Glascott Endorsed by Buffalo News

And WNYMedia.net for the same reasons:

The buck stops at Erie County Sheriff Timothy B. Howard’s desk. The vote should go to his challenger, Cheektowaga Police Capt. John A. Glascott. The department needs change.

To some extent, Howard may be the victim of circumstances beyond his control. He doesn’t set his own budget; the county does that. He can’t build a new jail on his own; again, that’s the county’s responsibility. It wasn’t his direct negligence at the jail that allowed two prisoners to escape, one of whom then shot three state troopers and murdered one.

Still, Howard was the man at the top when the escapes occurred and when the county was sued by the state and federal governments over civil rights violations at the county’s jails. He was in charge when a double-murder suspect was found starved and dehydrated in the Holding Center, and he was in charge when a registered sex offender was mistakenly released and, police allege, raped a Buffalo woman. Responsibility, ultimately, is his. At a minimum, people in his charge committed lapses that have had negative — even catastrophic — consequences.

You can read the full endorsement here