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Topic: Joe Arpaio


In the News (Fri 21 Nov 08)

  
  Joe Arpaio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joe Arpaio was the child of immigrants from Naples, Italy.
Arpaio believed that the suspect in the tapes from West Bridgewater might be connected to a similar case in Fountain Hills, Arizona.
James Saville was arrested in 1999 for attempting to murder Joe Arpaio.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joe_Arpaio   (1195 words)

  
 Arpaio's Intimidation
Joe said, 'you have my word.' When others confirmed that position, Joe restated that his word is his bond, he would stay out of it.
Neither Arpaio or other county officials were allowed to sit on the stage at the annual Maricopa County GOP mandatory meeting for PCs.
Arpaio's election opponents have accused him and his deputies of a list of irregularities, ranging from wiretapping, putting them under surveillance and intimidating individuals who have endorsed them.
www.azconservative.org /arpaio_intimidation.htm   (730 words)

  
 Sheriff Joe Arpaio: Maricopa County Sheriff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
As an example in one of Arpaio's latest stunts, and at a time when there were 12 unsolved execution-style murders in the county, he staged a massive prostitution round-up publicity stunt.
Arpaio has created a critical and dangerous shortage of deputy sheriffs needed to perform fundamental law enforcement services in the unincorporated areas of the County.
Joe Arpaio filed a law suit against the BOS over the money and he hired outside attorneys to represent him.
www.arpaio.com /joe_arpaio_topten.htm   (1681 words)

  
 Arizona Sheriff Uses Soldiers' Sacrifices to Rebuke Inmate Complaints - BreakTheChain.org
Joe Arpaio, the tough-guy sheriff who created the tent city and long ago started making his prisoners eat bologna sandwiches, is not one bit sympathetic.
Joe Arpaio is indeed well known for his "tough on crime" tactics and use of humiliation and discomfort in his jails.
However, Arpaio's inmates were living in 100+ degree tents, eating green bologna and working on chain gangs long before our men and women in uniform were toughing it out in the deserts of Iraq and Afghanistan.
www.breakthechain.org /exclusives/joearpaio.html   (734 words)

  
 Phoenix:The Recall Against Sheriff Joe Starting : AZ IMC
Arpaio's decision to disband the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office's SWAT team last December is sending shock waves through law enforcement circles, and jeopardizing a countywide plan to have eight highly trained and heavily fortified rapid-response teams poised to react to terrorist attacks.
Arpaio is so obsessed with keeping the jails full that he frequently targets parents who fail to pay child support for arrest and incarceration.
Arpaio, who declined to be interviewed for this article, has in the past repeatedly said he's only accountable to the people who elect him.
arizona.indymedia.org /mail.php?id=25023   (4937 words)

  
 Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County Sheriff
Arpaio routinely abuses his authority for personal, political, and vindictive reasons.
He is responsible for a critical and dangerous shortage of personnel in both in the jails and patrol.
Arpaio's self-serving and ego-driven actions have severely damaged relations between the sheriff's office and other government organizations.
www.arpaio.com   (267 words)

  
 Currents: Book 'Em, Wacko (March 21 - March 27, 1996)
Arpaio has crime figured out: "The reason is as simple as it is chilling," he says, "and the reason is the collapse of the American family." In that spirit, Arpaio proclaims himself an equal-opportunity crimefighter, as keen on busting deadbeat parents as he is on running in crack dealers and gangbangers.
Arpaio has developed a few blunt solutions of his own, field-tested on the streets of Maricopa County--which, he points out several times, is the size of New Jersey.
Arpaio takes time in his pages to complain of having to fly coach on the way home from a Donahue taping and to fret over the Village Voice's likening his tent cities to Nazi concentration camps, but he shakes off those demons to get down to the issues.
www.tucsonweekly.com /tw/03-21-96/curr1.htm   (673 words)

