Top finance minds are among Maricopa County officials who held secret talks on Tuesday about a long running-racial profiling case against the Sheriff’s Office.
An independent auditor recently found that the agency has consistently misstated associated costs.
Maricopa County’s chief financial officer, deputy budget and deputy finance directors were scheduled to take part in the Board of Supervisors’ private executive session.
An independent auditor recently found that more than $163 million in costs county officials tied to the Melendres case were either inappropriate or incorrectly divided.
Now the clock is ticking on a deadline for the Sheriff’s Office to dispute those findings.
Separately, the case monitor is scheduled to hold a quarterly public meeting on reform compliance next week at the federal courthouse downtown.
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Images of Layne Lundeen having been duct taped into his seat went viral last month. -
Mexico’s security secretary says the new federal prisons will include high-security infrastructure as the country looks to show a crackdown on cartel violence. -
His comments come after the Arizona Sheriff’s Association accused his office of refusing requests for assistance from Border Patrol. -
An inspection at a Mexican military checkpoint in San Luis Río Colorado resulted in the arrest of two people and the seizure of more than a ton of white powder. -
The Arizona Sheriff’s Association issued an open letter calling out the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office over its response to the public safety concerns surrounding the border wall construction in that area.
