A 2025 report prepared by budget analysts selected by the monitor in the Maricopa County racial profiling case concluded that 72% of $226 million in spending by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office from February 2014 through late September 2024 was either wrongly attributed or improperly prorated to a court-ordered compliance fund.
October 09, 2025
high
statistical
Finding from budget-analyst review of compliance-related spending tied to court-ordered remedies following a 2013 profiling verdict.
The 2025 budget-analyst review found that, on average, 70% of positions funded by compliance money at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office were inappropriately assigned or only partially related to compliance.
October 09, 2025
high
statistical
Average share of personnel positions paid from compliance funds that the analysts judged unrelated or only partly related to court-ordered compliance work.