For Star subscribers: Only three constables are serving papers in the county's busiest justice precincts in an office on high alert after the fatal shooting of a colleague during an eviction.
Nicole Ludden Only four Pima County constables are actively working in their positions serving civil papers across the state’s second-largest county as part of an office highly on-edge after an August shooting that killed Constable Deborah Martinez-Garibay.
The Tucson Police Department is conducting an in-depth review of the shooting through its Sentinel Event Review Board, which will analyze the actions of Martinez-Garibay and responding officers took on Aug. 25 and identify possible process improvements. The combined number of papers served by the three constables working out of the consolidated courts has increased by more than 40% from August to September, according to data from the constables’ office. According to Lake, each constable is taking over about three precincts, covering two more regions than each was elected to preside over.
“We went through and realized that it could have been any one of us. It's not that did anything wrong. If it was me, I probably would have been shot,” Lake said. “Overall, hindsight is 20/20. I read through my papers so I know exactly what I'm getting into.” Constable Stevenson in Justice Precinct 10 announced his resignation in an Oct. 10 letter to County Administrator Jan Lesher, where he stated he’s leaving the position “due to personal reasons” and said “it is best for myself and my family that I move on to other opportunities.”
Dorer confirmed the events of the eviction and said, “My mindset was probably such because of the shooting that I was more heightened than I should have been.” Lesher said she’s been working with the county’s attorneys on how to fill the position in the meantime and gauge the board’s authority to “cause a vacancy to be created if a constable just isn't showing up.” Francisco Lopez, who runs TMZ Tucson, is the only nominee for constable in Precinct 2 and will take over the position in January.
In Ajo, Constable Gonzalez is not seeking re-election and will be replaced by write-in candidate Eric Krznarich. Former County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry suggested the constables take a pay cut, or in a more severe move, be replaced by county employees. As independently elected officials, it would require change at the state level to adapt the rules on who can become a constable.
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