Sheriff Arpaio wants 'armed posse' to protect schools

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Well my next guess is known for defending America's borders but now he's getting attention for how he wants to defend America's.

Schools in the wake of the sandy -- massacre sheriff Joseph Arpaio is ready to deploy.

An armed posse to protect Phoenix area schools and kids sheriff -- no personal sheriff Joseph thanks for joining us -- tell tell me how.

An armed posse how would networks are.

Same way it's been working for twenty years is I've been to serve.

We've used the -- -- to go after illegal immigration hookers I can go on and are we just finished.

Our program at the malls deterred any violence in our switch in the program to the schools.

Two -- protecting kids or teachers and what what have you I think it's a good program then we're going to do it.

I don't just talk about it like politicians.

Do after this massacre.

We're gonna do it -- within a week.

OK so how do you implement this year you arm and a group I get that part now does every school have an armed posse or do you have an.

Armed group that will go from school to school and just kind of patrol has -- work.

-- well right now it's going to be deterrence -- patrol around the perimeter of the schools.

The take any action necessary.

In case -- -- suspicious activity.

This a deterrence effect I want everybody in the whole.

That we are out there so maybe the bad guys -- think different if they think they're going to cause some type of problems are abdic.

In the schools.

Sure Wayne Lapierre from the NRA so it'd be on the way to stop the bag with the guns have begin with a gun that it in the way.

We tend to agree with -- host the that the response be from them that the Phoenix area community I think except in this.

Or whether you like my posse you've been doing -- for Tony years.

They love the -- at the malls we just as I said finished.

Another program there's no serious crime.

So why not utilize volunteers they can only operate under the elected sure a place where men.

In their law enforcement people there ex cops you name it.

3000.

And by the way I'm going to recruit more.

To help fight this problem do we have in the school.

-- -- don't have a lot of time a couple of seconds 1520 seconds on the school -- -- Phoenix in the Phoenix area how many people the you have protecting it what.

Well there's about 2000 in the state.

But there's about fifty in my main jurisdiction.

So I'm going to account concentrated on those fifty schools high got to leave -- -- share tore apart thanks for joining us -- wanna point --

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