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Chris Nocco
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Chris Nocco is a Florida law enforcement officer who, as of May 2017, was the Pasco County, Florida sheriff. In March 2017, Nocco was appointed to the Florida Constitution Revision Commission, a 37-member commission that reviews and proposes changes to the Florida Constitution.[1] According to Nocco's campaign Facebook page, he is a Republican.[2]
Career
Chris Nocco holds an undergraduate certificate in emergency management from Florida State University, a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from the University of Delaware, and a master's degree in public administration from the University of Delaware.[3]
In 2000, Nocco worked with the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania public school police. He then spent several years with the Fairfax County, Virginia police department and the Broward County, Virginia sheriff's department.[4][3]
Nocco left law enforcement for four years to work for Marco Rubio during Rubio's tenure as a state representative. Nocco spent two years as Rubio's staff director and two years as his deputy chief of staff.[4] Nocco introduced Rubio at a Tampa, Florida event during Rubio's 2016 presidential campaign.[5]
Nocco returned to law enforcement, serving as the chief of staff for the Florida Highway Patrol for two years before being hired as a captain to the Pasco County, Florida sheriff's office in 2009. He was later promoted to major and then, in 2011, was appointed by Governor Rick Scott to serve out then-sheriff Bob White's term upon White's retirement.[6] Nocco was elected as sheriff in 2012 and re-elected in 2016.[7][8]
Florida Constitution Revision Commission
In March 2017, Nocco was appointed to the Florida Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) by Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives Richard Corcoran, a Republican.[1]
The Florida Constitution Revision Commission is a 37-member commission provided for in the state constitution that reviews and proposes changes to the Florida Constitution.[9] The CRC refers constitutional amendments directly to the ballot for a public vote.[10] The commission convenes every 20 years.[9] Members of the commission travel to different parts of Florida to perform research and receive public testimony before recommending these ballot measures.[11]
The Constitution Revision Commission of 2017-2018 was composed of 37 members. Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican, appointed 15 members of the CRC. President of the Florida Senate, Joe Negron (R), appointed nine members. Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, Richard Corcoran (R) appointed nine members. Jorge Labarga, chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court, appointed three members.[12]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sun-Sentinel, "Final members named to constitution revision commission," accessed May 26, 2017
- ↑ Facebook, "Vote Nocco, Proect Pasco," accessed May 26, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Pasco Sheriff, "Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco Biography," accessed May 26, 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Resident Magazine, "Sheriff Chris Nocco," accessed May 26, 2017
- ↑ Tampa Bay Times, "Rubio reminds Tampa crowd he's been an underdog before in Florida," accessed May 26, 2017
- ↑ Tampa Bay Times, "Florida governor Rick Scott appoints Chris Nocco to Pasco sheriff post," accessed May 26 2017
- ↑ Tampa Bay Times, "Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco cruises to victory," accessed May 26, 2017
- ↑ PascoVotes.com, "2016 Local Candidates," accessed May 26, 2017
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Florida Legislature, "The Florida Constitution," accessed May 2, 2017
- ↑ D'Alemberte, T. (2016). The Florida State Constitution. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
- ↑ Holland & Knight, "Anna Marie Hernandez Gamez Appointed to Florida's Constitution Revision Commission," accessed May 23, 2017
- ↑ Florida Constitution Revision Commission, 2017-2018, "Commissioners," accessed May 2, 2017
