Guilford County Sheriff Danny Rogers is asking the county’s voters to give him another four years in office.
Rogers told the Rhino Times this week that he felt like the Sheriff’s Department had been making positive changes and benefiting the community under his watch and he will ask the voters to stick with him in the 2022 election.
“I’m running,” Rogers said emphatically. “I’ve really never stopped running.”
Rogers added that, ever since he was elected to the position in November of 2018, he’s known that he would seek a second term.
Three years ago, Rogers, a Democrat, stunned a great many people in the county by beating Republican incumbent Sheriff BJ Barnes after Barnes had held that job for about a quarter of a century.
Speaking of Barnes, it’s still possible that there could be a rematch of the 2018 race. This summer, Barnes told the Rhino Times that he hadn’t ruled out running in 2022 and he added that a large number of people had been encouraging him to do so.
Barnes now serves as the mayor of Summerfield.
Regardless of what Barnes decides to do, it should be a very interesting sheriff’s race next year because the word around the county is that a good number of candidates plan to file to run on both sides of the ticket.
It’s likely the ballot will contain former employees of Barnes and Rogers.
When Rogers was elected to the job, he faced a Republican-led board of commissioners that he often bumped heads with. However, he currently works with a board that has a 7-to 2-Democratic majority. That has made life a little easier on the sheriff but he still often disagrees with the board over some initiatives he’d like to see more funding for.
Barnes would have my vote. There is a reason he held the office for so long. He was a good leader of the force and more importantly he understood how to manage the county politics so the right decisions were made for public saftey.
Why? The last decade he was merely a politician. Those right decisions you refer to are still being made by the same hard working people, with a different face and signature on the forms.
Endorsing a racist, Jim Crow era law to deny law abiding Guilford County residents his “permission and blessing” to exercise a constitutional right is not worthy of a second four year term. For gosh sakes, at least BJ Barnes only occasionally used the “of good moral character” entanglement to deny permits to a select few; Sheriff Rogers uses it to keep virtually everyone who applies for a permit left waiting and uncertain when it will arrive.
Will his be the 3rdf North Carolina Sheriff’s Department to be sued for non compliance with state statute?
I agree. My husband and I have been waiting on our ccw permits since July. If we call, there’s always an excuse. It’s sad when Guilford county has a wait time that’s close to 6 months or more for an appointment then have to wait who knows how long to actually get it in the mail. And it’s already coming up on a year since we put in our application and renewal….how much longer are we going to have to wait for him to sign off on permits?!?!?
A definate NO here.
What permits? I know people who have been waiting for months and are still waiting.
Why do the conservative voters of Guilford County want 4 more years of this level of incompetence. Please get out to vote this time.
He has been in office 4 years. Long enough. Time to move on.
One thing for sure is Danny Rogers will NOT have my vote. What has he done in the past 3 years but destroy the best Sheriff’s Office in the state and one of the best in the nation. I for one will try and do my best to make sure he DOESN’T WIN! After he looses he can continue doing what he does best: NOTHING! (I have heard that he is good at avoiding paying taxes.)
Vote Phil Byrd for Sheriff of Guilford County.
“The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office needs “Responsible Leadership.” What I will promise is to bring back a professional law enforcement organization with men and women eager and ambitious to make a difference in the quality of lives of our citizens and to provide quality unbiased service to its communities.” (Phil Byrd for Sheriff of Guilford County website).
Byrd has my vote. Actually took the time to personally reply to my message, not a canned response. I believe he will fight unconstitutional mandates and fight for our 2A rights.
God help us!!! Give it up Danny!!!!
This person needs to go ,,, VOTE ,
Could we get a GPS for his car if he gets reelected?
NOT!
I believe Guilford County citizens need someone who will operate the sheriff’s department in a professional manner and brings to the table leadership skills and positive law enforcement ideas, not someone who tells his employees to “hug a thug”! I think BJ Barnes was good during his era but when you stay in office too long you have the “good ole buddy system”! We need a new sheriff with fresh ideas and professional skills!
Vote for Billy Queen for Sheriff of Guilford County. If there is anyone with professional skills it’s him.
What we need is a sheriff that will uphold and defend the citizens’ constitutional rights, no matter what
A more peace time was when BJ Barnes was Sheriff, HE has my vote. We really need PEACE in Greensboro and a better future. Quality matters!!!
The article fails to mention the one candidate that is running that will actually win the election. Billy Queen has put his hat in the ring and he is the only “qualified” candidate that will be on the ballot.
Being a Sheriff is much, much different than working at a federal agency. Their role is not as broad as the public thinks, yet very complex in areas most don’t think about. Anyone with a story can write a book nowadays. Please sell your case & explain how a former undercover federal agent is the only qualified candidate.
How many have heard about the Peter Principle ?Promote to the level of incompetence!!!!!! He should not have been elected.I am not aware but it seems that the a lot of neighborhoods have decided that they want minorities in as their elected leaders.Well Greensboro got what they wanted.from the city council,to. Commissioners ,to police leaders they are all minorities in Guilford County/Greensboro.
To bad the circus closed danny they always needed clowns
The question remains unanswered (for me at least) as to how the woman was able to get into Sheriff Roger’s SUV and drive away without damaging the vehicle. One might speculate that she had been given the key fob by someone. ????
You’ll never get that answer she was probably given more than the “fob”
Billy Queen is the most qualified of the candidates. He will bring professionalism to the office. He will recruit qualified and experienced Deputies and Dentention officers to fill the 85+ current vacancies. Byrd and Powers worked for the office and we dont need the old way. New innovative strategies and ideas are needed to reduce the gang violence and to keep our schools safe.
Billy Queen had a great rally on November 19th where 120 people attended the Shrine Club and supported him. He has a great vision to fill the 88 vacancies to get the Sheriff’s office back to respectability. Billy doesn’t want to stop there, he wants to raise the level of professionalism to where other agencies will be calling on Guilford County to see how it was done. 88 sworn and civilian employees can get a lot accomplished, and fix things in the County (gun permits etc….) not like the way Rogers is doing.
Well it’s pretty overwhelming by the responses here that Mr. Rogers (no pun intended) is not very well liked. I’m not sure why race was even brought up in this discussion. What difference does that make a good, honest, experienced, qualified candidate is what is important. Regardless if he/she is black, white, pink or purple. Actually, I would like to see a female candidate. It’s always been my experience that females have a better attention to detail in most all things, at as competitive and egotistical as most males and overall have a far better administrative presence than most men in general. Democrats, Republicans, leave it at the door. The people of this County matter not damn politics. If you have to suck up to a party to run for anything then you have already lost your identity and should just check out.