Maricopa County Sheriff Jerry Sheridan talks judicial oversight, his plan to change perception

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By KTAR

PHOENIX — Maricopa County Sheriff Jerry Sheridan said that despite the Department of Justice dropping its civil rights investigation into the Phoenix Police Department, it’s a little more tricky for the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO).

“Ours is a little bit different because we have a court order by a judge, and the judge is the one that has the ultimate power to stop the order or continue it,” Sheridan told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s The Mike Broomhead Show on Friday.

The judicial oversight MCSO is under is due to a verdict in a racial profiling lawsuit that occurred in May 2013 when Joe Arpaio was in office.

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