Victor Marx, Colorado’s Republican nominee for governor, until recently chaired All Things Possible ministry (ATP), an organization that has funded surveillance equipment and officer salaries for out-of-state law enforcement agencies through private donations. According to critics, the arrangement raises concerns about the appropriate relationship between private funding and public policing.
Marx’s campaign manager, Harry “Buddy” Jericho, has held multiple paid positions within ATP and related entities, earning hundreds of thousands of dollars, while also overseeing efforts to merge the ministry’s operations with law enforcement in Florida. The ministry, which Marx founded in 2003, initially conducted overseas rescue operations in countries including Afghanistan and Iraq, with Marx describing paramilitary teams assembled for these missions in his 2024 memoir. The organization has since shifted toward domestic operations, including crowdsourcing intelligence on alleged trafficking victims through public “Skull Games” events and directly funding police agencies.
University of California law professor Elizabeth Joh, who studies private influence over policing, stated she had not encountered a comparable funding arrangement. She raised questions about accountability mechanisms when sworn officers’ salaries and equipment depend on anonymous donors, noting that such funding structures could influence law enforcement priorities regardless of formal conditions.
In 2025, ATP announced plans for a “Protecting Children’s Innocence taskforce” that would deepen partnerships with domestic law enforcement through sponsorships funded by the ministry’s donors, according to internal documents. The organization responded to inquiries by stating that ATP operates separately from Marx’s political campaign. Marx won Colorado’s Republican gubernatorial primary in July despite various controversies surrounding claims made during his campaign and his earlier military service record.
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