After weeks of debate, interviews and conversations within the Laramie community, the Albany County Board of Commissioners appointed Aaron Appelhans, a black man, to be its new sheriff several weeks ago.
The appointment of Wyomingâs first black sheriff â which came on the heels of weeks of tense debate among the local Democratic Party â marks a new chapter in the history of Albany County, which has been undergoing a political and social transformation for several years. But it also highlights the pressures imposed on political parties in the modern conversation around police reform, and the challenge in balancing the established expectations from both law enforcement and those that police officers are paid to serve.
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