Skip to main content
EVERY REGISTERED McKINLEY COUNTY VOTER CAN VOTE BY MAIL.
Request mail ballot
Mail ballot request deadlinein 2 days
Election Dayin 16 days
Emergency Exit
IF VICTIMS DESERVE BETTERTHE RECORD · THE QUESTIONS · THE TRUTH

If victims deserve better, DO BETTER!

After every chance for communication, compliance, and cooperation has been exhausted, only consequence remains.
James Maiorano III wearing a cowboy hat, vest, badge, and holstered firearm
James Maiorano III · Sheriff, McKinley County

Sheriff James Maiorano III: his own words.

What he said publicly

“They’ve got to know how to prepare their evidence. They’ve got to know how to provide discovery, and then they need to know how to present their own case and testify to their case or possibly even question a witness for those petty misdemeanor cases. Seeing them being able to do that is at the top of our list.”
Read the published source →

What he said about this case

“I reviewed the report and video from Deputy Bittony. Based on that information, the investigation conducted by Deputy Bittony and approved by Sgt. Benally is sufficient.”
Read the original email →
PUBLIC RULEMAKING HEARINGSOCT 27–292026 · 9 a.m.–2 p.m. MT

Have a say in New Mexico’s officer accountability rules.

These three days of hearings concern proposed rules. Attend in Santa Fe or on Zoom to comment.

EARLY VOTINGOCT 6–312026 · McKinley County

McKinley County elects its sheriff.

If you disagree with how this office is being run, now is the time to act.

Read the record. Decide what you expect from your sheriff. Make your voice count at the ballot box.

Early voting: HAPPENING NOW! Election Day is November 3.

Open letter

The question MCSO still has not answered

What did I do wrong?

“What did I do, as the victim, to be treated this way by your agency from the very beginning?”

An open letter to Sheriff James Maiorano III and Chief Deputy Eric D. Jim.

Read the full open letter

People in this record

User-provided close portrait of ShubhamShubhamFacing criminal charges
Eric D. Jim giving a thumbs-up
Eric D. JimChief Deputy
James Maiorano IIIJames Maiorano IIISheriff Miguel Bittony, third person from the left in the supplied award photographMiguel BittonyDeputy Calandra ElliottCalandra ElliottRecords Manager MOREAll people