Tim Flaherty

Criminal Justice / Public Safety Partner with schools, mental-health organizations, and youth groups to deliver targeted prevention programs. Criminal Justice / Public Safety Launch youth education campaigns teaching that suicide is a permanent decision to a temporary problem, reaching kids before it’s too late. Criminal Justice / Public Safety Expand public outreach (building on existing efforts like Ada’s suicide prevention events) with data-driven messaging that actually saves lives. Criminal Justice / Public Safety Identify patterns and hotspots through higher autopsy rates and thorough investigations. Taxes / Budget I will cut waste by ending reliance on expensive temporary fixes and running the office with real business efficiency. By building a stable local team and applying the fiscal responsibility, we can lower overall costs across the system. Grieving families will never again face unnecessary delays while they heal. Government Reform I will hire and retain full, local professional staff so the office never falls behind. Using the same team-building and operational discipline I applied in the private sector, we will streamline workflows, reduce waste, and meet (or beat) the 90-day national standard. Families will get timely answers instead of months of painful uncertainty. Government Reform As Coroner, I will prioritize thorough and appropriate investigations, especially in youth and suicide cases, while fighting for smarter, fiscally responsible funding with no new taxes. I will push for a practical, limited-government solution modeled after Arizona’s successful targeted prevention programs. Using a small surcharge on existing death certificate fees, we will create a dedicated fund that reimburses counties for additional pathologists and certified autopsies.