Bighorn, no offense intended sir but until you linked to the PPD UCR stats, you had not brought any concrete referenced information to this thread. Your initial post with the DA numbers was in a different font with the words "Maricopa County District Attny's Office" at the bottom. Sorry, that means diddly to me unless there is somewhere that the DA's office puts it and you link to it. I think thats where you lost me and fired up Steve. Looking at the UCR data you linked, I hardly see how it has anything to do with the Sheriffs performance, approval ratings or successes in lowering crime in Maricopa County (Phoenix included). I see a population jump from 1.2 mil to almost 1.6 mil in those stats and see that the City of Phoenix Police has done a fine job in their attempts to keep crime at bay. Link to something concrete that says that Sheriff doesn't deserve the publics 85% approval rating. That would be interesting.
It's very hard for me, a former police officer and DRE, to really take anything Bongaroo says seriously. Maybe its the redundant reference to Marijuana in your CPID and BBS name; maybe your avatar. Regardless, it's ironic that you display your support for an illegal substance and all of the illegal immigrants you've worked with were cool to you. I see the link.
Illegal immigrants have ruined many things in this valley. The neighborhood where I grew up is in shambles, riddled with nightly shootings and drop house raids and is a hot bed for illegal drugs and stolen property. You may contact my good friend Butch if you need to know how bad it is. He can be reached at:
Desert Horizon Precinct - Community Action Officer (CIO) Phoenix Police Department.
Officer Butch Titus
602-534-1747
butch.titus@phoenix.govLink 
