The show opens with the audio of the controversial Lake County Sheriff's Offce's video that has been compared to an ISIS video. It is then addressed by our guest.
Guest: Jim Manfre, retired Sheriff of Flagler County,represents the Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP), https://lawenforcementactionpartnership.org/ , a nonprofit group of police and other criminal justice professionals working to advance drug policy and public safety solutions. He speaks to Henry and Alan Cross about the increasing militarization of local police departments, alternative ideas to address the opioid crises and forward thinking strategies for diversion away from incarceration.
Jim Manfre's career in law began shortly after his graduation from Fordham University, Bronx, New York. He spent four years as an investigator and trial preparation assistant for the Bronx and Kings Counties, New York District Attorney while attending St. Johns University School of Law, Queens, New York, graduating in 1984. He then spent twelve years as an Assistant District Attorney in Suffolk County, New York. He and his family then moved to Palm Coast, Florida in 1999, and from 2001 to 2005 he served as Flagler County Sheriff, bringing a new level of professionalism and excellence to the government agency. In 2006 he was admitted to the Florida Bar and practiced law in Flagler County until his election again as Sheriff of Flagler County in 2012. Sheriff Manfre's extensive community service background includes being a member and Past President of the Flagler County Rotary, member of the Flagler County Chamber of Commerce Business Issues Committee, of the Florida Hospital Flagler Foundation and the Santa Marie del Mar Church Parish Advisory Council in Flagler Beach, Florida.