Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos had a history of disciplinary problems in his early years in law enforcement, according to records obtained by The Arizona Republic.
Decades before he was at the helm of the search for the missing Nancy Guthrie, Nanos was a rising star at the El Paso Police Department. He won an officer of the year award and received write-ups for his work in local newspapers.
Eventually, though, Nanos’ record of “insubordination” and “consistent inefficiency” caught up with him. He resigned in lieu of termination from the department in 1982, El Paso Police Department records show…