Former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio will cost Maricopa County taxpayers as much as $150 million in attorney and compliance costs linked to a racial profiling lawsuit against him, according to The Associated Press.
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The taxpayer costs for the racial profiling lawsuit stemming from the immigration patrols launched a decade ago by Arpaio are expected to reach $202 million by the summer of 2022. Officials approved a tentative county budget Monday, May 17, 2021, that provides $31 million for compliance costs in the fiscal year that begins on July 1. No one in county government can say exactly when those costs will start to decline or end. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2019, file photo, former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio poses for a portrait at his private office in Fountain Hills, Arizona. The taxpayer costs for the racial profiling lawsuit stemming from the immigration patrols launched a decade ago by Arpaio are expected to reach $202 million by the summer of 2022.