County

Sheriff, Frederick County

Vote for: 1
Term: 4 years
Candidates: 2
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: The sheriff runs the county's sheriff's office: serving court papers, providing courthouse security and, in many counties, patrolling and running the detention center.

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Karl Bickel

Democratic

Retired U.S. Department of Justice senior policy analyst

The gist

Proposes a university study of racial disparities in stops
Proposes expanding the crisis car program
Pledges to honor only judicial warrants in ICE cases
Pledges deputies will not act as ICE agents

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Proposes a university study of racial disparities in stops
VOTE411 Voter Guide: Frederick County Sheriff
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Maryland (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“Would work with local college/university to study racial disparity that currently exists in arrests, traffic stops, investigative stops to prevent bias based policing.”
Proposes expanding the crisis car program
VOTE411 Voter Guide: Frederick County Sheriff
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Maryland (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“work to expand crisis car program”
Pledges to honor only judicial warrants in ICE cases
VOTE411 Voter Guide: Frederick County Sheriff
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Maryland (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“I would follow the guidance of Maryland's Attorney General, by only honoring criminal warrants signed by a judicial officer”
Pledges deputies will not act as ICE agents
VOTE411 Voter Guide: Frederick County Sheriff
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Maryland (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“Sheriff's deputies would not act as ICE agents or perform the duties of ICE agents.”

Chuck Jenkins

RepublicanIncumbent

Frederick County Sheriff

The gist

Pledges to keep reporting detained immigrants with detainers to ICE
Supported the now-ended 287(g) program
Supports existing bias and mental health training for deputies

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Pledges to keep reporting detained immigrants with detainers to ICE
VOTE411 Voter Guide: Frederick County Sheriff
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Maryland (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“I would continue to communicate and cooperate with the Department of Homeland Security / ICE, within the law to report criminal illegal aliens with detainers.”
Supported the now-ended 287(g) program
VOTE411 Voter Guide: Frederick County Sheriff
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Maryland (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“The recently ended 287g Program in Frederick County facilitated the removal of 1,884 identified criminal aliens from Frederick County.”
Supports existing bias and mental health training for deputies
VOTE411 Voter Guide: Frederick County Sheriff
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Maryland (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“Discrimination is avoided by training in anti-discrimination/bias, implicit bias, bias based policing, hate crimes, and cultural diversity.”

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