Welcome back to the Carolina Cabinet. Host Peter Pappas sits down with Troy McDuffie, the Democratic candidate for Cumberland County Sheriff, who rebuilt Spring Lake's police department after the sheriff's office spent more than a year covering the town.
McDuffie says he'd keep the sheriff's office's new pay plan, which starts deputies at $54,735 and reaches top pay in 13 years instead of 23, and fine-tune it rather than start over. Peter presses him on why voters should change sheriffs if, as McDuffie said before the primary, there are no major problems inside the office. They dig into the detention center, its roughly $22 million annual budget, and the difference between sworn deputies and detention officers.
On ICE, McDuffie says the office will follow whatever the law requires. When a detainer turns up on someone, his deputies will contact ICE rather than let that person go. But he says the manpower isn't there for anything beyond that. He also talks about the vandalism of his campaign signs and why he believes he was built to lead.
Early voting begins Thursday, October 15, and Election Day is Tuesday, November 3. Our conversation with Republican candidate LaRue Windham is also available at thecarolinacabinet.com.
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