Joe Arpaio
Joe Arpaio
Joseph Michael "Joe" Arpaiohas, since 1993, been the elected Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth14 June 1932
CountryUnited States of America
compassion law people
I have compassion, I've told you people that over and over again. Enforcing the law overrides my compassion.
couple beer law
I can get along great with the Hispanics. In fact, I sure would like to meet them, even the politicians, maybe in the back room or whatever, have a couple of beers and try to explain. But they need to understand that I enforce the laws. I want to listen to them and hear their problems. I want them to tell me what their problems are.
gun talking law
This is the sheriff you're talking about, with a gun and badge that enforces the law. Nothing is going to stop me from cracking down on illegal immigration as long as the laws are there.
opportunity law guy
I'm an equal-opportunity law-enforcement guy - I lock everybody up.
believe gun law
A ‘liberal paradise’ would be a place where everybody has guaranteed employment, free comprehensive health care, free education, free food, free housing, free clothing, free utilities and only law enforcement personnel have guns. And, believe it or not, such a liberal utopia does indeed exist. ... It’s called prison.
arrest illegal liked
I would have liked to see where we would have the authority to arrest illegal aliens just by being here illegally and book them into our jails, but that's not going to happen.
design
It's a design flaw, ... A little flaw, but they latched on to it.
card concerned dedicated deputies evidence race throw washington
When we go to court, they are going to have to come up with all the evidence where they are accusing me and my dedicated deputies of racial profiling. It's always easy to throw the race card in there and that's what they're doing in Washington today, that they're concerned about racial profiling.
care coming force full problem town
We're coming into this town full force and we're going to take care of this problem like we did the drug and the graffiti problem.
call check lower probable
So you don't speak English, you have no ID, you can't tell where you're from... that's suspicion, it's lower than probable cause. And then we have a right to call immigration and check you out.
enforce illegal including
I will continue to enforce all the laws, including illegal immigration. Nothing changes.
arrest authority everybody gives involved rely situation
We may need some clarification, but it gives me the authority now to arrest everybody involved in that situation and not have to rely on the feds,
coffee dollars half million saved switched took
We took away coffee, that saved $150,000 a year. Why do you need coffee in jail? ... Switched to bologna sandwiches, that saved half a million dollars a year.
But hey, controversy - well, it hasn't hurt me in 50 years.