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Paul Heroux (born 1976) is an American politician who is the Sheriff of Bristol County, Massachusetts. He previously served as Mayor of Attleboro, Massachusetts, and a State Representative from the Second Bristol District, elected in 2012.
In Thomas Hodgson's official Bristol County Sheriff portrait from 2003, he is wearing a tie that resembles the Confederate flag. In 2020, community groups called for his resignation over his ties to white supremacy. Hodgson denied the tie was connected to the Confederacy and said he would continue to wear the necktie. [35]
The Bristol County Sheriff's Office is being sued, he noted, stemming from the riot in 2020. The lawsuit was filed in behalf of 16 detainees at the former Immigration Detention Center building ...
Bristol County was created by the Plymouth Colony on June 2, 1685, [3] and named after its "shire town" (county seat), Bristol. [4] The Plymouth Colony, along with the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Maine Colony and several other small settlements were rechartered in 1691, by King William III, to become The Province of Massachusetts Bay.
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Bristol County Sheriff candidate Paul Heroux attends forum hosted by South Coast groups.
The Ash Street Jail was built in 1888 on the site of the New Bedford House of Correction which was the former New Bedford County Jail built-in 1829. [clarification needed] [2] It is currently overseen by Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux.
A look at 2022 Bristol County salaries shows the Sheriff's Office employs about two-thirds of the top 100 earners — and nearly half are prison guards.