Maricopa County Sheriff's Office

Sheriff Joe Arpaio pays for the training of Honduran cops with RICO funds to the tune of around $32K, and counting.

The Sheriff's Office's CYA report to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on the Honduran project.

More MCSO docs released in the Honduran scandal...

AZ ADL calls on U.S. Department of Justice to investigate Sheriff Joe Arpaio's bogus "crime suppression sweeps."

Did "Roatan Bruce" receive special consideration from the MCSO?

The Bird pummels the MSCO, Scottsdale PD, and saves some licks for both Anonymous and Scientology

This Time, Joe Arpaio's Office Wants to Talk to New Times About What it Didn't Write

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is knocking on New Times’ door again. Investigators from the MCSO’s Special Victims Unit contacted staff writer Stephen Lemons following Thursday's arrest of activist Jarrett Maupin II. The detectives asked that Lemons come to MCSO offices for questionin ... More >>

Arpaio's Office Stonewalls on MCSO Deputies Used for Fox Reality Show

  As I noted back on December 12, and as you can see from the photo above, numerous sheriff's deputies were involved in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's star turn on the three episode Fox Reality pilot, Smile...You're Under Arrest! So on December 12, I sent a formal public records request to the MCSO ... More >>

Dan Saban Town Hall

  As I noted back on December 12, and as you can see from the photo above, numerous sheriff's deputies were involved in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's star turn on the three episode Fox Reality pilot, Smile...You're Under Arrest! So on December 12, I sent a formal public records request to the MCSO ... More >>

J. Edgar Arpaio

Sheriff Joe's fashioning himself after the late FBI director, only (we think) without the women's underwear

The Devil's in the Details

Sheriff Arpaio uses police powers to shamefully punish enemies, protect pals and finance his campaign

After Local Rapper's Studio Raided by MCSO, He Records "Eff Sheriff Joe"

You're probably going to be hearing a lot more about this from us: We got a call from a local rapper, Mickey Swift, about his new video "Eff Sheriff Joe," inspired by a Maricopa County Sheriff's Office raid on his recording studio.Apparently the MCSO received reports of a lot of people coming and g ... More >>

Jarrett Maupin II Responds to Quotes in Sheriff's Report; Says He Believes Sheriff's Office Racially Profiles

Jarret Maupin II, in an impassioned phone call to New Times and in a comment posted today on our blog, now says that he "unequivocally" believes the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office commits racial profiling. Maupin claims his quotes to the contrary that turned up in a deputy's report were "complet ... More >>

The Kids Put Joe Arpaio on Blast: Video of Friday's Children's Walk to Wells Fargo

Above is Phoenix pro-immigration activist Dennis Gilman's video of this past Friday's successful Children's Walk for Family Unity, organized by Sal Reza's organization Puente. Despite the fake outrage over the demonstration from radio lunkheads like Mac and Gaydos on local wing-nut stati ... More >>

MCSO Releases Photos of "Persons of Interest" in Cave Creek Homicide Investigation

MCSO​The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has released surveillance photos of "persons of interest" in the death of Cave Creek resident Douglas Charles Engstler. The unidentified man and woman  were taped entering an unnamed convenience store in metropolitan Phoenix. Police want to spea ... More >>

Keeper of the Flames

L.A. Times reporter discusses award-winning wildfire series

Joe Arpaio's Deputies Admit Destroying Evidence in Racial Profiling Lawsuit

Nixon redux: Document shredding, deleted e-mails. What's next, secret tapes?In a stunning revelation recently made public as part of the ongoing federal civil rights lawsuit against the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department and Sheriff Joe Arpaio, an MCSO sergeant has admitted that the departmen ... More >>

Arpaio's Office's Latest Crack at Reality Television: Police Women of Maricopa County Coming in February on TLC

www.icanhascheezburger.com​The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, though it's a taxpayer-funded law enforcement agency and not a network studio, is no stranger to flaky reality television, and its latest venture into the world of docu-drama promises to be as tacky as they come.Starting next m ... More >>

