Even in the face of tragedy, teamwork can lead to success, as was evident in the benefit cookout held for fallen Maricopa County Deputy Sheriff William Coleman on January 11, 2011 at the PLEA Garage Grill.

Prominent Latinos hole press conference to celebrate civil rights investigation into MCSO

For nearly two decades Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has seemed an invincible political juggernaut. Few dared to run against him, and those who criticized him publicly feared that they might themselves be targeted for retribution.

Last Thursday Assistant U.S. Attorney General Thomas E. Perez outlined a Justice Department report that included a blistering condemnation of the inner workings of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department under Arpaio.

At the end of each calendar year, per the Maricopa County Leave Plan and the Judicial Branch Leave Plan for classified employees, any accumulation of vacation time in excess of 240 hours is to be rolled over to the employee?s sick bank.

Federal immigration officials have quietly backed away from a program in Arizona and other Western states aimed at quickly and efficiently deporting illegal immigrants rather than keeping them in costly detention centers.

Today Sheriff Arpaio was presented with a proposal to revamp the Maricopa County Sheriff?s Office employee discipline policy. This is the result of a promise Sheriff Arpaio made to the public this summer to hire an outside consultant to review the current policies and develop a uniformed disciplinary practice to include mitigating and aggravated circumstances.