Justice Department Tip-Line Targets Arizona’s ‘Sheriff Joe’

By Ryan J. Reilly | December 9, 2009

The Justice Department has set up a telephone tip-line as part of its investigation of Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio. As of 1:35 p.m. Wednesday, the mailbox was full.

The tip line, first reported on Tuesday by the Phoenix Business Journal, is in both English and Spanish and asks those with information about the sheriff department’s treatment of Latinos to leave their names and numbers.

Arpaio, who has gained fame as “Sheriff Joeâ€