Personal History:
Richard Mack served in law enforcement for 20 years, with duties including Patrol Officer, Corporal, Sergeant, Undercover Agent, School Resource Officer and Detective (specializing in preventing crimes against children). In 1988 he was elected to the office of Sheriff in Graham County, Arizona, where he grew up. He served as Sheriff for eight years. In 1991, while serving as sheriff, he graduated from the FBI Academy. He has been married to his wife, Dawn for 50 years. They have 5 children and 15 grandchildren.

His Claim to Fame:
During his tenure as Sheriff, he became the first sheriff in American history to sue the federal government, a case that was ultimately combined with motions from other sheriffs into Mack/Printz vs US and was decided by the US Supreme Court. The 1994 case against the Clinton administration was regarding provisions of the ‘Brady Bill’; a gun control measure that required sheriffs to perform background checks on potential gun buyers. The court ruled that the federal government could not compel state or local officers to enforce federal regulatory programs, and has been hailed as the most powerful Tenth Amendment decision in USA history.

Significant awards / achievements:
• Named NRA Law Officer of the Year
• Inducted into NRA Hall of Fame
• Cicero Award recipient
• Samuel Adams Leadership Award recipient
• Gun Owners of America’s, Defender of 2nd Amendment award recipient
• Elected Official of the Year award recipient (by the Arizona/New Mexico Coalition of Counties)
• Has authored a number of books on subjects such as the proper role of law enforcement, the power of
the office of sheriff, gun control, state’s rights and related issues.
• Has also appeared on CNN, FOX, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, Newsmax, NYTimes, LA Times, USA Today, over
1,000 radio networks worldwide, and countless internet streams .

Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA)
Sheriff Mack is the Founder and President of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association. This organization is dedicated to the restoration of individual liberty and the protection of Civil Rights, and has provided hundreds of training seminars to Sheriffs, Police, and Public Officials in all 50 States and in several other countries across the world.