state courts don't like him much either
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bastard/2011/12/joe_arpaio_racial_profiling_ca.phphttp://immigrationmexicanamerican.blogspot.com/2011/04/arpaio-loses-district-court-judge-david.htmlhes lost hundreds of suits in statecout
or tv shows
Improper clearance of MCSO cases
Reports show that, under Arpaio, the MCSO may be improperly clearing as many as 75% of cases without arrest or proper investigation.[49][50][51][dead link][52] The sheriff's office has failed to properly investigate serious crimes, including the rape of a 14 year old girl by classmates,[53][54] the rape of a 15 year old girl by two strangers,[55][56] and the rape of a 13 year old girl by her father.[55][57][dead link] These cases were "exceptionally cleared" without investigation or even identifying a suspect in one case which are not in accordance with the FBI standards for exceptional clearance.[55][58] The case of the 15 year old girl, the case was closed within one month and before DNA testing was even complete, the 13 year old's because her mother did not want to "to pursue this investigation," and the 14 year old's because a suspect declined to come in for questioning.[53][55] In a statement to ABC15, the Sheriff's Office claimed, "The Goldwater Institute’s report cites the FBI’s Uniform Code Reporting handbook, which is a voluntary crime-reporting program to compile statistical information and reports. The UCR is not intended for oversight on how law enforcement agencies clear cases...The Sheriff’s Office has its own criteria for clearing cases."[59]
In an interview on the ABC Nightline news program, when asked to explain why 82 percent of cases were declared cleared by exception, Arpaio said "We do clear a higher percentage of that. I know that. We clear many, many cases -- not 18 percent." Nightline contacted the MCSO after the interview and was told that
of 7,346 crimes, only 944, or 15%, had been cleared by arrest.[60]and look at how well it works!
In 1998, Arpaio commissioned a study, by Arizona State University criminal justice professor Marie L. Griffin, to examine recidivism rates based on conditions of confinement. Comparing recidivism rates under Arpaio to those under his predecessor, the study found "there was no significant difference in recidivism observed between those offenders released in 1989-1990 and those released in 1994-1995."[67]
