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
inmates needed nice prisoners ruined therapy
I needed a place to put the dogs. The prisoners ruined the jail, so I put the prisoners in the tents and I had a nice place to put the dogs. We treat the cats nice too, and horses. I have the inmates take care of the animals. It's therapy too, you see.
nice guy nice-guy
I just talk, and I say what I feel, and yet, I'm a nice guy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
funnier home
I'm working on Leno. He's from my home state, Massachusetts. And my home country, Italy. I said, 'Hey, Jay, why don't you have me on your show? Afraid I'll be funnier than you?'
elected serve
I'm the elected sheriff, ... I serve the people. I don't serve the mayor. I don't serve some politicians.
design
It's a design flaw, ... A little flaw, but they latched on to it.
bring unpleasant
I want to make this place so unpleasant that they won't even think about doing something that could bring them back.
charged deputies evidence guy influence reckless
This has been very controversial. It should not have been. It's only because this guy is a celebrity. My deputies did the right thing. They charged him with reckless driving. There was no evidence that he was under the influence while driving, and that's the way it goes. Period.
political campaigns slave
I don't have all these advisers, political advisers. I don't even talk to them because I'm not a slave to a campaign manager, and Trump isn't either.
media names care
The day I leave, you won't know how to pronounce my name. You could care less about me, and I should be dead and buried because there's not one media that will come and remember who Joe Arpaio is. That's the way it is in politics.