Thomas Liddy is an American attorney in Maricopa County,Arizona. He is the son of the Watergate figure G. Gordon Liddy.
Phoenix New Times is a free digital and print media company based in Phoenix,Arizona. PhoenixNew Times publishes daily online coverage of local news,restaurants,music,arts,cannabis,as well as longform narrative journalism. A weekly print issue circulates every Thursday. The company has been owned by Voice Media Group since January 2013,when a group of senior executives bought out the founding owners. Matt Hennie was named editor-in-chief of Phoenix New Times in 2022.
Phil Gordon is an American politician who served as the 58th mayor of Phoenix,Arizona,from 2004 to 2012 and a member of the Phoenix City Council. Gordon is a member of the Democratic Party.
Joseph Michael Arpaio 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.
Andrew Peyton Thomas is an American politician,author and former attorney. He was the county attorney for Maricopa County in Arizona from 2004 until April 6,2010. During his term in office,he was known for his anti-illegal immigrant policies. On April 10,2012,Thomas was disbarred by a disciplinary panel of the Arizona State Supreme Court for his actions as county attorney.
Section 287(g) of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to deputize selected state and local law enforcement officers to enforce federal immigration law. Section 287(g) allows the DHS and law enforcement agencies to make agreements,which require the state and local officers to receive training and work under the supervision of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE provides the officers with authorization to identify,process,and—when appropriate—detain immigration offenders they encounter during their regular,daily law-enforcement activity.
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) is the law enforcement agency that serves Maricopa County,Arizona,and is the largest sheriff's office in Arizona. The MCSO provides patrol services and criminal investigation to unincorporated areas of the county and operates the county jail system. It also serves as the primary law enforcement agency for any incorporated cities within the county that have contracted with the agency for law-enforcement services. The county sheriff is elected by the citizens and serves as the highest law enforcement official in Maricopa County. The current Sheriff of Maricopa County is Russ Skinner,appointed in 2024. As a result of policies and practices under former sheriff Joe Arpaio the MCSO has received significant critical media coverage,federal investigation,and judicial oversight.
Smile...You're Under Arrest! is a reality television series on the Fox Reality Channel. On the show,individuals with outstanding felony warrants are lured into police custody using various fake scenarios.
Grant Murray Snow is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Snow was previously a state court judge on the Arizona Court of Appeals from 2002 to 2008.
Police Women of Maricopa County is the second of TLC's Police Women reality documentary series,which follows four female members of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in Maricopa County,Arizona.
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 incorporated cities within the county which have contracted with the agency for law-enforcement services. It also operates the county jail system. Elected in 2016,Paul Penzone is the current sheriff of Maricopa County. Penzone replaced Joe Arpaio after his 24-year tenure as sheriff.
Paul Raymond Babeu is an American law enforcement officer,politician and member of the Republican Party who was sheriff of Pinal County,Arizona,from January 1,2009,to January 1,2017. He was Pinal County's first Republican sheriff.
The 2014 Arizona gubernatorial election was held on November 4,2014,to elect the governor of Arizona,concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Dennis Lee Montgomery is an American software designer and former medical technician who sold computer programs to federal officials that he claimed would decode secret Al-Qaeda messages hidden in Al Jazeera broadcasts and identify terrorists based on Predator drone videos. A 2010 Playboy investigation called Montgomery "The man who conned the Pentagon",saying he won millions in federal contracts for his supposed terrorist-exposing intelligence software. The software was later reported to have been an elaborate hoax and Montgomery's former lawyer called him a "con artist" and "habitual liar engaged in fraud".
In the early hours of August 10,1991,a mass shooting occurred at Thai Buddhist temple Wat Promkunaram in Waddell,Arizona,killing nine people. At the time,this was the deadliest mass shooting at a place of worship in U.S. history,until it was paralleled by the Charleston church shooting in 2015,which also killed nine people,and then superseded by the Sutherland Springs church shooting in Texas in 2017. As of 2024,it is the deadliest mass shooting in Arizona history.
Daniel E. Saban is the former police chief of Buckeye,Arizona,United States of America and three-time candidate for sheriff of Maricopa County,Arizona. Saban ran as a Republican in 2004,as a Democrat in 2008,and again as a Republican in 2016.
Paul Penzone is a former American law enforcement officer. He was the sheriff of Maricopa County,Arizona,United States. Penzone was elected sheriff in 2016,defeating longtime incumbent Joe Arpaio. Penzone is a former sergeant in the Phoenix Police Department.
On August 25,2017,President Donald Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio for criminal contempt of court,a misdemeanor. Arpaio had been convicted of the crime two months earlier for disobeying a federal judge's order to stop racial profiling in detaining "individuals suspected of being in the U.S. illegally". The pardon covered Arpaio's conviction and "any other offenses under Chapter 21 of Title 18,United States Code that might arise,or be charged,in connection with Melendres v. Arpaio." The official White House statement announcing the grant of clemency described Arpaio as a "worthy candidate" having served the nation for more than fifty years "protecting the public from the scourges of crime and illegal immigration."
Thomas J. Agnos was an American law enforcement officer known for his time as the sheriff of Maricopa County,Arizona.
The 2024 Maricopa County elections were held on November 5,2024,in Maricopa County,Arizona,with partisan primary elections for county offices being held on July 30,2024. All five seats of the Board of Supervisors were up for election,as well as all county-wide elected officials.
