Parker released from jail

[singh4us]

Arpaio: no special treatment for jailed US Air chief

Angelique Soenarie

azcentral.com

Feb. 25, 2007 03:57 PM


U.S. Airways CEO Doug Parker completed his drunk driving jail sentence Sunday, but his 24-hour stay was hardly business as usual.

Parker was released at 6:30 a.m. Sunday from the Estrella Jail next to Tent City in Phoenix, a 1,200-inmate facility where the population is nearly always women.

Parker, who remained in his street clothes, was the only male inmate during his short stay, which began at 6:15 a.m. Saturday, according to sheriff's records. Other inmates serving very short sentences also are not required to wear uniforms.

Parker sat in a cell by himself in an unused area of the jail.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, insisted Parker did not receive special treatment and the move to place him a women's jail was to protect him.

"The reason why I did it is because he is a high profile and I wanted to make sure he was safe," Arpaio said.

Parker, 45, pleaded guilty last week to driving under the influence after he was pulled over in January for speeding after leaving the Birds Nest party at the FBR Open golf tournament in Scottsdale.

"My responsibility was to take him in my jail. He held himself responsible for his actions. He pled guilty and he did his time in jail," Arpaio said. "He paid the penalty."

Arpaio said Parker was served two "15-cent meals," which included a bologna sandwich for lunch and a hot dog without a bun and two cold veggie sides for dinner. Parker's beverage of choice was water.

"He wasn't lucky," Arpaio said.

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/022...ker0225-ON.html

 

[legacy-to-LCC]

$0.15 meal?
first class passengers brace yourself: dp had about 24 hours to consider the relative "value" of $0.15 meals...

 

[BuffaloJoe]

$0.15 meal?
first class passengers brace yourself: dp had about 24 hours to consider the relative "value" of $0.15 meals...

Now Sing-A-Long Everybody,

"I wish I was an Oscar Mayer Weiner,
That's What they eat in First Class"!

 

[US1YFARE]

We would be so lucky to be served Oscar Mayer.

 

[fly with US]

Wait a minute here. You mean to tell me he was served an US F/C meal in prison? Easy time... easy time.

 

[delta777]

Can i request to go the ladies jail if i were ever unfortunate enough to be incarcerated???

 

[Dog Wonder]

No special treatment for Mr. Parker equals no special treatment for Sheriff Joe next time he flies.

Both are transparent lies.

 

[gaucho99]

Sherrif Joe has taken heat in the past from the media because he spends more money on the dog's meals than he does the prisoners. In defense, he said his police dog's are officers of the law and the prisoners are criminals.

 

[Harry Callahan]

Sheriff Joe is the man in my book. These people are in jail not a hotel & yes the K9's are officers......

P.S.
Sheriff Joe if I were to ever get put in your place I want to be with the women like Doug was.

 

[JS]

Sherrif Joe has taken heat in the past from the media because he spends more money on the dog's meals than he does the prisoners. In defense, he said his police dog's are officers of the law and the prisoners are criminals.

What about people awaiting trial? Are they presumed guilty in Sheriff Joe's world of 15 cent meals?

 

[eckoa6]

What about people awaiting trial? Are they presumed guilty in Sheriff Joe's world of 15 cent meals?

Unfortunately in Sheriff Joe's eyes, if your there it doesnt matter if your innocent or guilty. He is only concerned with the fact that your in his jail. That is why im very happy I dont live in Maricopa County.

 

[delldude]

Can i request to go the ladies jail if i were ever unfortunate enough to be incarcerated???

Maybe when they patted him down,something made them decide to put him in with the ladies?

 

[phasersonstun2]

Unfortunately in Sheriff Joe's eyes, if your there it doesnt matter if your innocent or guilty. He is only concerned with the fact that your in his jail. That is why im very happy I dont live in Maricopa County.

Two kinds of inmates reside in Sheriff Joe's prison... those who broke the law and those who broke the law more than once.
Your innocence or guilt is determined at the arraignment. In Arizona if you get caught driving under the influence of a substance which may or may not include alcohol, you are a Maricopa County guest for a day or ten.

It's really very simple...

Don't break the law.

 

[Harry Callahan]

Two kinds of inmates reside in Sheriff Joe's prison... those who broke the law and those who broke the law more than once.
The innocence or guilt is moot. If you get caught breaking the law, you are a Maricopa County guest for a day or two or ten.

