Justice Department investigators visit Arpaio's office
Feds looking into possible civil rights violations
The Arizona Republic
Published: 05.01.2009

The federal investigation into the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office took U.S. government officials to Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office in the Wells Fargo Building Thursday morning.
At least half a dozen investigators with the U.S. Justice Department arrived at Arpaio's downtown Phoenix office about 9:30 a.m. Thursday.
The Justice Department officials announced last month that they would launch a civil rights investigation into allegations that Arpaio's deputies violated the constitutional rights of citizens during crime-enforcement operations.
Arpaio bragged about the pending visit to a crowd at a breakfast hosted by Councilwoman Thelda Williams in north Phoenix last week.
"This is a badge of honor," Arpaio said of the investigation. "We don't racial profile, so let them come down. I welcome them. We are not giving in to them."
The visitors, whose names were on the sheriff's log book, include:
Elizabeth Keenan, a deputy section chief with the department; Patrick Chang, a deputy chief in the department's civil-rights division; and Shanetta Cutlar, the chief of the special litigation section.

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