Clarence William Dupnik was born on January 11,1936 and is a retired American law enforcement official.
14 Facts About Clarence Dupnik
1.
2.
Clarence Dupnik won election in his own right in September 1980, and was re-elected every four years until he retired in 2015.
3.
Clarence Dupnik was born in Helena, Texas, and grew up in Bisbee, Arizona.
4.
Clarence Dupnik graduated from polygraph training school Keeler Institute in Chicago, the Southern Police Institute at the University of Louisville, and the Urban Affairs Executive Institute at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
5.
Clarence Dupnik joined the Tucson Police Department in 1958, as a Patrol Officer, eventually rising to Major in charge of Field Operations.
6.
Clarence Dupnik was elected seven times to four-year terms as Sheriff.
7.
Clarence Dupnik won the contest to name the Tucson Toros baseball team.
8.
On June 22,2011, Clarence Dupnik announced he would be dedicating about 20 officers to a task force to jail people for letting off fireworks on the 4th of July, to protect against sparking new wildfires.
9.
Clarence Dupnik was a vocal opponent of Arizona's anti-illegal immigrant bill SB 1070.
10.
In September 2010, Clarence Dupnik criticized the Tea Party movement at an immigration forum, publicly claiming the movement was associated with bigotry.
11.
Clarence Dupnik received worldwide criticism over his defense of the botched SWAT team raid of Jose Guerena that left the former Marine dead.
12.
Clarence Dupnik defended the police who left Guerena, after being shot 60 times in 7 seconds, inside his house while paramedics were prevented from entering for over an hour.
13.
Clarence Dupnik's office was responsible for security and later oversaw local response and investigation of the 2011 Tucson shooting.
14.
Clarence Dupnik stated that he felt that the level of vitriol in political discourse created an atmosphere where violence was likely.