It's really very simple...

Don't break the law.

They need more people like Sheriff Joe.

 

[singh4us]

They need more people like Sheriff Joe.

Sheriff Joseph M. Arpaio

You probably know him as “America’s Toughest Sheriff,†a name given to him years ago by the media. It’s a name he certainly has earned as head of the nation’s third largest Sheriff’s Office which employs over 3000 people. But even before he became Sheriff in 1993, Joe Arpaio was one tough lawman. After serving in the U.S. Army from 1950 to 1953, and as a Washington, D.C., and Las Vegas, NV, police officer for almost five years, Arpaio went on to build a federal law enforcement career and a reputation for fighting crime and drug trafficking around the world.

He began his career as a federal narcotics agent, establishing a stellar record in infiltrating drug organizations from Turkey to the Middle East to Mexico, Central, and South America to cities around the U.S. His expertise and success led him to top management positions around the world with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). He concluded his remarkable 32-year federal career as head of the DEA for Arizona.

In 1992 Arpaio successfully campaigned to become the Sheriff of Maricopa County. Since then he has been reelected to an unprecedented four 4-year terms. During his tenure as Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arpaio has consistently earned extraordinarily high public approval ratings.

With over four decades experience in law enforcement, Arpaio knows what the public wants, “The public is my boss,†he says, “so I serve the public.†He has served them well by establishing several unique programs.

Arpaio has over 10,000 inmates in his jail system. In August, 1993, he started the nation’s largest Tent City for convicted inmates. Two thousand convicted men and women serve their sentences in a canvas incarceration compound. It is a remarkable success story that has attracted the attention of government officials, presidential candidates, and media worldwide.

Of equal success and notoriety are his chain gangs, which contribute thousands of dollars of free labor to the community. The male chain gang, and the world’s first-ever female and juvenile chain gangs, clean streets, paint over graffiti, and bury the indigent in the county cemetery.

Also impressive are the Sheriff’s gettough policies. For example, he banned smoking, coffee, movies, pornographic magazines, and unrestricted TV in all jails. He has the cheapest meals in the U.S., too. The average meal costs about 15 cents, and inmates are fed only twice daily, to cut the labor costs of meal delivery. He even stopped serving them salt and pepper to save tax payers $20,000 a year.

Another program Arpaio is very wellknown for is the pink under shorts he makes all inmates wear. Years ago, when the Sheriff learned that inmates were stealing jailhouse white boxers, Arpaio had all inmate underwear dyed pink for better inventory control. The same is true for the Sheriff’s handcuffs. When they started disappearing, he ordered pink handcuffs as a replacement. And later, when the Sheriff learned the calming, psychological effects of the color pink—sheets, towels, socks— everything inmates wear, except for the old-fashioned black and white striped uniform, were dyed pink.

Arpaio has started another controversial program, the website WWW.MCSrg, so that all those arrested (about 300 per day) are recorded on the Sheriff’s website as they are booked and processed into jail. Just under a million hits daily come into the website, making it one of the most visible law enforcement sites on the World Wide Web.

In addition to these tough measures, the Sheriff has launched rehabilitative programs like “Hard Knocks High,†the only accredited high school under a Sheriff in an American jail, and ALPHA, an anti-substance-abuse program that has greatly reduced recidivism.

As chief law enforcement officer for the county, Arpaio continues to reduce crime with hard-hitting enforcement methods. His deputies and detectives have solved several high-profile murder cases, including nine child murders. The posse, whose ranks have increased to 3000 members under Arpaio, is the nation’s largest volunteer posse. Posse men and women help in search and rescue and other traditional police work as well as in special operations like rounding up deadbeat parents, fighting prostitution, patrolling malls during holidays, and investigating animal cruelty complaints. The posse’s contributions are invaluable and essentially free to taxpayers.

No wonder Sheriff Arpaio has been profiled in over 2000 U.S. and foreign newspapers, magazines, and TV news programs. His leadership and the excellent work of his staff have catapulted the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office into the ranks of elite law enforcement agencies.

On a personal note, Sheriff Arpaio and his wife Ava have been married for over 48 years and have two children, both residing in the Phoenix area. The Arpaios have four grandchildren.

Arpaio looks forward to many more years as Sheriff of Maricopa County.

http://www.mcso.org/index.php?a=GetModule&mn=Sheriff_Bio