  
 Joe's jail no fun for good reason
Joe Arpaio's green-bologna methods don't cut it in family and business life, but part of his mind-set may.
Arpaio, sheriff of Maricopa County, learned male jail inmates were selling the boxer shorts they were issued.
People may disagree with Joe Arpaio's methods, but one thing is true: Punishment is never a deterrent when it doesn't live up to what it's supposed to be.
www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/business/articles/1128mackay28.html   (528 words)

  
 CNN - Arizona criminals find jail too in-'tents' - July 27, 1999
The inhabitants, however, are not soldiers, but residents of an unusual, some say brutal, prison run by legendary lawman Joe Arpaio, called the toughest sheriff in the West.
Arpaio makes inmates pay for their meals, which some say are worse than those for the guard dogs.
Arpaio boasts of his chain gangs for men and women, which "contribute thousands of dollars of free labor to taxpayers each month," according to his Web site.
www.cnn.com /US/9907/27/tough.sheriff   (713 words)

  
 About the Sheriff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
After serving in the Army for three years from 1950 to 1953, Arpaio went on to build a federal law enforcement career and a reputation for fighting drug trafficking around the world.
Arpaio doesn't believe in coddling criminals, frequently saying that jails should not be country clubs.
As for his deputies, Arpaio has increased salaries, encouraged education by providing incentive pay, improved equipment and the fleet, and has elevated this office to a full-service, state-of-the-art world renowned law enforcement agency.
www.mcso.org /submenu.asp?file=aboutsheriff&page=1   (608 words)

  
 Tucson Weekly: Bully Boys (August 27 - September 2, 1998)
Then, confronted with tape of the obvious markings, Arpaio said that the sign on the post in front of the parking spot should have been in the middle of the spot, one for every dedicated handicap parking space, rather than in between the handicap space he took, and another gimp spot next to it.
I was under the impression Joe Arpaio could whip a gang of outlaws with his bare hands, or, under extreme circumstances...Don't make me take my belt off and spank you boys.
In Arpaio's case the manifestations are classic: the bully-boy behavior, with an army of armed and badged deputies between him and harm, the tough talk.
www.tucsonweekly.com /tw/08-27-98/smith.htm   (981 words)

  
 YOU GOTTA LOVE IT
Sheriff Joe Arpaio: He was involved in "numerous gun battels" and "weekly shootout" as a DEA agent.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio: Prior to his election he declared that the sheriff should be an appointed position like that of chiefs of police and that he would only serve one term.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio: On the two occasions where he spent a night in the tent city jail he claimed that there were no special security arrangements to protect him.
www.taxidermy.net /forums/DeerTaxiArticles/05/i/0517CE15F.html   (1411 words)

  
 Moonbattery: Profiles in Countermoonbattery: Joe Arpaio
The secret of Arpaio's success as Sheriff of Maricopa County (i.e., Greater Phoenix) is that he treats criminals like criminals, instead of showering them with privileges they do not deserve.
However, in Arpaio's jails, the only channels you'll see are Disney and the Weather Channel, and the latter can't be much solace when it's promising 120-degree heat to thugs on their way out to work in the sun.
Arpaio's high-profile willingness to do something about the Mexican invasion, combined with the Minutemen's noble efforts, may actually force Bush to act responsibly and put the military on the border where it belongs.
www.moonbattery.com /archives/2006/05/profiles_in_cou.html   (695 words)

  
 Sheriff Joe Arpaio: Police State Poster Boy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County Arizona is the best example of everything that's wrong with the police force today.
He is the epitomy of the way in which police are being trained to see the general public as their enemy.
Arpaio said the new procedure is designed to ensure the person who committed the offense is the same person being charged with a crime in the courtroom.
www.prisonplanet.com /archives/arpaio   (298 words)

  
 TC in the NEWS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Mothers against Arpaio is a group formed by mothers and women whose loved ones and friends have been abused or neglected by Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his employees who, like it or not, must work within the barbaric example he sets.
Sheriff Arpaio proclaims the jails to be a place of punishment and humiliation, even for inmates awaiting trial and not yet convicted of a crime.
Joe Arpaio's detention officers saw him as such a threat, they strapped him into a medieval restraint chair--and broke his neck.
www.bobayalaforsheriff.com /html/tc_in_the_news.html   (1943 words)