Hot Links: Arizona State Parks, Shawn Hawkins, and AZ Rattlers

​The Arizona State Parks Board voted to close 13 parks last month, but cost estimates show that closing the parks might be more expensive than keeping them open. Closing Fort Verde Historic State Park, for example, will cost taxpayers $141,000 -- about $46,000 more than it would cost to keep t ... More >>

MCSO Cruiser Crashes into Dude's Yard

​The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office seems to have a little egg on its face after one of its deputies crashed a police cruiser into a guy's yard for -- as far as we can tell -- no reason other than he was driving recklessly. The officer and a passenger -- in the car for a ... More >>

Two More Law Enforcement Agencies Announce Arrests From Protest; Total: 71

www.viralpolitics.comThis sign is NOT from yesterday's rally.​Since our earlier post about the number of arrests made during yesterday's SB 1070 protests in downtown Phoenix, other law enforcement agencies that were slappin' cuffs on protesters checked in and bumped up the total number of arrests ... More >>

Joe Arpaio in Non-Compliance, U.S. Department of Justice Threatens To Sue MCSO

The feds are nippin' at Arpaio's heels, finallyAssistant U.S. Attorney General Thomas Perez has sent a letter to Sheriff Joe's legal counsel, threatening to sue the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office if it does not comply with the U.S. Department of Justice's investigation into allegations of civil ri ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, October 14, 2010

The feds are nippin' at Arpaio's heels, finallyAssistant U.S. Attorney General Thomas Perez has sent a letter to Sheriff Joe's legal counsel, threatening to sue the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office if it does not comply with the U.S. Department of Justice's investigation into allegations of civil ri ... More >>

Two Suspected Illegal Immigrants -- Both Children -- Feared Drowned in Canal Near Gila Bend After Running From MCSO Deputy

​The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office fears that two suspected illegal immigrants -- both under the age of 18 -- drowned in a canal near Gila Bend after fleeing a car pulled over by a sheriff's deputy last night.MCSO spokesman Jeff Sprong says the sheriff's dive team is headed to an area of the ca ... More >>

Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Pulls the Plug on Inmates' Tampon Drug-Smuggling Scheme

​It's that time of the month for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office jail staff, who uncovered an inmate scheme of smuggling drugs into the jails through tampon deliveries. The Sheriff's Office is happy to report  that they "dashed the plans of some inmates to get high on heroin ... More >>

Federal Judge to Maricopa County Sheriff's Office: DWB (Driving While Brown) Isn't Actually a Crime

fromtheleft.wordpress.com​Apparently it takes a federal judge to tell the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office that being Hispanic isn't actually illegal. More than two years after a Hispanic father-son combo was arrested by MCSO deputies near the site of one of their infamous worksite raids, a feder ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Serving Warrants on MCSO Employees Allegedly Involved in Drug and Human Smuggling, County Sources Say *UPDATED*: MCSO Confirms Arrests

​UPDATE: the MCSO confirms to New Times that three sheriff's deputies have been arrested. Click here for details.The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office served search warrants at three west Valley locations this morning, and county sources tell New Times the boys in beige are investigating some of th ... More >>

MCSO Confirms Arrests of Three Sheriff's Deputies With Ties to Drug and Human Smuggling

Another apparent black eye for Joe Arpaio and the MCSO.​Our sources, it appears, were correct.The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office just confirmed that three sheriff's deputies have been arrested in connection with a drug and human smuggling operation.Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County A ... More >>

Drug Cartel Infiltration of MCSO: Four of Seven Officers Cleared of Criminal Wrongdoing; Face Internal Investigation

Four employees have been cleared, but drug cartels have still infiltrated the office of America's self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff."​Four of the seven Maricopa County Sheriff's Office employees suspected of having ties to a drug-and human-smuggling operation have been cleared of any criminal cond ... More >>

