I've began assembling a force multiplying mechanism made up of armed private citizens scattered all over Lincoln County New Mexico a force multiplying mechanism that I can call upon if I need to ring that Bell and they go out on their own and they do their own thing because the sheriff is out there deputizing his buddies and I can promise you this that as long as I occupy the office of Lincoln County sheriff in New Mexico I am going to continue to build upon that occupying Force I'm going to continue to build upon that occupying Force yeah he said he works for Mike Wood but he has no police Powers I don't understand what all that means he's got a badge he sure does have police lights in his personal car well he did give us a special Deputy guard Mike Wood Sheriff of Lincoln County New Mexico went live on the Department's Facebook page to brag about creating a secret armed occupying force that he has full and Total Control over in Lincoln County the armed occupying Force as he calls it is to operate in total secrecy and answer only to him and he has arbitrarily decided that the identities and operations of these secret military members are not subject to public records requests Good Friday morning Lincoln County New Mexico Michael Wood your Lincoln County Sheriff here over the last couple of years it is rare that the topic of our security does not come up our federal and state governments are doing absolutely nothing nothing to protect us from that doing nothing to ensure our Safety and Security a lot of them are perpetuating the deterioration of our Safety and Security for personal and political purposes thank God for us thank God for we the people we are an armed Society that's what makes us the strongest in the world well I got news for you folks and you know who I'm talking to what we have in our gun saves and what we carry on our persons for to defend ourselves families in this country is none of your damn business ly County Sheriff's Office how can I help you he uh made a Facebook video saying that it's none of the government's business what guns we have on our safe in our safe or what guns we carry on our person and I couldn't agree with him more so I was wondering why his deputies search me for weapons every time I come in the building okay I do not know the answer to that so I will refer you to him and have him gives you a call back that does sound a little hypocritical though doesn't it I don't know sir so the name was Grand Johnson that's correct yes your job is to defend our right to have anything we want in our G sa your job is to defend our right to carry anything on our person that we may feel necessary to defend ourselves our families in this country so I was wondering why his deputies search me for weapons every time I come in the building that's your job do your job do your job or get out I will read to you the law in terms of authority that you vested in me as the citizens of this County any sheriff is hereby authorized at any time to appoint respectable and orderly persons as special deputies to serve any particular order RIT or process or when in the opinion of any Sheriff the appointment of special deputies is necessary and required for the purpose of preserving the peace that's law now I will tell you it's time you know over about the last year or so I recognized the need to start doing just that I've began assembling a force multiplying mechanism made up of armed private citizens scattered all over Lincoln County New Mexico a force multiplying mechanism that I can call upon if I need to ring that Bell and I can promise you this that as long as I occupy the office of Lincoln County sheriff in New Mexico I am going to continue to build upon that occupying Force so I'll leave you with this message there are some things in the works that are going on to ensure our Safety and Security in Lincoln County New Mexico so I submitted an open records request to Mike Wood I said hey Mike I would like copies of all records containing the names of all individuals that are not certified police officers that have been given an oath of office by your agency or taken an oath of office from your agency or have otherwise been sworn into act as special deputies of your agency I would also like copies of all training materials and certifications related to the so-called special deputies within your agency thanks Mike responded these individuals provide me with confidential information and as such their identities cannot be disclosed I responded I'm looking through all the statutes and I don't see the one that says you can hide the identities of anyone who has taken an oath of office for any reason everything I'm seeing says that it is public record can you point me to the law that says you can withhold hold the identities of sworn public servants or is it not necessarily codified and just something that you're choosing to do on your own despite the law James Freeman I then said since I already have the identities and documents for multiple quote special deputies that you have appointed special officer doofy oh hi doofy oh is that true yeah I forgot to swallow which I obtained through other avenues I'd like to know if I'm allowed to publish those or if I'm required to keep that information secret from the public also I wouldn't want to accidentally publish anything about your secret works or things that you had intended to keep in the darkness and shadows please let me know ASAP as I intend to publish tomorrow unless I'm directed otherwise James Freeman but apparently Mike forgot to tell his special deputies that they were super duper undercover they were already out breaking the law putting illegal red and blue lights in their personal vehicles and flashing ing their special credentials to real cops yeah he said he works for Mike Wood but he has no police Powers M I don't understand what all that means he's got a badge yeah it's basically like a like you said like a mount patol okay like he goes out and helps out but he drives in a car on his own he has police actually I saw that that's why I asked him I said you a cop or who do you work for and he said that's what I told and amount of Patrol is not supposed to earn as far as I know do they go on their own or they have people with them you got to be with the state or with an officer yeah and they go out on their own and they do their own thing because the sheriff is out there deputizing his buddi out of New Mexico 046 61 0 8 6 5 return to a Jeffree boy showing b 29 damn what are you sign for uh no yield in the rway failure to yield to the rway cuz he cut off some cars training on to bra Canyon but he's not doing his police duties or Deputy duties right now but he sure does have police lights in his personal car well he did give us a special Deputy card he says that he is uh he does work for the sheriff but he has no Poli Powers Yeah and then Cory asked him if he was like the Mount of Patrol and he said he didn't really know he doesn't collect a pup so as far as I'm concerned but he has a commission guard and a badge I definitely don't want him to be like well patrolman Hernandez and patrolman uh Cory were over here freaking taking my depuy badges from them on Facebook and all this nonsense cuz I mean he did give it to him with his ID although he did say that he was he had no police Powers but he for a so I forgot to tell you do you know your your trad's not registered it's never been registered didn't even come with the well you got to have it registered to go up and down the [Applause] highway okay so are you still living on uh Highway 380 I am okay how long you been out there now about 10 years I D it's a good while where'd you come from Aria aresia I've been in riod DOA for about 15 in the area for 15 years but I've oh that's cool now do you get your mail at uh on 380 no what is it Bo box 4305 riodoso 88355 okay here's that okay sir what the I'm I'm not going to write you for that registration on that Traer but I am going to ask you to get it okay I'll get it if I catch you out again I will write you a citation for what's your name Cory Cory kraton yes sir okay now on this uh sitation you have two options let's see here I'll see the judge man okay that's cool it'll be over here on uh cre meows write this down for you what I'm going to do is uh give you a court date of August 7th I showed up to court on August 7th to try to meet up with super special Deputy Jeffrey Foyd to ask him what kind of super special strong Powers the sheriff gave him but he had chosen to pay the ticket instead of coming to court the very word secrecy is repugnant in a free and open society and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies to secret Oaths and secret proceedings we decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweigh the dangers which are cited to justify it even today there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed Society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions even today there is little value in ensuring the survival of our nation if our Traditions do not survive with it and there is very grave danger that an announce need for increased security it is rare that the topic of our security does not come up we'll be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment as long as I occupy the office of Lincoln County sheriff in New Mexico I am going to continue to build upon that occupying Force I'm going to continue to build upon that occupying Force