  
 Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Joseph Arpaio was elected sheriff of Maricopa County in 1992.
The sheriff accommodated the throngs of doll collectors and autographed the purchases.
On a happier occasion Sheriff Joe's SWAT tank escorted Diamondback players in the parade celebrating their 2001 World Series victory over the New York Yankees.
www.doney.net /aroundaz/celebrity/arapaio_sheriffjoe.htm   (993 words)

  
 What s Really Happening in Sheriff Joe Arpaio s Jail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
When asked their opinion of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, most critics dutifully repeat the clichéd mantra - he is a publicity hound, and he is violating inmates’ rights by treating them brutally.
Because Arpaio’s opponents have not been able to defeat Arpaio in the polls or find any wrongdoing, they resort to blatant distortions of the truth and falsely accuse Arpaio of lying.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, is announcing on Thursday whether or not he is running for governor.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/652803/posts   (1130 words)

  
 EXTRA: Pop Culture / Cameras in Prison
Arpaio runs this prison and he was the brainchild who came up with the idea of placing cameras inside the Maricopa County Jail.
Arpaio says, "Anyone can tune in around the world and see how a person is searched, how that person is fingerprinted, photographed.
Arpaio has another motivation for the cameras: To stop complaints his guards are abusing the inmates.
extratv.warnerbros.com /dailynews/pop/03_01/03_27a.html   (366 words)

  
 Untitled Document
Nick was wearing a Smokey The Bear hat, a t-shirt that said "I (Heart) Arizona", a DPS uniform jacket with the DPS patches on the shoulders (open to show the t-shirt), a kid's Sheriff's badge, and pink boxer shorts, along with white socks and hiking boots.
And Sheriff Joe's second in command, an enormous fat-gut by the name of David Henderschott, was in the pub at the time that "Joe Arizona" came in.
But Tarr, better known as the "Joe Arizona" spokesman for one of the gaming issues on the ballot, said he thinks he's the one who is the victim of a crime.
www.nicktarr.com /badtux.htm   (686 words)

  
 cooltech.iafrica.com | tech news | archive | may $1-billion lawsuit against porno sheriff
One month ago we ran a story on Arpaio's webcams, in which we revealed that inmates rights groups were crying foul over the use of four webcams at the Maricopa County Madison Street jail.
The lawsuit was filed on Friday, and in it Arpaio is accused of violating state law by using cameras in his jail for reasons other than security.
Arpaio maintains that he makes no profit from the webcams - the point of them is to keep people informed of what he is doing, and to deter future criminals.
cooltech.iafrica.com /technews/archive/may/335880.htm   (570 words)

  
 Webcast-America’s Toughest Sheriff -- Uncensored! A Biography of Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Sheriff Arpaio, 73, a career Drug Enforcement Administration agent who worked for the DEA in the U.S. and abroad for more than 30 years, has been in law enforcement for a total of 45 years.
After retiring from the DEA in 1992, Arpaio was elected Sheriff and has been re-elected by a landslide for three straight terms.
He has considered running for Governor of Arizona, but says his heart is devoted to the people of Maricopa County and he plans on being their Sheriff as long as they want him to be.
store.health.org /catalog/mediaDetails.aspx?ID=419   (618 words)

  
 AZplace | Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Purveyor of Child Pornography?
Sheriff Joe and his posse webcasting a jail netcam showing female inmates use the toilet - assistant attorney general Thackeray asked Arpaio to shut the site (crime.com) down after getting complaints from activists who have condemned Jailcam as a violation of privacy rights of people who have not been charged with a crime.
Unfortunately, Joe is contributing to the decline of the country with his extremism.
Joe Arpaio, is without doubt, the sickest, most twisted 'man' (hah), in the USA's legal system and the sooner that someone puts a bullet or two, between his eyes, the better, as no doubt the tales of torture and suffering of persons under his 'administration' would probably decrease, with his removal.
azplace.net /?itemid=46   (3734 words)

