Under oath, in a sworn December deposition, Sheriff Chris Nanos was asked directly: had he ever been suspended during his law enforcement career? He said no. The Arizona Republic then published his El Paso Police Department employment file — eight suspensions, thirty-seven days without pay, a suspect in the intensive care unit, a grand jury, and a forced resignation in 1982. Nanos says he interpreted the question as referring only to his Pima County career. Supervisor Matt Heinz says that answer is "disqualifying for any county employee, but especially for one in law enforcement" — and has raised the possibility that every case Nanos touched over four decades may require review.

The same week that deposition answer went public, his own deputies voted 241-0 to call for his resignation. The Pima County Board of Supervisors invoked a territorial-era state statute to require him to testify under oath — with removal on the table if he refuses.

He said he'll comply. And that single answer may be what keeps him in office. The statute's removal power requires refusal. Compliance may close the door. County attorneys are now working through what the board can actually do if Nanos shows up, answers every question, and the board doesn't believe a word of it. The next board meeting — where outside counsel delivers the specific questions — tells us whether this mechanism has any real force.

Nancy Guthrie is still missing. This is the full accounting of where things stand.

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