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America’s Toughest Sheriff – Uncensored (2005)

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A Biography of Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Available On C-Band Analog and GETN Digital Satellite Downlinks

Program Description: “I am an equal opportunity incarcerator!” — That’s just one of the many ways in which the self-proclaimed “Toughest Sheriff in America,” Joe Arpaio, of Maricopa County, Arizona describes himself and his controversial approach to fighting crime.

In Maricopa County, Arizona juveniles can be tried as adults and sentenced as adults for the crimes they are convicted of committing. “If they commit adult crimes, then why not prosecute and incarcerate them as adults?” Sheriff Joe says, adding the fact that juveniles also work on his voluntary, but controversial, Chain Gang. “If I’ve got men on the Chain Gang, why not women? And why not juveniles? If they’re just as guilty of committing the same crimes – why not have them serve the same time?” says Sheriff Arpaio, perhaps best known for building “Tent City” – his jail in the desert where 2,000 convicted men and women inmates serve their sentences. Sheriff Joe built Tent City using World War II- style Army tents on his locked, barb-wired outdoor desert compound policed 24/7 by armed correction officers. “If our soldiers fighting the War on Terror in Iraq are sleeping in the scorching desert in tents while serving our country, then why should criminals complain? What do they think? This is the Ritz? It’s a jail!” he says. “Living in Tent City isn’t any rougher than it is for our soldiers, sailors and airmen that are serving right now — and they didn’t commit a crime!” declares Sheriff Joe.

This one hour biography is the product of a one-on-one interview with Sheriff Arpaio and a private tour of his jail facilities – including Tent City and the maximum security Madison Street Jail in downtown Phoenix, home of Hard Knocks High School.

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office takes great pride in serving and protecting the people who live in that county – all 9200 square miles of it — an area larger than some states in America. Sheriff Arpaio has zero tolerance towards the criminal element. His hard-line stance on fighting crime is embraced by deputies as well as many members of the community. But make no mistake: Sheriff Arpaio will be the first to admit that his laws and his tactics are controversial. They’ve made headlines worldwide. They’ve also bared the brunt of jokes and weathered several lawsuits. Nonetheless, he defends his stance and backs it up with his immense popularity (85% approval rating) – calling that proof alone that the majority of the people in Maricopa County want things run his way.

Program Objectives: Sheriff Arpaio discusses, among other things, the following:

*His self-appointed posse:

3,200 private citizens, some of whom are armed, that he has deputized over the years to help him fight crime in Maricopa County.

*Tent City.
*Why jail inmates are required to wear pink underwear.
*Jail rules: No girlie magazines, cigarettes or coffee. ONLY educational TV.
*Feeding inmates for less than 45-cents a day.
*Keeping drugs out of the Maricopa County Jail system.
*Hard Knocks High School
*Working on the Chain Gang.
*Narco-terrorism and the War on Drugs.
*Criminal Street Gangs.
* The resurgence of Heroin use among kids.
*Inmate ALPHA programs.

Bio: Sheriff Arpaio, 73, a career Drug Enforcement Administration agent who worked for the DEA in the U.S. and abroad for more than 30 years, has been in law enforcement for a total of 45 years. He ended his DEA career in Arizona, where he worked as the DEA’s Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Maricopa County district office. When he retired from the DEA, he decided to settle there with his wife of 48 years. After retiring from the DEA in 1992, Arpaio was elected Sheriff and has been re-elected by a landslide for three straight terms. He has considered running for Governor of Arizona, but says his heart is devoted to the people of Maricopa County and he plans on being their Sheriff as long as they want him to be.

Sponsors: This program is sponsored the Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training (MCTFT) with the technical support of the Satellite Education Network (SEN) at Ft. Lee, VA.

Availability: This free, public domain broadcast will be available on the GETN Military/Federal/Warrior digital CDV satellite networks and on C-Band Analog satellite networks. (There is NO KU analog or digital coverage.) Other private and public satellite networks may also carry the program, check with your satellite provider. (Note: This program WILL NOT be available on small digital dish networks such as DirecTV or Echostar systems.)

Will this program be Video streamed or Webcast? There are no known plans to webcast this program at present.

Target Audience: Primary target audiences for this program will include law enforcement officials, drug prevention specialists, Drug-Free Communities Act grantees, Safe and Drug-Free Schools coordinators, educators, administrators, counselors, treatment providers, drug court members, policy makers, business leaders, coalition volunteers, drug demand reduction coordinators, concerned parents, criminal justice professionals, youth coalition members, members of the religious community and other community partners who may be interested. This program is also suitable for Public Access television distribution.

Producer: MCTFT
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Language: English