Phoenix Sheriff's Deptartment

[Jumpstart]

Awesome!! Good on em for stepping up and speaking their minds!! I was born in El Paso, Tx and raised just north of there in Las Cruces, NM. Lived there for 23 yrs. As a paramedic down there, I got to see first hand the shit the LEO / BP go through. Hell, my first station was in Sunland Park, NM. Station was 1/2 mile from the Rio Grande. My partner and I used to sit in the fire watch tower of the station w/ a pack of smokes, a pot of coffee and spot illegals for the BP units in the area. I can't tell you how angry it makes me thinking about the calls that I've been on for some dumb shit illegal that crossed the boarder just to drop an "anchor baby" on US soil. . . DEPORT EM ALL!!

Born and raised in Deming. BS NMSU. I would tell you I understand your experience, but I think the "born and raised in Deming" part already did. Deming used to be a town in the not so far away past were everyone knew everyone and crime was low and quality of life high. Now it's just awash in bordertown bs, and it's not even on the border. I concur, REPORT AND DEPORT.

[GunTroll]

Just came back from AZ. They can have it as far as I'm concerned. Hot ,dry,crowded,hot,hot,and hot! Prescott was cool. Didn't see much Latinos there in Prescott. Probably run out of town by some racial profilers! JK!

[blackford76]

+10

[cleaner72]

the sheriff there, Joe Arpaio, was on Glen Beck the other day...apparently he and the department are being investigated by the Justice department and the department of homeland security for so called imigration violations...mainly because the department actually enforces the law.

The sheriff said that his deputies were interogated by justice department investigators wihtout the benefit of lawyers or union reps present. So he is fighting back against the government.

Friggin government needs to keep its nose out of state and local law enforcement.

[ChunkyMonkey]

+100 Phil Gordon is known for low blows.

http://www.kpho.com/news/19718169/detail.html

[theGinsue]

Heaven forbid that someone should try to enforce the immigration laws in this country. Apparently the DHS and Justice Depts only want to go after those who deserve the rights and protections this nation is supposed to provide.

Things seem so backwards to me these days. If you are an illegal immigrant (and, by default, a criminal), you get full protection from harassment and from the aw enforcement communities, you get lots of taxpayer provided services and you get full Constitutional protections (which I incorrectly assumed just applied to CITIZENS). If you are a taxpaying citizen, you lose most of your income to taxes for BS causes, you get harassed by law enforcement officials (yes, it has happened to me even though I used to be one and always treat them with coutesy, politeness, and as non-offensive as possible), you get told that law enforcement isnt here to protect you (unless you're an illegal, see above), you get to pay higher and higher fees for your services, and your Constitutional RIGHTS are stomped on like they are the parade ground in Nazi Germany.

I just don't get it.

[crzy_one]

Living in Maryvale which is one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in phoenix I realized quickly how illegal immigration effects people day to day. Obviously I had lots of friend who were illegal whose families worked hard every day to try and make it but also we were the victims of many crimes perpetrated by illegals including an attempted home invasion and an actual home invasion.

Sheriff Joe has the right idea by enforcing immigration law but if he would spend less time being a media whore I think there would be less flak from the feds.

Also after talking to a few Maricopa County Sheriffs Department Officers they are unhappy with all of the press and just wish they could do their jobs without being judged before hand because they work for Sheriff Joe.

During my time with the highway patrol I realized we had little power to deal with this situation. I heard that many of the illegals that I arrested ended up being deported but never knew that for a fact.

Now that the mayor of phoenix is attacking the sheriff and claiming he has ties to skin heads it will be interesting to see what happens...

Guntroll, personally I think 115 degrees is easier to deal with then anything under 50 but that is coming from a Phoenix native. I do not look forward to the CO winters...