Investigator, Calera Police Department; retired captain, Jefferson County Sheriff's Office

Jacob "JJ" Reach is a retired Jefferson County Sheriff's Office captain with about 30 years of law enforcement experience in the county, including complex felony and homicide investigations, and now works as an investigator with the Calera Police Department¹². He ran unopposed in the Republican primary and faces incumbent Democrat Mark Pettway on November 3, 2026¹³⁴. In August 2026 he said law enforcement should have to obtain a search warrant before pulling data from Flock license plate reader cameras and that only investigators should have access to the readers².

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