Joe Arpaio

Sheriff Joe Arpaio : “America’s Toughest Sheriff,” is head of the nation’s third largest Sheriff’s Office. Since 1992 he has been reelected to an unprecedented five 4-yr terms with extraordinarily high public approval ratings. Joe Arpaio started the nation’s largest Tent City for convicted inmates. His chain gangs contribute thousands of dollars of free labor to the community including the world’s first-ever female and juvenile chain gangs, clean streets, paint over graffiti, and bury the indigent in the county cemetery. He banned smoking, coffee, movies, pornographic magazines, and unrestricted TV in all jails. The average meal costs about 15 cents, and inmates are fed only twice daily, to cut the labor costs of meal delivery. He even stopped serving them salt and pepper to save tax payers $20,000 a year. Arpaio continues to reduce crime with hard-hitting enforcement methods. His offices have solved several high-profile murder cases, including nine child murders.