Kim Cole

Joined six other Michigan sheriffs and statewide education groups at a press conference in Holt that unveiled the Michigan School Safety Reform Plan, a package calling for a $100 million state grant program for school resource officers and school mental-health staff, a $20 million school-safety infrastructure grant program, and mandatory threat reporting.

March 26, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: masoncountypress.com · researched July 24, 2026

Entered the Mason County Sheriff's Office into a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Coast Guard to use office space at the unstaffed Ludington Coast Guard station and its channel boat lift, relocating the marine patrol's base to cut Lake Michigan emergency response times.

May 11, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: masoncountypress.com · researched July 24, 2026

Sent an email to two Michigan Department of Transportation Muskegon-office engineers within hours of a crash that killed a 17-year-old Mason County Eastern student, telling them he was disappointed that the US 10 speed-limit signage through the village of Custer never went up after MDOT told him the funding was approved, and citing the intersection crash data he pulled.

February 20, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: masoncountypress.com · researched July 24, 2026

Instructed road patrol sergeants to have their crews run regular street and traffic patrols through the City of Scottville after the city commission eliminated its police department over a budget deficit, and arranged for deputies to use the former Scottville police station as a satellite office.

February 1, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: masoncountypress.com · researched July 24, 2026

Submitted a written proposal to the Mason County Board of Commissioners' Public Safety and Courts Committee asking the county to fund a school resource officer position at Mason County Eastern Public Schools in Custer and to partially fund one at Ludington Area School District's elementary school in Pere Marquette Township; the committee referred the request to the county budget work session.

June 28, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: masoncountypress.com · researched July 24, 2026

Published a signed letter to the editor as Mason County Sheriff defending an armed, no-negotiation response to anyone who attacks a school, and recounting the office's security record since 2013: barricading devices installed on 600 area school doors with more than $155,000 in privately raised Adopt-A-Door funds, rifle-rated body armor and helmets supplied to deputies through an Adopt-A-Cop program, entry shields and breaching tools purchased for every deputy, and the formation of a countywide Rescue Task Force with local firefighters.

May 28, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: masoncountypress.com · researched July 24, 2026

Joined six other Michigan sheriffs and statewide education groups at a press conference in Holt that unveiled the Michigan School Safety Reform Plan, a package calling for a $100 million state grant program for school resource officers and school mental-health staff, a $20 million school-safety infrastructure grant program, and mandatory threat reporting.

March 26, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: masoncountypress.com · researched July 24, 2026

Joined six other Michigan sheriffs and statewide education groups at a press conference in Holt that unveiled the Michigan School Safety Reform Plan, a package calling for a $100 million state grant program for school resource officers and school mental-health staff, a $20 million school-safety infrastructure grant program, and mandatory threat reporting.

March 26, 2018Supports Public Education Quality

Source: masoncountypress.com · researched July 24, 2026

Sent an email to two Michigan Department of Transportation Muskegon-office engineers within hours of a crash that killed a 17-year-old Mason County Eastern student, telling them he was disappointed that the US 10 speed-limit signage through the village of Custer never went up after MDOT told him the funding was approved, and citing the intersection crash data he pulled.

February 20, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: masoncountypress.com · researched July 24, 2026

Was listed as a CTV-PAC endorsed candidate for the 32nd State Senate district on the Citizens for Traditional Values endorsement slate for the August 4, 2026 Michigan primary.

July 15, 2026

Source: ctvmichigan.org · researched July 24, 2026

Was named in the Michigan Chamber of Commerce's first round of 2026 legislative endorsements as its endorsed candidate for the 32nd State Senate district.

June 5, 2026

Source: michamber.com · researched July 24, 2026

Met with former President Donald Trump in Grand Rapids as one of 14 Michigan sheriffs invited to the session, and publicly explained that he accepted the invitation because of the candidate's support for law enforcement rather than party affiliation.

April 4, 2024

Source: masoncountypress.com · researched July 24, 2026

Was sworn in as president of the Michigan Sheriffs' Association after serving as the organization's vice president the previous year.

October 19, 2021

Source: shorelinemedia.net · researched July 24, 2026

Received the Michigan Sheriffs' Association Terrence L. Jungel Sheriff of the Year Award, and was honored on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Bill Huizenga the previous day.

June 17, 2021

Source: upnorthlive.com · researched July 24, 2026

Appointed Derrek Wilson as undersheriff of the Mason County Sheriff's Office, promoted Sergeant Oscar Davila to chief deputy of the road patrol, and promoted Kenny VanSickle to a newly created chief deputy of corrections position.

June 1, 2018

Source: masoncountypress.com · researched July 24, 2026

Took the oath of office as Sheriff of Mason County, Michigan, after being promoted to undersheriff in December 2012 and serving in the sheriff's office since 1985.

January 1, 2013

Source: upnorthlive.com · researched July 24, 2026