Matt Carter For McCracken County Sheriff

Leadership

In the ever-changing world in which we live, there is not a more critical and demanding time where experienced leadership, ensuring that the needs of the people are met, has ever existed. I believe this must be carried out with common sense and compassionate service while ensuring the public’s trust and safety without compromise.

We all want our community to be one that is safe to raise our children and impossible for the criminal element to be comfortable. United as a group of people, working together for the betterment of McCracken County, there is little we cannot do, but divided there is little we can do.

My pledge to you, the citizens of McCracken County, is to convert all my words into deeds. As sheriff I will continue to exemplify the highest standards of ethical and moral behavior, which requires complete freedom from deceit or fraud and to ensure transparency to the community. I will ensure the sheriff’s department’s conduct provides uncompromising service to our community and this department will have a firm adherence to ethical principles and sound moral character. I pledge an unrelenting, determination to serve the community and to achieve a standard of excellence in every endeavor.

Experience

I have served in a public capacity over the past 22 years, and began my law enforcement career at the McCracken County Sheriff’s Department in 2000. Since 2000 I have promoted through the ranks and served in the roles of bailiff, road deputy, detective, detective sergeant, operations captain, and detective captain. I have served in essentially every role at the McCracken County Sheriff's Department and continue to serve this community today as part of the departments command staff. I have served in each of those positions and will continue to serve with impeccable integrity and a track record that will clearly reveal nothing to the contrary. Those positions have provided the experiences necessary, to prepare me for this next important step. My experience ranges from tax collection, court security, calls of service to the community, identifying perpetrators of minor criminal mischief acts, overseeing the day to day operations of the department, investigating murders, and everything in-between. During my tenure, I have personally been a part of seizing millions of dollars in illegal drugs that never had an opportunity, to make it onto the streets of our community. Drug dealers beware. Vigorous drug enforcement will continue under my leadership. I know first-hand and have witnessed the devastation that drugs cause and the multitude of crimes that are often cultivated as a result of illegal drug activity.

I believe that having experience in each and every one of these roles is vital for the next sheriff to have. I believe it is impossible to lead by example if you do not have the experience that enables you to know how to lead in each and every one of the variety of challenges that law enforcement faces today.

Endorsements

I believe it is crucial to have the support of the men and women in which you lead and serve alongside. I am most humbled and honored to have the support of the McCracken County Sheriff’s Department and endorsement of current Sheriff Jon Hayden. I have worked with Sheriff Hayden my entire career and know firsthand his endorsement and support is not by popularity, but by choice in which he has entrusted and believes that I am the most qualified person, committed to and will continue leading this department in the right directions and to the next level of professionalism. My request to the citizens is to please check into my reputation and track record with those that will know best and have worked beside me for the past several years. I encourage you to ask others that wear the badge, our prosecutors, court officials, and fellow citizens that know anything about me and I’m confident they will not deny my words to you today are both accurate and true!

"I know that the residents of Paducah and McCracken County will be in good hands by electing Matt Carter as their next sheriff." -Jon Hayden, McCracken County Sheriff

Additionally, I am humbled and honored to have the full support and endorsements of EVERY MEMBER of the current McCracken County Sheriff's Department. I work with these people on a daily basis. They are the ones who can attest to my ability to lead with experience and compassion as your next sheriff.

ADDITIONAL ENDORSEMENTS INCLUDE:

West KY Central Labor Council

Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 184 Paducah, KY

Fraternal Order of Police Jackson Purchase Lodge 15 Paducah, KY

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 816 Paducah, KY

Laborers International Union Of North America Local 1214 Paducah, KY

International Association of Machinists And Aerospace Workers Local 123 Paducah, KY

International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental, and Reinforcing Iron Workers Local 782 Paducah, KY

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Support

If you want someone experienced with the highest set of morals, ethics, and integrity to take the professionalism of our department to the next level, I ask for your vote. If you want a sheriff who will vigorously enforce the laws of the commonwealth with compassion, dignity, and common sense, upon the criminal element lingering within our community, then I ask for your vote. If you want a sheriff who will relentlessly seek out and bring to justice anyone desiring to distribute poisonous drugs in our neighborhoods, especially those targeting our youth, then I ask for your vote. If you want a sheriff who will stand up for our citizens that fall victim to scams and extortions, especially against our elderly, I ask for your vote. If you want a sheriff who will be the voice for children that are found in abusive environments, then I ask for your vote. If you want a sheriff who will be firm with compassion, never betraying the badge, my integrity, my character, or the public’s trust, I ask for your vote. If you want a sheriff who will have the courage to hold myself and others accountable for our actions, I ask for your vote. If you want a sheriff who will always uphold the constitution of this great United States of America, then I ask for your vote!

Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress only occurs when courageous skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.

I am Matt Carter and I humbly ask for your vote, your support, and your prayers. Together we will make McCracken County the greatest place to live and raise our families.

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"I know that the residents of Paducah and McCracken County will be in good hands by electing Matt Carter as their next sheriff." -Jon Hayden, McCracken County Sheriff

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