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Vice Chair Kate Brophy McGee Calls for an End to the Melendres Orders
"On Wednesday night I attended a community meeting in District 5 about the Melendres orders. It was clear that residents expect a high level of professionalism and transparency from deputies policing their streets, as they should.
We are applying unprecedented financial and personnel resources to achieve full and effective compliance with Court requirements in policy and practice by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office’s (MCSO).
The class action lawsuit was filed over 18 years and four sheriffs ago. The Sheriff's Office has implemented and enforces policies that prohibit racial and other bias-based profiling. MSCO provides access to all policies and practices on MCSO.org.
Recently the Board adopted our 2026 budget, investing nearly 50 percent of the County's total budget in public safety. That investment provides the resources to retain our deputies and attract new recruits. My thanks to Maricopa County taxpayers for making this investment possible.
Maricopa County will spend more than $350 million dollars by the end of next fiscal year to appease the demands of an out-of-state court-appointed monitor who continues to move the compliance goal posts. This is a shameful waste of County taxpayer dollars! Shouldn’t every taxpayer dollar we spend go to funding actual public safety? It is time to put an end to the Melendres orders for good."
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