The Goldwater Institute is supporting Maricopa County’s bid to end independent oversight of the Sheriff’s Office in connection with a decade-long racial profiling case. The conservative group is focused on the cost of the court-appointed monitor.
Monitor fees for keeping watch over the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, according to Judge Murray Snow, totaled about $28 million combined for fiscal years 2014 through 2024.
But the Goldwater Institute wants more details, a chance to review the monitor’s invoices, itemized accounting of services and team member salaries.
So the group is urging Snow to rethink his decade old decision to seal those details. The monitor in question watches over Sheriff’s Office efforts to reform internal affairs and end bias against Latino drivers.
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The Jerome Police Department is asking the town council to consider installing security cameras at public safety facilities. -
Last week, Cottonwood and Payson joined nine other communities in Arizona in cutting ties with Flock over privacy violation and law-enforcement misuse concerns. Queen Creek will keep its Flock program, but with tighter guardrails. -
This is the latest in a long-running legal challenge mounted by the ACLU AZ to find out the extent in which Pima County sheriff's deputies work with ICE and Border Patrol. -
The boy’s death and the pay-to-play allegations highlight questions about Arizona's congregate-care capacity for children, training for workers who care for them and oversight of providers and other contractors who hold leverage over the state simply due to their size and influence. -
Community members huddled around a small stage set up on the grass at Tucson’s Catalina Park. A sea of thin white candles twinkled in the crowd as attendees hugged each other and cried.