  
 Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona-Truth!
Sheriff Joe Arpaio is a colorful and controversial character who has instituted severe policies at Phonex's Maricopa County Jail since taking office in 1993.
That, along with an anti-drug program, says Arpaio, has resulted in a high percentage of his inmates leaving jail without their addictions and few of them returning.
Joe Arpaio, the tough-guy sheriff who created the tent city and long ago started making his prisoners wear pink, and eat bologna sandwiches, is
www.truthorfiction.com /rumors/m/miracopjail.htm   (628 words)

  
 :: Joe Arpaio for Sheriff ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
In 1995, it came to the attention of Sheriff Joe Arpaio that inmates were stealing the then white boxer shorts issued as part of the jailhouse inmate attire.
He reasoned that hiding pink boxers when inmates go out on work furlough or work release would be tough to do and easy for a detention officer to spot either under their uniforms or street clothes.
Get involved in Joe Arpaio’s campaign today by signing-up to receive email updates, telling your friends and family about Sheriff Joe, becoming a volunteer or attending an event.
www.reelectjoe.com /issues/display_issues.cfm?ID=939406581   (553 words)

  
 NASCAR.COM - Claire B. Lang interviews Sheriff Joe Arpaio - Nov 16, 2005
Sheriff Arpaio: Well he was stopped by my deputies for alcohol on his breath, he went through a stop sign, he was speeding, went on the wrong side of the street...
Sheriff Arpaio: Well just like any case, traffic violation it goes to court, and I'm sure my deputy will be there, and we'll see what happens in court.
Sheriff Arpaio: They didn't make anything to happen, my guys arrested this guy, took him to the command center, went through the proper procedures and gave him a ticket.
www.nascar.com /2005/races/tune_in/11/16/clang_sheriff   (1799 words)

  
 Sheriff Joe wrecks his cop car + Joes home address is published on the web : AZ IMC
Arpaio's car had smashed into the curb and boulder with such force that the drive shaft snapped.
Arpaio said he had pulled into the parking lot of the Osco Drug store and was going to park his vehicle in a space on the north side of the parking lot when his vehicle would not stop."
Arpaio refused medical treatment from the fire department but was taken to a hospital where he was treated for aches and pains.
arizona.indymedia.org /news/2005/04/26435_comment.php   (3008 words)

  
 The Arizona Pigturners Coalition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
We seek to rid our law enforcement community of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's unjust and unusual treatment of inmates, and his ineffective approach to crime control.
To be blunt, Sheriff Joe Arpaio is swine.
Sheriff Joe represents a cancer upon the American dream, and unless cancer is systematically burnt out and eliminated, it will only grow stronger and devour everything that makes life worth living.
www.geocities.com /azpigturners   (1292 words)

  
 PHXnews.com | Sheriff Joe Arpaio's high profile prompts death threats   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
If Arpaio truly is a celebrity, then it is no surprise that he was stalked by 39-year-old Gabriel A. Espinosa, who also stalked a local television news anchor and entertainers Madonna and Mariah Carey.
Phoenix resident Anthony Chos, who threatened to stab Arpaio in the heart and cut his throat, was arrested with a folding knife in his pocket.
Arpaio said most of the threats in his 40-year law enforcement career didn't come until he was elected sheriff.
www.phxnews.com /new/fullstory.php?article=3692   (1330 words)

  
 Joe Arpaio
Publicity-hungry Joe Arpaio is proud to be called "America's Toughest Sheriff".
Elected in 1992, Arpaio oversees the jail in Maricopa County, Arizona.
In 1993 Sheriff Joe created Tent City Jail, an immense outdoor facility housing 2,000 inmates near Phoenix.
www.nndb.com /people/890/000046752   (188 words)

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