Racial Profiling's Persistent Grip on Maricopa County Law Enforcement The recent ruling by U. S. District Judge G.
Murray Snow denying the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office’s efforts to end court oversight underscores the entrenched racial disparities that continue to plague law enforcement in one of Arizona's most populous counties.
The sheriff's department, still reeling from its long history of abuses under former Sheriff Joe Arpaio, has yet to convince the judge that it has truly transformed and can operate without external scrutiny.