Sheriff Al Cannon, who served 33 years as Charleston County’s top law enforcement officer, announced today that he is endorsing Mount Pleasant Councilmember and former Mount Pleasant Police Chief Carl
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he fought for and helped design three expansions to the jail, the largest consisted of two new buildings that opened in 2010, which more than doubled inmate capacity to 1,900. they were designed with better security systems and open bay housing units which provide inmates with less confinement and more freedom of movement. we insisted that people who worked in the detention facility have an opportunity to provide input into the design. that also helped the morale, which after having been so overcrowded for so many years, was pretty low. shortly before the new buildings were opened the county council voted to dedicate the entire facility to sheriff cannon, stating over his long years of service he molded the sheriff s office into a premier law enforcement agency. i m honored. would i rather have it on a school? yeah. but this is who i am and what i do.