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About The Sheriff
SOLID NEW LEADERSHIP FOR WAKE COUNTY
Gerald Mauroka Baker, a Wake County native, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, is a Democratic Candidate seeking re-election to the Wake County Sheriff’s Office in 2022. I attended Raleigh Public Schools, now Wake County Public Schools. I am a Bachelor of Science Graduate of Saint Augustine’s University majoring in Organizational Management. Also, I am a graduate of North Carolina State University’s Administrative Officer’s Management Program. I’ve received years of career-related training pertinent to effective leadership that is needed in your Sheriff’s Office. I am an active member of the North Carolina Sheriff’s Association. I am a member of The National Sheriff’s Association. I am a member of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executive Association. I am a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. I am a member of the Wake County Democratic Men’s Club.
WHY AM I SEEKING RE-ELECTION FOR WAKE COUNTY SHERIFF?
Re-election is about continuing to prepare your Wake County Sheriff’s Office for the future and for the future of Our children. Re-electing a true leader with over 30 years of Wake County Sheriff’s Office experience that consists of assignments in each divisional area of the Office. It is about re-electing a Sheriff who has re-established this Office’s integrity, its values, and, restoring and maintaining its standards. Re-electing a Sheriff who is equally concerned and focused on fighting crime, as well as, crime prevention, organizational integrity and accountability, community outreach and involvement, and embracing diversity. Re-electing a leader who will continue to establish internal accountability which eliminates the need to project a false, external image of success. Re-electing a Sheriff who is committed to being a sound, conscientious steward over our taxpayer’s dollars and this Office’s fiscal operating budgets. This Administration has been fiscally sound since being elected in 2018.
This Sheriff recognized the immediate need of structure and immediately began re-structuring and re-organization. Structure and leadership that is restoring the loss of integrity and accountability this office lacked, and, is a direct result of the leadership that was present in your Sheriff’s Office prior to being elected in 2018. The restructuring provided staffing necessary in areas that required much needed additional staffing and support. If there was ever a time where the need for an operative Community Relations and Crime Prevention Divisions, it is NOW! Your Sheriff’s Office is now active throughout the entire county with bold, new leadership focusing on program implementation aimed at deterring our young people away from lives of trouble and crime. Leadership that seeks make positive effect of the time spent in your Wake County Jail by re-establishing The Wake County Sheriff’s Office Academic Studies Program offering opportunities to learn trades and continuing education efforts towards obtaining a GED. There is more this Sheriff’s Office can do to help inspire a desire for better life quality for those court ordered to jail pending prosecution or sentence.
Persons employed within your entire Sheriff’s Office, sworn and unsworn, will continue to be held accountable for their actions and performance when those actions and performance are unlawful, immoral, and less than Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and expectation. Civilian office employees deserve fair and equal treatment according to the Offices’ policies, procedures, standards, expectations, as well as the law. Complaints to this Office are now fully and impartially examined. Disciplinary Actions are consistent regardless of race, nationality or gender, and will always be a direct result of the matter at hand.
What remains clear, is that we cannot allow politics and partiality to come before serving the communities that make up Wake County. There is no doubt that I am totally committed, better qualified, dedicated, physically capable and unequivocally prepared to continue serving as your Sheriff. On the Tuesday, May 17th, 2022 Primary Voting and then again on the Tuesday, November 8th General Elections, vote for and re-elect Sheriff Gerald M. Baker for Wake County Sheriff. Together, with the right dedicated and motivated personnel, we can continue to work together to maintain and improve our quality of life, share common interest on public issues, and create a well-managed Office that adds value to you, our citizens, and every community that makes this county so great. I am honored to serve as YOUR Sheriff for the last four years, and now look forward, with your help, to continue leading your Sheriff’s Office into our and our children’s future!
Honored, Privileged, and Sincere, Gerald M. Baker
54th Sheriff of Wake County
Special Dedication
Dedicated to James & Sandra Baker
Anything good that has come to my life has been because of your example, guidance and love. You were here for my first campaign and I feel your heavenly encouragement and prepares for this campaign.