Sheriff’s office in Phoenix dogged by racial bias questions
4 years, 9 months ago

Sheriff’s office in Phoenix dogged by racial bias questions

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Traffic stops of Hispanic and black drivers in metro Phoenix were more likely to last longer and result in searches than those of white drivers, according to a report on traffic enforcement by sheriff’s deputies during 2019. The report released Wednesday echoes conclusions from past studies aimed at identifying signs of racial bias in stops by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, which seven years ago was found to have racially profiled Latinos in former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s traffic patrols that targeted immigrants. Sheriff Paul Penzone, who defeated Arpaio in 2016, said the report will be used to help improve the agency’s practices and vowed to continue examining patrols to determine if officers are profiling drivers. Critics acknowledge Penzone has made more strides in overhauling the sheriff’s office than Arpaio, but insist the agency still suffers from the racial bias problems from its past. “It’s horrible.” The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, which defeated the sheriff’s office in the profiling case, said the key to overhauling the agency is changing its work culture.

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Taxpayer costs for profiling verdict over Joe Arpaio’s immigration crackdowns to reach $314M
10 months, 1 week ago

Taxpayer costs for profiling verdict over Joe Arpaio’s immigration crackdowns to reach $314M

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Seven years after Joe Arpaio was ousted as sheriff of Arizona’s most populous county, taxpayers are still footing the bills from a racial profiling verdict over his signature immigration crackdowns – and those costs have been getting heavier since. Nearly 11 years ago, a federal judge concluded sheriff’s deputies had racially profiled Hispanics in Arpaio’s traffic patrols that …

Taxpayer costs for profiling verdict over Joe Arpaio’s immigration crackdowns to reach $314M
10 months, 1 week ago

Taxpayer costs for profiling verdict over Joe Arpaio’s immigration crackdowns to reach $314M

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Seven years after Joe Arpaio was ousted as …

Taxpayers will wind up paying over quarter billion dollars in Joe Arpaio’s racial profiling case
1 year, 10 months ago

Taxpayers will wind up paying over quarter billion dollars in Joe Arpaio’s racial profiling case

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Taxpayers in metro Phoenix are approaching a milestone in their financial pain from a 2013 racial profiling verdict over former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immigration crackdowns: In roughly a year, those ongoing costs will exceed a quarter of a billion dollars. A decade ago, a federal judge concluded the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office had profiled Latinos in Arpaio’s signature …

Sheriff found in contempt in same case that ensnared Arpaio
2 years, 4 months ago

Sheriff found in contempt in same case that ensnared Arpaio

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A federal judge on Tuesday found the sheriff of metro Phoenix to be in civil contempt of court in the same racial profiling case in which his predecessor, Joe Arpaio, was found to be in contempt six years earlier. Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone was found to be in contempt for noncompliance with a court-ordered overhaul of his …

Sheriff found in contempt in same case that ensnared Arpaio
2 years, 4 months ago

Sheriff found in contempt in same case that ensnared Arpaio

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone …

Penzone won’t contest civil contempt claim in profiling case
3 years, 9 months ago

Penzone won’t contest civil contempt claim in profiling case

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The sheriff of metro Phoenix will not contest a claim that he is in civil contempt of court in the same racial profiling case in which his predecessor, Joe Arpaio, was found to be in contempt. Without explicitly saying Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone was in contempt, his lawyers said in court papers filed Thursday night that the …

Study: Hispanics face longer traffic stops in metro Phoenix
3 years, 9 months ago

Study: Hispanics face longer traffic stops in metro Phoenix

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Traffic stops of Hispanic drivers by the sheriff’s office in metro Phoenix were more likely to last longer and result in searches or arrests than those of white drivers, according to a new study eight years after the agency was found to have racially profiled Hispanics in immigration crackdowns. The report released Tuesday echoes some of the same …

Sheriff’s Department ‘ignored red flags’ about team that stopped Latino drivers, report says
5 years, 11 months ago

Sheriff’s Department ‘ignored red flags’ about team that stopped Latino drivers, report says

LA Times  

L.A. County sheriff’s deputies take a driver to a patrol car so they can search his vehicle. A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department team that pulled over thousands of motorists on the 5 Freeway in search of drugs “had a constitutionally troubling impact on Latino drivers,” the county inspector general’s office concluded in a widely anticipated report. It faulted sheriff’s …

