More criticism of Arpaio from conservative-libertarian side

The Goldwater Institute slammed Sheriff Joe Arpaio in a new report, Mission Unaccomplished, for failing in his basic duties of law enforcement and security. "The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is tasked with the important job of keeping crime rates low," said Clint Bolick, author of the report and Goldwater Institute litigation director. "Judged by its own statistics, MCSO appears to be falling seriously short of fulfilling its core law enforcement duties." The paper also examines the 166-percent increase in homicide rates between 2004 and 2007, the same period that MCSO began diverting resources to other priorities, such as trips by high-level employees to Honduras for ambiguous law enforcement activities.