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...likes to call himself "America's toughest sheriff" and even used that moniker as the title of his autobiography. It's a claim few people would challenge - but whether that makes Maricopa County, Ariz., sheriff Joe Arpaio an effective law-enforcement officer or, as his critics say, a flagrant human-rights violator remains an open question. The stern law-and-order advocate has declared war on illegal immigration in his sprawling jurisdiction, which includes Phoenix, but now the Federal Government is reining him in. Arpaio, who gained national attention for housing his inmates in tents when jails reached capacity...
...Elected Maricopa County sheriff in 1993 and re-elected to five four-year terms. Maricopa now has the nation's third largest sheriff's office. The inmate population has more than doubled during his tenure and now tops...
...despite repeated requests for information about the art from the Monterey County Police Department, Amadio and Kennaugh have not responded to inquiries, according to Sheriff Commander Mike Richards, who heads the department...
...We’re just dumbfounded by what the sheriff is saying,” Amadio told the AP. “Why would anyone in their right mind make this...
...beating ourselves up over this.' WARREN RUPF, sheriff of California's Contra Costa County, following Jaycee Lee Dugard's reappearance on Aug. 26, 18 years after being abducted at the age of 11. Rupf admitted that in 2006, his department missed an opportunity to arrest Dugard's alleged kidnapper, Phillip Garrido...