Morning Poll: Are Cross-Gender Jail Pat-Downs Unconstitutional?

www.news.cnet.com​The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office experienced another newspaper to the nose yesterday when the United States Supreme Court declined to hear a case where a lower court ruled against it in a lawsuit regarding cross-gender jail pat-downs.For many heterosexual, male inmates, a fem ... More >>

Mike Stauffer, Candidate for Maricopa County Sheriff, Finds Joe Arpaio's 2011 as "Exceptional" as We Do

Mike Stauffer, candidate for Maricopa County Sheriff​Scottsdale police lieutenant, and candidate for Maricopa County sheriff, Mike Stauffer finds Sheriff Joe Arpaio's claim that 2011 has been an "exceptional year" for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office about as laughable as we do.See our story o ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Challenges DOJ to Publicly Say He Doesn't Racially Profile -- Even Though Investigation's Still Wide Open

Joe Arpaio claims he's finally cooperating with the Department of Justice's investigation of alleged racial profiling practices within the MCSO. ​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio today challenged the Department of Justice "be fair" and publicly say his office doesn't practice racial profiling."A ... More >>

No Charges for Arpaio's Office in Questionable Travel and Inmate Fund Expenses, U.S. Attorney's Office Decides

Dennis Burke has reviewed questionable practices at the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in regards to an inmate trust fund and travel expenses -- and concluded that nothing illegal occurred.​ Arizona U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke can't find any chargeable offenses after a review of the Maricopa ... More >>

Best Mugshot Ever: Sleeping Assault Suspect Ramon Corrales

MCSORamon Corrales' mugshot should double as his Christmas card.​Of all the ways to stick it to the man, not even showing law enforcement the courtesy of waking up to have your mugshot photo taken is our current favorite.The above photo is not a picture of Ramon Corrales passed out next to a toile ... More >>

Moreno's Mexican Grill Target of Joe Arpaio's Latest Illegal Immigrant Roundup

​Maricopa County is now safe from six illegal immigrants who are allegedly using stolen identities to work at a Mexican restaurant in Chandler.That's right, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office conducted its latest illegal immigrant roundup at Moreno's Mexican grill in Chandler this morning. It ne ... More >>

Sleeping Inmate Ramon Corrales' Best Mugshot Ever in You Write the Caption

MCSOYour caption here.​The above photo is the actual mugshot taken by a Maricopa County Sheriff's Office detention officer of assault suspect Ramon Corrales.As you can see, he's apparently resorted to our current favorite way to stick it to the man: not even showing law enforcement the common cour ... More >>

Best Reader Caption For Sleeping Inmate Ramon Corrales' Best Mugshot Ever?

MCSOYour caption here.​Last week, we asked our readers to offer suggestions for a caption for the actual mugshot taken by a Maricopa County Sheriff's Office detention officer of assault suspect Ramon Corrales for this week's New Times' You Write the Caption contest..As you can see, he's apparentl ... More >>

Winner of Best Reader Caption For Sleeping Inmate Ramon Cardone's Best Mugshot Ever: wherewasi

MCSO"...and they BETTER NOT wake me up until that friggin coloring contest is OVER!"​Congratulations to the New Times reader who goes by the handle wherewasi, you are the proud winner of this week's New Times You Write the Caption contest. On Friday, we asked readers to provide what they think wo ... More >>

Feds Demand Reform of Sheriff's Office; Arpaio's Immigration Sweeps Involve "Egregious" Racial Profiling, Feds Say

Sheriff Joe Arpaio​It was the most egregious case of racial profiling federal experts have ever seen. Findings into a long running investigation of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office found that Sheriff Arpaio's department has an "ingrained culture" of abusing the rights of Latinos. Assistan ... More >>

Where was ICE? Feds Supervised 287(g) Program in Jails, Touted Numerous "Success Stories" This Year