New policing plan offered by Penzone in profiling lawsuit
6 years ago

New policing plan offered by Penzone in profiling lawsuit

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Immigrant rights advocates oppose a move by Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone to replace a plan to remedy his office’s longstanding problems with biased treatment of Latino motorists with a new plan that emphasizes community policing. The current constitutional policing plan includes using an alert system to help supervisors identify problematic behavior by officers and offering training to …

Arizona agency wrestles with bias amid post-Arpaio overhaul
6 years, 3 months ago

Arizona agency wrestles with bias amid post-Arpaio overhaul

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Two years after defeating longtime metro Phoenix Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Paul Penzone is steadily making progress in carrying out a massive court-ordered overhaul of a beleaguered agency that was found to have racially profiled Latinos. Arpaio was criticized for dragging his feet in abiding by court orders, failing to express regret for his immigration crackdowns and making lackluster …

Audit: Phoenix-area deputies more likely to arrest Hispanics
7 years, 6 months ago

Audit: Phoenix-area deputies more likely to arrest Hispanics

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A U.S. judge ordered a sweeping overhaul nearly four years ago of the office then led by Sheriff Joe Arpaio after finding that his deputies had systematically racially profiled Hispanics in traffic patrols targeting immigrants. An audit conducted by criminal justice researchers at Arizona State University as part of the racial profiling case said Hispanics are more likely …

Tent jails, pink undies: Odd choices for New Arizona sheriff
8 years, 4 months ago

Tent jails, pink undies: Odd choices for New Arizona sheriff

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Sheriff Joe Arpaio grabbed headlines and became a national political figure with his unorthodox and divisive approach to policing — jailing inmates in tents, making them wear pink underwear, leading crackdowns on illegal immigration and investigating President Barack Obama’s birth certificate. Last Tuesday’s defeat of the longtime sheriff of metro Phoenix raises questions about whether his successor, Paul …

Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio is officially charged with criminal contempt in racial profiling case
8 years, 5 months ago

Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio is officially charged with criminal contempt in racial profiling case

LA Times  

The longtime sheriff of metropolitan Phoenix has been charged with criminal contempt of court for ignoring a judge’s order in a racial profiling case, leaving the 84-year-old lawman in a tough spot two weeks before election day as he seeks a seventh term. The U.S. Department of Justice promised two weeks ago that it would prosecute Sheriff Joe Arpaio, but …

Judge doesn’t trust Arizona sheriff to fix some problems
8 years, 9 months ago

Judge doesn’t trust Arizona sheriff to fix some problems

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A judge presiding over a racial profiling case against an Arizona sheriff said Tuesday that he doesn’t trust the sheriff’s office to fix some of the problems involved in a recent contempt-of-court ruling against the famously defiant lawman. U.S. District Judge Murray Snow said he doesn’t think Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office can conduct adequate internal investigations into allegations …

Arizona sheriff faces prospect of more court oversight
8 years, 10 months ago

Arizona sheriff faces prospect of more court oversight

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — As he seeks a seventh term in office, the sheriff of metro Phoenix faces the prospect of greater oversight of his agency from a judge who ruled that the lawman has disobeyed his orders in a racial profiling case. Sheriff Joe Arpaio was found to be in civil contempt of court for violating court orders, such as letting …

Judge: Ariz. sheriff’s office profiles Latinos
11 years, 10 months ago

Judge: Ariz. sheriff’s office profiles Latinos

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A federal judge has ruled that the office of America’s self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people. Young, the group’s lawyer, said he was still reading the decision Friday but noted it contained “very detailed findings of discriminatory intent and …

Judge: Ariz. sheriff’s office profiles Latinos
11 years, 10 months ago

Judge: Ariz. sheriff’s office profiles Latinos

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A federal judge ruled Friday that the office of America’s self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people. Young, the group’s lawyer, said he was still reading the decision Friday but noted it contained “very detailed findings of discriminatory intent and …

Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Racially Profiled Latinos, Federal Judge Rules
11 years, 10 months ago

Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Racially Profiled Latinos, Federal Judge Rules

Huff Post  

PHOENIX, May 24 - Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio violated the constitutional rights of Latino drivers in his crackdown on illegal immigration, a federal judge found on Friday, and ordered him to stop using race as a factor in law enforcement decisions. The ruling against the Maricopa County sheriff came in response to a class-action lawsuit brought by Hispanic drivers that …

Self-styled 'toughest sheriff in America' is also its most racist
13 years, 3 months ago

Self-styled 'toughest sheriff in America' is also its most racist

The Independent  

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