The Committee was established by a group of ALADS members in 1999 to engage member participation in the ALADS endorsement process. In the last three years, the Committee has conducted interviews for virtually every statewide and local office.

The Committee is responsible for all of the following:

• Setting policies and procedures by which candidate endorsements are decided;
• Determining which candidates, if any, should be interviewed prior to recommending an endorsement;
• Conducting interviews with candidates for statewide and local offices; and
• Making recommendations for endorsement to the Board of Directors.

Any ALADS member in good standing, or retiree member, is eligible to attend the Political Endorsement Committee meetings.

All ALADS members are encouraged to attend. For more information about upcoming meeting agendas, please call the ALADS facility at (323) 213-4005.

The ALADS Political Endorsement Committee consists of current and retired deputy sheriffs and district attorney investigators. The Committee holds meetings on an “as needed” basis and usually makes endorsement recommendations at the local and statewide levels.

Upon receiving an endorsement request, the Committee may ask the candidate to complete a questionnaire and participate in an interview. Endorsement recommendations by the Committee are given to the ALADS Board of Directors for final approval.

If you are a candidate or have a proposition or measure that you would like ALADS to consider endorsing, please contact Jeffrey Monical at (626) 284-2400 or jeffrey@lavell.net.