Gov. Janet Napolitano of Arizona signed an executive order that prompted state police to cancel a $1.6 million agreement with Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa county and, instead, use the money to create a fugitive task force.

According to the Arizona Republic, “the move effectively stripped two squads of Sheriff’s Office deputies from a statewide multi-agency team designed to go after crimes dealing with human smuggling. It also took away Arpaio’s ability to tap some of the squad members to supplement immigration sweeps at the state’s expense.”

Sheriff Arpaio accused the governor of orchestrating with others to pull money from his department as political revenge. Meanwhile, House Speaker Jim Weiers, R-Phoenix, is calling for an audit of the Department of Public Safety.

Sheriff Arpaio is quoted by the Republic as saying, “what happened today is a ruse; it’s an effort to fool the public. A felony-warrant task force … is a cover up for taking away grant money, my money given to me by the Legislature, to fight illegal immigration.”

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