Former Pima County Sheriff Mark Napier
The Cochise County Sheriff’s Office is losing its new Chief of Staff back to Pima County, the American Daily Independent has confirmed.
Mark Napier, who came to CCSO in late December 2020, has accepted an executive position in the Pima County Administrator’s Office starting next month. His departure as a fulltime Cochise County employee will be effective July 27 but he has promised Sheriff Mark Dannels to assist on a parttime basis with the transition.
Napier had a long career in law enforcement in Iowa and Arizona before being elected Pima County’s sheriff in a tight race with then-Sheriff Chris Nanos in November 2016. Nanos regained the spot as Pima County’s top lawman in November 2020, leaving Napier without a job.