JAMES “JIMMY” MAIORANO III

Contact update · October 14, 2026 · Approximately 4 p.m. MDT

I called. I emailed the questions. I left a voicemail.

At approximately 4 p.m. Gallup time on October 14, 2026, I called Sheriff James Maiorano III, reached voicemail and left a message. I emailed the questions. As of the October 14 update, I had received no callback or response to the emailed questions.

This update concerns the October 14 contact attempt; the documented August 21 call remains part of the record.

Listen to the recorded call: the call reaches voicemail, and the passenger leaves a message requesting a return call and referring to the emailed questions. The passenger’s name, home state and private callback number are replaced with bleeps.

Open the redacted call recording · Read the site’s unanswered questions

Updated evidence · October 13, 2026

You wrote “calls.” Plural. Where is the second call?

Telephone/Voicemail IPRA Request No. 12: 40 days since the request and 25 days beyond MCSO’s own promised response date, as of October 13, 2026. MCSO received it September 3. Eric Jim acknowledged it September 4 and promised a response by September 18. Read the full request timeline.

The supplied August 21 bodycam and voicemail document one call reaching voicemail. Maiorano identifies himself and says he is returning the passenger’s request for a call. The passenger confirms one call. Earlier wording that he never called was incorrect and has been corrected.

The passenger says she found the voicemail in her spam folder only after receiving the body-camera footage on October 13. She says no follow-up told her he had called, and that she would have called back if he had sent even one message saying he had called on Friday.

His August 25 staff email says she “will not take our calls or call us back.” MCSO’s October 13 response reports no responsive telephone logs and identifies the bodycam as the responsive record. “Calls” is plural. What record supports a second call?

Watch the redacted call and hear the voicemail · October 13 response · August 25 statement · Correction · The same accountability standard applies to me

The officer who inspired him · The Sheriff he became

A trooper inspired you. Is this what you became?

Gallup-McKinley County Schools’ Elevate, Spring 2025, pages 12–13, describes a Pennsylvania state trooper on school-crosswalk duty inspiring James Maiorano III when he was in third grade. His family later relocated to the Gallup area, and that childhood experience helped shape his ambition to enter law enforcement. The feature presents his work with schools as a way to build safety and trust.

Sheriff, you know how much one officer’s conduct can mean to a child. What do you think your conduct teaches them now? When a victim challenged the handling of her sexual-assault report, you called the investigation “sufficient,” declined to continue the email exchange while she used AI software, and later instructed staff not to respond to her emails and to forward them to Chief Deputy Jim. Those are your documented choices.

In that same school publication, you said: “Everything we do and promote has to be relevant to the safety of our community.” Then explain how your response to this victim lived up to that standard. Explain what a young person should admire about defending the investigation while its basic verification questions remained unanswered.

Do you honestly believe you are the kind of law-enforcement officer children should look up to after treating a victim this way? If a child inspired by your badge grows up to report sexual assault, is your handling of this victim the standard you want that child to expect?

A third grader found a reason to trust that trooper. After reading your emails, what reason should this victim find to trust you?

GMCS Elevate · Spring 2025 · pages 12–13 · August 21 review and correspondence · August 25 staff instruction · The unanswered locating questions