John Morton, director of ICE.​ The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau isn't ready to comment this morning on the impact of severing ties with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.Which is a shame, because we have some good questions for them. Like, why was ICE supervising operatio ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Latest Victim Rushed to Hospital (w/Updates, Including Victim's Name and Mugshot)

More bad news for Arpaio, coming at the most inopportune time...Note: For Updates, including the name and mugshot of the victim, see below.Following on the heels of a report by the U.S. Department of Justice condemning the MCSO for engaging in "discriminatory policing" and blasting its treatment of ... More >>

Is MCSO Detention Officer to Blame For Getting His Toe Shot Off By Handcuffed DUI Suspect?

...didn't make it to the market -- he got shot on the side of a highway by a handcuffed DUI suspect.​As we reported yesterday, a Maricopa County Sheriff's Office detention officer is currently sans-one toe after getting shot in the foot by a DUI suspect -- who was in handcuffs at the time -- while ... More >>

Federal Judge Questions Sheriff's Office's Right to Detain People Based on Scant Evidence of Crime

U.S. District Judge Murray Snow​Do Maricopa County Sheriff's Office have the right to detain you if you seem to be violating one element of a criminal statute?The office's lawyer, Tim Casey, is arguing with U.S. District Judge Murray Snow over that question right now in this morning's hearing in t ... More >>

Is There ANY Reason MCSO Detention Officers Needed to Use a Taser On Marty Atencio?

By now, most of you have seen the video of Maricopa County Sheriff's Office detention officers using a Taser on Marty Atencio, an assault suspect who died after getting zapped while already in jail (see our story on Atencio's death here).However, some of you might have missed it -- you see, the MCSO ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Victim Marty Atencio in MCSO's "Safe Cell": Mike Manning Comments

Video of Atencio being stripped and left naked in a cell, taken from MCSO footage by Phoenix videographer Dennis Gilman. Note: Gilman obscured parts of Atencio's body to maintain the dignity of the victim. As with the first video, there is no sound.Above is more disturbing raw footage culled from th ... More >>

Sheriff Arpaio's Office, in Seeming Defiance of Judge, Arrests Five Suspected Illegal Immigrants on Human-Smuggling Charges

Image: MCSO Two of the five men arrested yesterday on suspicion of human smuggling and conspiracy.​   The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office arrested five men last night on suspicion of human smuggling and conspiracy, days after a federal judge's ruling on such investigations. ... More >>

Inmate Found Dead at Durango Jail; MCSO Goon-Squad Thuggery Not Suspected in Death...This Time

​An inmate at the Durango Jail died last night -- and it wasn't at the hands of a Maricopa County Sheriff's Office detention officer, according to the MCSO.MCSO Officer Chris Hegstrom tells New Times the death is being investigated as a "natural causes death."Hegstrom says he won't identify the de ... More >>

Feds Respond to Joe Arpaio's Demands; Say Sheriff Already Has Information Requested in Racial-Profiling Investigation

www.graphicshunt.com​The Department of Justice this afternoon sent a letter to attorneys representing the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in response to demands Sheriff Joe Arpaio made earlier this month regarding evidence the feds claim to have that shows the MCSO is guilty of the worst racial-p ... More >>

Joe Arpaio and The MCSO Had Literally Nothing To Do With Arrest Of Escaped Jail Inmate Jairo Contreras

Liars​Remember yesterday when the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office put out a press release saying how it used its "cell phone technology" to track down an inmate who escaped from an MCSO jail? Well, that was bullshit.We spoke to U.S. Marshal for Arizona David Gonzales this morning, and he tells us ... More >>

MCSO's Training 22 Military Vets to Be Detention Officers -- Let's Hope Taser Use 101 Is Part of The Curriculum

​The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office announced today that it's currently training 22 military veterans to be detention officers at the MCSO's jails.As you're probably aware, the MCSO currently has more than a few openings for detention officer gigs (more on that below).In October, Sheriff Joe Arp ... More >>