January 18, 2008 - 11:53AM
Sheriff's posse saturating Phoenix neighborhood
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Nick Martin, Tribune
As many as 100 posse and reserve officers from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office plan to saturate an area of central Phoenix that has become a flash point for the illegal immigration debate, Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Friday.

The sheriff’s office announced the operation this morning, and the sheriff plans to speak at a news conference this afternoon.

The operation will last multiple days, but Arpaio said he did not know exactly how many. “It could be two days, three days,â€