Don’t know about that side of Dave, but here’s his press release statement when he entered this race:
“I’ve
lived in Tucson my whole life and I know the community here and the challenges
we face.  People I’ve talked to say
the current law enforcement standards leave them feeling less safe instead of
more secure, especially following the Pima County Sheriff-lead SWAT team raid
to serve a search warrant on US Marine Jose Guerena last year, that left him
riddled with bullets and dying an innocent man in the presence of his wife and
child.”
“The
ongoing War on Drugs has failed, and it is time to stop fighting it. Profits
from the hemp plant and this war on it are killing people and violating our
values. We are criminalizing young men and women for smoking an herb while
people are being thrown out of their homes and into the streets by banksters
who are unwilling to work with the homeowners to reduce the principal owed on
their underwater homes.  The job of
the Sheriff is to preserve the peace. That mission is not being met when
for-profit prisons are allowed to set our law-enforcement agenda.”
Mr.
Croteau, a longtime Green Party activist, first ran for Pima County Sheriff in
2000 with a single issue that urged legalization and taxation of marijuana. The
previous year he ran for Mayor of Tucson with a single campaign sign saying
“Tax it” next to a marijuana leaf. 
He said this campaign will also be more about the message than the
money.  His filing paperwork
includes a form stating his intention to cap campaign expenditures at
$500.  “Money is the major problem
in electoral politics and I want to do what I can to offer alternatives when I
see problems,” Mr. Croteau said.
Croteau
is a local craftsman who restores historic homes.  He belongs to numerous community groups including Oath
Keepers, Veterans for Peace, Trinity Presbyterian Church Elders, and TUSD site
council at Roskruge School.  He was
a Board member of the West University Neighborhood Association for 14 years. He
was a founding member of the City of Tucson Citizen Police Advisory and Review
Board, working directly with Tucson Police Chiefs Richard Miranda and Roberto
Villaseñor on Community-based policing. “I’ve long been interested in how to
best serve Tucson and make this a better community,” he said.  “In the current highly-polarized
political climate, a third-party candidate like me can offer bold new solutions
that neither Democrats nor Republicans will advance, for fear of alienating the
big money interests controlling their political agendas right now.”
When
asked about his bold new solutions, Mr. Croteau ticked off the planks of his
platform: to stop fighting the war on drugs, concentrating instead on crimes
against persons and property; to disclose to all Pima County citizens the
Sheriff’s relationships with other law-enforcement agencies like Department of
Homeland Security; to reign in the use of excessive force when carrying out
search warrants, through policy change; and to stop evictions of homeowners
unless and until the original property deeds are proffered and verified.
When
asked how he plans to advertise his platform given the severe financial
restrictions he’s agreed to, Mr. Croteau said he plans to utilize the
mainstream media’s coverage of debates and forums as well as call-in radio
programs and low-cost social media outlets.

Any questions can be directed to Dave Croteau (520) 909-5622 or to Mary DeCamp at (520) 250-9032.