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Above is a photo of Sheriff Joe Arpaio and a 100-year-old member of Arpaio’s volunteer “posse.”
According to a community newspaper, the man, Neal Coffman, “still performs radar duty, checking on vehicles, and reporting speeders to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies, who have the authority to issue tickets and warnings. He also chairs the board that selects and evaluates candidates for duty officer — a role in which a Posse member acts as the supervisor for a particular shift.”
We can’t remember any instances of Arpaio, 81, doing any actual law enforcement — just media stunts.
He did, however, trip, fall, and break his arm while attempting to walk to lunch one time.
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