Chanze Fowler for Sheriff

09/05/2026

Good information

📺 And now, for today’s episode of…THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW!

Why can a police officer ask you to step out of your vehicle during a traffic stop?

You may have heard someone say, “The officer can’t make me get out of my car.”
Actually, the U.S. Supreme Court has addressed this very issue.

⚖️ Pennsylvania v. Mimms (1977)

The Supreme Court ruled that during a lawful traffic stop, an officer may order the driver to step out of the vehicle. The Court recognized that officer safety is a legitimate and important concern during traffic stops. (Justia Law⁠)

⚖️ Maryland v. Wilson (1997)

The Supreme Court later extended the rule in Mimms to passengers. During a lawful traffic stop, an officer may order passengers to exit the vehicle as well, pending completion of the stop. (Legal Information Institute⁠)

🚨 Why does this matter?

Traffic stops can be unpredictable and can put officers in a vulnerable position. Having the driver and passengers outside the vehicle can allow officers to better observe everyone involved and reduce some of the risks associated with approaching occupied vehicles.

The bottom line:
If you are stopped by law enforcement, follow the officer’s instructions, remain calm, and ask questions respectfully if you don’t understand what is being requested.

Knowing your rights is important.
Understanding the law is important, too.

08/27/2026

This is why ICE matters, this is why you must get out and vote, and this is what we must fight against. Our children and grandchildren are depending on us.

A Michigan imam told a room that Muslims are superior to infidels because they will blow themselves up. That is Sharia talking on American soil.

Imam Isa Abdul Karim, tied to the Darul Islam Movement and speaking at Islamic Oasis, laid it out in plain English.

“Muslims are superior to the infidels because they are willing to blow themselves up.” He added that “the lack of fear of de*th is what has always given us power over them” and that “real jihad must take place on a world scale.”

The purpose, he said, is to establish dar al-Islam.

This is not a fringe clip from overseas. It is a lecture marketed as thinking global, recorded for an American audience.

Darul Islam’s original Indonesian project was a violent campaign for an Islamic state. The same vocabulary is now being preached here.

Michigan already has the densest Muslim political footprint in the country. Dearborn is majority Muslim. Other area pulpits have gone further.

Imam Ahmed Al-Qazwini called k*lling Zionists a “win-win.” Imam Abdou Zindani invoked the hadith about slaughtering Jews like sheep. Scholar Ahmad Musa Jibril has told Western youth that jihad is holy war and that the infidel West is the enemy.

Sharia is not a diet or a holiday calendar. It is a rival legal system. It ranks the believer above the kafir. It treats martyrdom as currency.

It does not answer to the Constitution, a jury, or the First Amendment when those collide with the ummah. Import the ideology, then act shocked when the sermons match the texts.

America is not a waiting room for a caliphate. Law enforcement should treat open praise of su*cide attacks as the threat it is. Voters should stop electing people who treat this as diversity.

Jesus offers life. This doctrine sells de*th as superiority.

Watch the tape. Then decide whether Michigan is still running American law.

08/25/2026

CHECK ON YOUR PEOPLE.

First responders are trained to run toward the things most people run away from. We learn how to handle chaos, tragedy, violence, death, and somebody else’s worst day.

What we aren’t always taught is what to do when all of those calls follow us home.

That’s why Life Behind The Badge exists.

I’m currently booking speaking engagements focused on mental health, first responders, leadership, accountability, trauma, su***de awareness, and what life can look like after the badge.

I’m not coming to stand behind a podium and repeat something I read in a book. I speak from lived experience—the good, the bad, the mistakes, the victories, and the lessons learned along the way.

My message is simple:

You can be strong and still struggle.
You can lead and still need help.
You can carry everyone else and still need someone to check on you.

And we shouldn’t wait until somebody hits rock bottom before asking:

“Hey… how are you ACTUALLY doing?”

I’m available for law enforcement agencies, fire departments, EMS, dispatch centers, first responder organizations, conferences, churches, businesses, schools, and community events.

If your department or organization wants a speaker who isn’t afraid to have the conversations that are usually kept behind closed doors, message me about booking an engagement.

Sometimes one conversation is all it takes to remind somebody that they’re still needed.

Check on your people.
We Got You.
Find the Purpose. Be the Purpose.

Thank yall for reading and appreciate if you would share. See yall soon

— Retired Sgt Clayton Dillion
Life Behind The Badge

08/23/2026

There are those in our community that are upset with both Hartley and Dallam county Sheriff’s Offices. They are pi**ed and have said as much. They don’t want the undocumented people of our community arrested for being in this country illegally. We hear “they are just trying to make a better life for themselves. “. Really, see the news article below. This is just one of thousands of stories just like it across the state. It seems people here want us to enforce the law they agree with and not those they don’t like. Well John Boy it don’t work like that. With that said let’s apply logic. Should someone be able to walk upon your land and build a house or take yours without your permission so that they could make a better life for themselves? But it’s ok to come into our country uninvited, break our laws, bring their countries values with them and want our country to look the other way. Really?

https://www.myhighplains.com/news/local-news/hartley-county/man-arrested-in-dalhart-for-methamphetamine-charge/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAT247twZG9mBWZkaWQWUM_ZZxa-f-3rnz0RBZzKIwn8RO71bWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR4cv-LdLxcYSoYikvJSA86mCwjBGE2AropPVSsO-Nt7pQ2A4wdgkQxAXvr3EA_aem_kJnY5JO4V9wjwdEcYHQbTw

One man has been arrested in Dalhart on an alleged methamphetamine distribution charge.

08/22/2026

The same people screaming about Flock cameras somehow have no problem with cops wearing body cameras every second of every tour.

Police are recorded constantly. Every call. Every stop. Every interaction. No off switch. No privacy. That’s the job.

But the second a camera reads a license plate and helps catch a carjacker, a hit-and-run driver, or a murderer, suddenly it’s “surveillance” and “protecting privacy.”

Let’s be honest. A lot of the opposition isn’t about liberty. It’s about protecting the people who shouldn’t be protected.

You want officers held accountable? Fine. We already are. Cameras on us all shift.

You want to make it harder to catch criminals? Then just say that.

Flock me.
Flock you.

08/14/2026

For your Information

💭Everyone’s self-deportation process is different. You may want to let your employer, your friends and your family know you’re leaving. You may also want to pack belongings or make living arrangements for the next phase of your journey.

Remember, if ICE officials arrest you, you may not have an opportunity to do any of these things.

Learn your options on ICE’s self-deportation webpage.

04/06/2026

The Hartley County Sheriff's Office was awarded a 2023 NRA grant, and we have now received all of our equipment. We would like to express our gratitude to the NRA Foundation for always coming through for us.

03/26/2026