Posted on 03/25/2008 5:44:43 AM PDT by radar101
Mayor Gordon
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon bristled Monday at the way Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio sent deputies on saturation patrols in an east Phoenix neighborhood during the Easter weekend.
Arpaio sent sheriff’s deputies to the area of East Thomas Road and North 32nd Street after business owners contacted him to complain about day laborers loitering and committing petty crimes. Sheriff’s deputies patrolled the area, issued traffic citations and arrested illegal immigrants they came across.Gordon said he hopes Arpaio will notify Phoenix Police officials before conducting similar operations in the future.
“The sheriff has concurrent jurisdiction – we certainly acknowledge that – but for whatever reason, the communication in advance and the coordination in advance has not occurred and I’m very concerned about the safety of his officers and our officers,” Gordon said before a press conference on a different topic at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office action also could be turning the Hispanic community against law enforcement in general, Gordon said.
“We need everyone to testify against violent criminals – murderers, drug dealers, burglars. And the reports that I’m getting from many Police Departments is that a good segment of the Hispanic community is afraid to go out and testify,” Gordon said.
Oh, you mean those
violent criminals – murderers, drug dealers, burglars ?
Thank God for sheriff Joe. The mayor is pi$$ing up a rope.
That wouldn't be as big an issue is they entered the country legally.
What an example for the rest of nation Phil “Clueless” Gordon is.
“I’m very concerned about the safety of his officers and our officers...”
I don’t get it. Is he saying that the Sheriff’s deputies might shoot the City’s police officers? Or that the City’s police officers might shoot the Sheriff’s deputies?
Or is he just babbling because he’s a jerk?
Let's hope he's pissing into the wind.
He reminds me of somebody but at the moment the face escapes me.
George Stephanopoulous.
Ding, Ding!!! we have a winner.
A whiny moron?
“but for whatever reason, the communication in advance and the coordination in advance has not occurred”
Hmm. Could it be that the sheriff suspects that the mayor and his bunch have been tipping off the perps in advance of the action?
‘Afraid to go out and testify.’ — WAIT, that was the whole whine about why we SHOULD have Sanctuary Cities, etc. So that the good folks would not be afraid to testify against the bad folks.
Are SC not working then? No. Are the ‘good folks’ still afraid? Maybe they are bad. Are the ‘bad folks’ actually getting reported? I think not.
ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES..
....Gordon vs. Arpaio .....
night and day?
He looks like another left-wing jackhole, Tim Robbins.
Got a problem? Call the Sheriff. Don’t bother the Phoenix PD.
Joe for about three days was on radio and tv telling everyone that he was going to clean up that area so everybody was put on notice.
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office action also could be turning the Hispanic community against law enforcement in general, Gordon said.
**If a law enforcement officer doing his sworn duty, that which the citizens pay him, for turns anyone against the Police, then that person or group was likely against the police to start with.**
**Sounds to me from reading the story that the Mayor is not or has not been doing his job and is simply ticked that someone else had the audacity to actually do what the voters and taxpayers require of them.**
Indeed only pastier!
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