Welcome

Welcome to my campaign website. In 2004, I promised that I would bring strong leadership and progressive vision to the Sheriff's Department. I also promised to use that leadership and vision to accomplish two things:
1) bring effective,sustainable reform to corrections in Suffolk County; and 2) restore the public's confidence in our work. With the help of a very talented and hardworking staff, I've kept those promises. I am both grateful and encouraged that I have been able to use my "Sheriff's voice" to advocate strongly for youth mentoring, especially within our schools, gender-specific programs for female inmates, detainees and at-risk juveniles, inmate re-entry programs, CORI Reform and equal marriage.

The public safety impact of this Department's work on Suffolk County's cities and towns is tremendous. We have made it a priority to become a reliable and respected law enforcement and community partner. If fortunate enough to be re-elected, I envision an even more proactive Sheriff's Department in the coming years. If my first term was about internal reform and positive change, I'd like my second term to focus just as strongly on mitigating the external factors that we know lead to crime and incarceration.

Progress Report

Sheriff Cabral and the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department have produced a report titled: “Common Ground: A Progress Report of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department 2004– 2010” which catalogues some of the many substantial improvements, additions and upgrades that Sheriff Andrea J. Cabral has instituted within the Department during the last six–plus years. A PDF version of an 11–page summary can be downloaded by clicking here, or the entire report can be obtained by clicking here.

Sheriff Cabral at the Caribbean Parade in Roxbury.

Sheriff Cabral having a great time at the Caribbean Parade.

Sheriff Cabral with parade viewers at parade.

Sheriff Cabral waving to spectators at the Caribbean Parade in Roxbury.

Sheriff Andrea J. Cabral prepares to march in the Caribbean Parade.

A parade viewer says hello to the Sheriff.

Sheriff Andrea J. Cabral at the Bunker Hill Day Parade in Charlestown.

Latest News

Sheriff Cabral Honored With “Torchbearer” Award

Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea J. Cabral was recently honored, along with several other distinguished guests, during the 2010 Empower Peace Awards. Held inside the State Room in Downtown Boston’s Sixty State Street building, the event was hosted by the organization’s Women2Women’s International Young Women’s Leadership Program.

Receiving the “Torchbearer” award, Sheriff Cabral was honored for her “commitment to promoting the status of women worldwide.” Along with Sheriff Cabral, awardees also included Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, State Senator Joan Menard, and Todd Patkin, President of Todd G. Patkin Companies.

Introduced by Rick Rendon, founder of Empower Peace and Senior Partner of The Rendon Group, Sheriff Cabral stepped to the podium to receive her award and to speak about her appreciation of the organization hosting the ceremony.


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Vox Populi

Andrea Cabral has been a professional and effective Sheriff who serves the people of Suffolk County with distinction. She has brought a new era of innovation and diversity to the office and is a nationally recognized expert on domestic violence. Managing the county’s correctional facilities at time when resources are limited but caseloads are high is no easy task, but she has been able to make the tough decisions required. I am proud to have her as a friend and honored to support her for re-election.