center regularly reaches new record highs in population, and the county to has had to lease beds elsewhere and put stackable bunk beds in the jail. What is your long-term plan to keep the jail population under control? How are you working with the county to increase the number of correctional officers?

Will know better on this after I'm elected.

What distinguishes you from your opponent?

No comment.

What can be done to better combat DWI in Bernalillo County?

No comment.

How can the county reduce gang activity?

There needs to be more activities for young people.

Do we need changes to our state's sex-offender laws? What would you do to keep better tabs on the county's registered sex offenders?

No comment at this time.

What new initiatives should be taken to combat crime related to methamphetamine use?

No comment at this time.

What is the state of the Sheriff's Department's technology? What technologies would you add to the department and why?

Won't know until I'm elected.

Critique the current sheriff.

No comment.