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Frank Milstead: “We rely on cellular coverage or we rely on other…”

Featuring: Frank Milstead, Republican | Former Candidate, Maricopa County Sheriff | Arizona

Newsmaker Sunday: DPS Col. Frank Milstead

Published July 13, 2015 | Video Starts at 14:33

It just means that there are spots in the state where officers have to flip between radio stations to figure out how to get coverage back. And then some of the outlying areas, particularly in the northeast part of the state, the coverage. We rely on cellular coverage or we rely on other jurisdictions to help us [in some areas]. As you've been in this. What. You've been in this since February, five months. What is the biggest takeaway so far? (14:33–14:39)

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“If you section out a piece of your community and only enforce certain laws against those persons, they will not be good witnesses.”
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“Arizona is a conduit for illicit drugs.”
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“DPS troopers are some of the best interdictors in the country.”
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“Heroin is the biggest problem for the country. All across the country, deaths are up fivefold, seizures are up threefold.”
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