Sheriff's deputies raided a Maricopa County office Wednesday and seized control of a county computer system.

Editor's Note: These letters to the editor have been sorted by topic by the Tribune editorial staff in an effort to allow readers to read varied opinions on the issues, candidates, and other circumstances surrounding the 2012 general election. These submissions are the opinions of the author, not the Tribune, and have not been edited for grammar or content.

A lawsuit over Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s webcams has resulted in a victory for 11 inmates, with each person receiving $500.

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office arrested 26 employees of the Pei Wei Asian restaurant chain on Friday after an investigation found more than 100 workers may have used false documents to gain employment. One of the locations was in Tempe.

Former Mesa police Cmdr. Dan Saban filed thousands of signatures with the county on Friday to get his name on the ballot, setting up a rematch with Joe Arpaio for Maricopa County sheriff.

The sheriff’s office in Maricopa County will eliminate open law-enforcement positions and require unpaid time off work for employees as part of more than $17 million in budget cuts, according to a newly signed agreement.

As a community organizer I have hosted debates and town halls for more than 30 candidates for elected office and I have not written an editorial about why an elected official should not be reelected, until now.

PHOENIX — The family of a prisoner who died in one of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's jails filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging officers beat the mentally ill man and shot him with a stun gun in an unprovoked attack that marked another example of the "culture of cruelty" in the lockups.

PHOENIX — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he's definitely seeking a sixth term as the county's top lawman.

August 13, 2004

A Maricopa County sheriff's detention officer who was jailed for defying a judge's order to publicly apologize to an attorney for looking at her documents will be released from custody.

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office bomb squad has determined a suspicious package found in the plaza of the county complex in downtown Phoenix Wednesday was not a bomb.

Attorneys representing a family of real-estate developers have filed suit against Maricopa County officials.

Maricopa County is back in the reality show spotlight.

A team of consultants will inspect Maricopa County jails and ensure conditions are brought up to standards that no longer violate inmates' constitutional rights.

Editor’s Note: This is the second part of the top 20 news stories for Maricopa in 2007.

Dave Wells: In countries like Iran we regularly see dissent brutally crushed and political enemies jailed. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County Attorney Andrew Thomas are behaving in similar fashion.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio vowed Friday night to reduce crime in a troubled county island in east Mesa where a family of five was gunned down and a girl was abducted.

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is getting funds to hire 15 new deputies whose main job will be to arrest illegal immigrants and human smugglers.

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has launched a pilot program designed to reduce the time deputies spend transporting inmates.