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'''Joseph Michael Arpaio''' (born June 14, 1932) was the [[sheriff]] of Maricopa County, [[Arizona]] from 1993 to 2017.  As sheriff, he was known for being very [[conservative]], as well as tough on crime and on illegal immigration. Civil rights organizations such as the [[ACLU]] and [[SPLC]], among others, attacked his racial pro-filing of hispanic Americans. Arpaio became Sheriff of Maricopa County in 1992 and was re-elected six times. As sheriff, Arpaio headed up the law enforcement agency for the unincorporated area surrounding Phoenix, an area of 9,226 square miles.<ref name=about>{{cite web|url=https://www.mcso.org/Home|title=Welcome to the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office|accessdate=Aug 26, 2017}}</ref>

'''Joseph Michael Arpaio''' (born June 14, 1932) was the [[sheriff]] of Maricopa County, [[Arizona]] from 1993 to 2017.  As sheriff, he was known for being very [[conservative]], as well as tough on crime and on illegal immigration. Civil rights organizations such as the [[ACLU]] and [[SPLC]], among others, attacked his racial pro-filing of hispanic Americans. Arpaio became Sheriff of Maricopa County in 1992 and was re-elected six times. As sheriff, Arpaio headed up the law enforcement agency for the unincorporated area surrounding Phoenix, an area of 9,226 square miles.<ref name=about>{{cite web|url=https://www.mcso.org/Home|title=Welcome to the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office|accessdate=Aug 26, 2017}}</ref>

==Early life==

==Early life==

Arpaio is the son of immigrant parents, both from Lacedonia, [[Italy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ellisisland.org/search/passRecord.asp?MID=06830228630897368576&FNM=NICOLA&LNM=ARPAIO&PLNM=ARPAIO&CGD=M&first_kind=1&last_kind=0&TOWN=null&SHIP=null&RF=2&pID=604303010014 |title=OSIA Honors Sheriff Arpaio |publisher=encyclopedia.com| date=April 1, 2008 |accessdate=Sept 11, 2017}}</ref> His mother died in childbrith, and Arpaio was raised by his father in Springfield, Massachusetts.  Arpaio enlisted in the Army at age 18.  He served in the Army from 1950 to 1954 in the Medical Department and was stationed in France for part of the time as a military policeman.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sheriffjoe.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=30 |last=Arpaio |first=Joe |title=Joining the Army |work=Re-Elect Sheriff Joe Arpaio |publisher=Committee to Re-Elect Joe Arpaio |date=2008 |accessdate=December 18, 2008  |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218232919/http://www.sheriffjoe.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=30 |archivedate=December 18, 2008}}</ref>

Arpaio is the son of immigrant parents, both from Lacedonia, [[Italy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ellisisland.org/search/passRecord.asp?MID=06830228630897368576&FNM=NICOLA&LNM=ARPAIO&PLNM=ARPAIO&CGD=M&first_kind=1&last_kind=0&TOWN=null&SHIP=null&RF=2&pID=604303010014 |title=OSIA Honors Sheriff Arpaio |publisher=encyclopedia.com| date=April 1, 2008 |accessdate=Sept 11, 2017}}</ref> His mother died in childbrith, and Arpaio was raised by his father in Springfield, Massachusetts.  Arpaio enlisted in the Army at age 18.  He served in the Army from 1950 to 1954 in the Medical Department and was stationed in France for part of the time as a military policeman.{{cite web |url=http://www.sheriffjoe.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=30 |last=Arpaio |first=Joe |title=Joining the Army |work=Re-Elect Sheriff Joe Arpaio |publisher=Committee to Re-Elect Joe Arpaio |date=2008 |accessdate=December 18, 2008  |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218232919/http://www.sheriffjoe.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=30 |archivedate=December 18, 2008}}</ref>

Arpaio was discharged from the Army in 1954, and moved to [[Washington, D.C.]] where he became a police officer. He moving in 1957 to [[Las Vegas, Nevada]]  and served as a police officer for six months. Arpaio then worked as a [[special agent]] with the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, which later became part of the [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] (DEA).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sheriffjoe.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=35 |title=Re-elect Sheriff Joe Arpaio 2012 |publisher=encyclopedia.com |accessdate=July 14, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218232909/http://www.sheriffjoe.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=35 |archivedate=December 18, 2008 }}</ref> Arpaio worked for the DEA for 25 years was promoted to head of the DEA's Arizona operations.

Arpaio was discharged from the Army in 1954, and moved to [[Washington, D.C.]] where he became a police officer. He moving in 1957 to [[Las Vegas, Nevada]]  and served as a police officer for six months. Arpaio then worked as a [[special agent]] with the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, which later became part of the [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] (DEA).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sheriffjoe.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=35 |title=Re-elect Sheriff Joe Arpaio 2012 |publisher=encyclopedia.com |accessdate=July 14, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218232909/http://www.sheriffjoe.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=35 |archivedate=December 18, 2008 }}</ref> Arpaio worked for the DEA for 25 years was promoted to head of the DEA's Arizona operations.

==Politics==  

==Politics==  

In 2012, he and a group of volunteer investigators claimed to have evidence suggesting that [[Barack Obama]] deliberately forged his birth records in order to be eligible to run for President.<ref>http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/07-03-2012/120708-arizona_sheriff_obama-0/</ref>

In 2012, he and a group of volunteer investigators claimed to have evidence suggesting that [[Barack Obama]] deliberately forged his birth records in order to be eligible to run for President.<ref>http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/07-03-2012/120708-arizona_sheriff_obama-0/</ref>