Mobile County Sheriff
What does this office do?
- Running police patrols and deputies in the county
- Running the county jail
- Carrying out evictions, warrants, and other court orders
Affects: Immigration, Public Safety and Crime Control, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties,
Candidates:
Democratic
Pamela J. Laffitte is a substitute teacher who retired as a Mobile County Sheriff's Office corrections sergeant after 26 years and served 14 years in the Air Force Reserve. Her priorities are transparency and accountability, and cutting crime at its roots.
Records: Civil Rights 1 for
Republican · Incumbent
Paul Burch has been Mobile County Sheriff since January 2023 after rising from patrol deputy to chief deputy, and is a Navy veteran and FBI National Academy graduate. His priorities are targeting violent crime and gangs, and adding school resource deputies to every middle and high school.
Records: Public Safety and Crime Control 8 for
Sources: probate.mobilecountyal.gov2