Paul Penzone

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Paul Penzone

Paul Penzone (born March 29, 1967 ) is an American sheriff . He is the sheriff of Maricopa County , Arizona , United States . Penzone was elected Sheriff in 2016, defeating longtime incumbent Joe Arpaio . Penzone is a former sergeant in the Phoenix Police Department.

Past life and education

Penzone was born in Trenton, New Jersey . He is the son of Rose and Charlie Penzone, and of Italian descent. Penzone attended Phoenix's Cortez High School and studied criminal justice at Glendale Community College and Northern Arizona University .

Police officer in Phoenix

Penzone joined the Phoenix Police Department in 1988 and served for 21 years. For seven years, Penzone led the Phoenix Police Department's "Silent Witness" program, which encouraged witnesses to report crimes. Penzone directed the program during the high-profile investigations into the “Baseline Killer” and “Serial Shooter”. Penzone created a Spanish language version of the program.

After retiring from the police force, Penzone joined the charitable group Childhelp as vice president. The group focuses on preventing child abuse and neglect.

Maricopa County Sheriff

Penzone (2018)

Penzone first ran for an elected office in 2012 in an unsuccessful election campaign for Maricopa County Sheriff against incumbent Joe Arpaio . In this election (in which Arpaio outperformed Penzone by an eight-to-one lead), Arpaio received a little more than 50% of the vote to Penzone's 45%, with non-party candidate Mike Stauffer taking a distant third place.

In 2016, Penzone ran again against Arpaio, who at that time had already been in office for 24 years (six terms in office). In the Democratic primaries , Penzone first met Joe Rodriguez, the superior of the Arizona Department of Corrections. Rodriguez, however, withdrew from the race in April 2016 and stood up for Penzone to make Sheriff Arpaio "the defeated citizen of Maricopa County in November."

In the November 2016 general election, Penzone defeated Arpaio with 665,478 votes (55.6%) and Arpaio with 531,674 votes (44.4%). During his campaign, Penzone vowed to "focus the department on law enforcement and curb tax dollars previously spent on civil rights suits." Arpaio, a controversial figure, has been charged with disregarding a court order to end the racial profiling of Latinos been. Penzone called Arpaio's conduct that led to contempt "unforgivable". During the campaign - by the Arizona Republic (daily newspaper) was called a "intense, unpleasant race" - sued Arpaio Penzone for defamation of a run by Arpaio attack ad.

Penzone promised to run the sheriff's office impartially. To that end, he vowed to reverse some of Arpaio's "unorthodox and divisive" practices that Penzone considers publicity, such as forcing inmates to wear pink underwear and "investigating". Penzone also said he would reduce the use of prisoner chains and review "Tent City" (an area of ​​the prison where prisoners are housed in military tents).

Upon being elected sheriff, Penzone selected a new leadership team in the sheriff's office. Penzone took office on January 1, 2017.

In April 2017, Penzone announced that it would close Tent City on the recommendation of an advisory committee. He believed the facility was a "circus" that was not effective in deterring crime. Tent City ceased operations within six months. It closed almost without causing a stir in October.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Casey Tolan: America's worst sheriff has disappeared . In: Slate . March 3, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b Paul Penzone defeated Joe Arpaio in the Sheriff's race of Maricopa County (en-US) , KTAR. November 8, 2016. 
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Brahm Resnik: 2nd attempt, Democrat Penzone against Arpaio (en-US) , KPNX. April 7, 2016. 
  4. ↑ Home page - Penzone for Sheriff ( en-US ) In: Penzone for Sheriff . Retrieved December 24, 2016.
  5. ↑ a b c d e Tami Hoey, Paul Penzone takes on Sheriff Arpaio in 2016 , KPHO / KTVK (April 6, 2016).
  6. ↑ a b Maricopa County's new sheriff, Paul Penzone, takes office in private ceremony , Associated Press , Jan. 2, 2017.
  7. ↑ a b c Arizona Maricopa Sheriff: Result: Paul Penzone wins , New York Times (December 13, 2016).
  8. ↑ Megan Cassidy, sheriff candidate Joe Rodriguez drops out of the race and supports Paul Penzone , Arizona Republic (April 12, 2016).
  9. ^ A b Megan Cassidy, Maricopa County Sheriff-Elect Paul Penzone Appoints Leadership Team , Arizona Republic December 20, 2016.
  10. ↑ a b c Jacques Billeaud: tent prisons, pink underwear: strange choices for sheriff from New Arizona (en-US) . November 16, 2016. 
  11. ↑ Rebekah L. Sanders & Megan Cassidy, Democratic challenger Paul Penzone sued Sheriff Joe Arpaio for defamation in the race for sheriff , Arizona Republic (September 30, 2016).
  12. ^ A b Megan Cassidy: Maricopa County's Tent City Prison has officially closed , The Arizona Republic . October 9, 2017. 
  13. ↑ The new sheriff from Phoenix who was elected anti-Arpaio is at the center of the national immigration debate , Accessed July 6, 2019
  14. ↑ Megan Cassidy: Tent City, the infamous home of inmates pink underwear and an important piece wear Arpaios legacy closes , The Arizona Republic . 4th April 2017. 
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SURNAME Penzone, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sheriff
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1967