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Joseph Michael Arpaio [3] (/ ɑːr ˈ p aɪ oʊ /; born June 14, 1932) is an American former law enforcement officer and politician.He was the Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona for 24 years, from 1993 to 2017, losing reelection to Democrat Paul Penzone in 2016.
Penzone, a Democrat, made his first bid for elected office in an unsuccessful campaign for Maricopa County sheriff in 2012 against incumbent Republican Joe Arpaio. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] In that election (in which Arpaio outspent Penzone by an eight-to-one margin), Arpaio received 50.7% of the vote to Penzone's 44.7%, with independent candidate Mike ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge on Monday appeared deeply skeptical of an Arizona sheriff's lawsuit seeking to halt President Barack Obama's plan to spare nearly 5 million people from deportation.
Gallego founded the group Citizens for Professional Law Enforcement to recall Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio, citing Arpaio's immigration policies and his use of taxpayer money to investigate Barack Obama's citizenship. [18] The attempt failed; Arpaio remained in office until losing reelection in 2016.
(Reuters) - An Arizona police chief who calls himself "America's Toughest Sheriff" sued Barack Obama on Thursday soon after the U.S. president imposed sweeping immigration reforms, saying the ...
Arpaio, the outgoing sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, stressed this investigation was never about where Obama was born, but rather about the authenticity of the birth certificate.
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) is a law enforcement agency in Maricopa County, Arizona that was involved in a number of controversies. It is the largest sheriff's office in the state of Arizona and provides general and specialized law enforcement to unincorporated areas of Maricopa County, serving as the primary law enforcement for unincorporated areas of the county as well as ...
Joe Arpaio was pardoned Friday, less than a month after he was convicted of criminal contempt in a case involving his department's racial profiling policy.