Arpaio's immigration patrols to cost public $200 million

[Stevicus]

Arizona sheriff's immigration patrols to cost public $200M (apnews.com)

PHOENIX (AP) — The costs to taxpayers from a racial profiling lawsuit stemming from former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immigration patrols in metro Phoenix a decade ago are expected to reach $202 million by summer 2022.

Officials approved a tentative county budget Monday that provides $31 million for the cost of complying with court orders in the fiscal year that begins on July 1. No one can say exactly when the costs from the 13-year-old lawsuit will start to decline.

The growth in spending “is enough to make any of us cry as we’re trying to be fiscal stewards of the county taxpayer money,” Supervisor Clint Hickman said.

Taxpayers in Arizona’s most populated county are on the hook for lawyer bills and the costs of complying with massive court-ordered overhauls of the sheriff’s office after a 2013 verdict concluded Arpaio’s officers had profiled Latinos in traffic patrols that targeted immigrants.

In order to comply with the court orders after the racial profiling lawsuit, they expect the bill to reach $202 million. With that and this debacle of an election audit still ongoing, the taxpayers of Maricopa County could get hit hard. No doubt they'll figure out a way to stick to those of us here in Pima County.

The police do wrong, and the taxpayers have to pay for it.

 

[exchemist]

Arizona sheriff's immigration patrols to cost public $200M (apnews.com)



In order to comply with the court orders after the racial profiling lawsuit, they expect the bill to reach $202 million. With that and this debacle of an election audit still ongoing, the taxpayers of Maricopa County could get hit hard. No doubt they'll figure out a way to stick to those of us here in Pima County.

The police do wrong, and the taxpayers have to pay for it.

Be careful who you vote for, then.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Arpaio was so entertaining for the rest of the country. Have you considered trying to collect royalties? I would think that you could hit FOX pretty hard.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Arpaio was so entertaining for the rest of the country. Have you considered trying to collect royalties? I would think that you could hit FOX pretty hard.

He is what happens when an adult plays cops and robbers what at work when his work involves policing.

 

[sun rise]

The right is willing to spend uncounted dollars in witch hunts and playing whack-a-mole. It would be nice if the focus was on solving problems.

 

[We Never Know]

Arizona sheriff's immigration patrols to cost public $200M (apnews.com)



In order to comply with the court orders after the racial profiling lawsuit, they expect the bill to reach $202 million. With that and this debacle of an election audit still ongoing, the taxpayers of Maricopa County could get hit hard. No doubt they'll figure out a way to stick to those of us here in Pima County.

The police do wrong, and the taxpayers have to pay for it.

And so whats new. The tax payers pay for government worker to fly to another state to eat and golf. Just ask any president, senator, or etc.

 

[Revoltingest]

Be careful who you vote for, then.

This applies to voting for anyone who could create
liability for others when doing the job wrongfully,
eg, condominium boards (one I've personally seen
from the side of prevailing party in a fair housing suit).