The Journal. · Monday, August 3, 2026
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos disputed findings that his department mishandled the Nancy Guthery investigation, asserting that his team is working hard with partners. The report highlighted that Nanos's department had recently undergone an overhaul, with a new homicide head who had been reprimanded for poor judgment in a previous case.
“We put our heads down and just do the work. I can assure everybody that we are working hard every day with all of our partners.”
“So the Pima County Sheriff's Department is run by the elected sheriff, a guy named Chris Nanos.”
“The head of homicide was reprimanded for poor judgment in a homicide investigation just two months earlier, according to his personnel record. He would go on to run the Guthery case.”