PERCENTAGE OF ANNUAL STATEWIDE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS ON OFFICERS IN MARICOPA COUNTY Police officers in Maricopa County claim they are assaulted at a higher rate than elsewhere in Arizona, and Sheriff...

Peter Pilat walks from room to room in a massive “Food Factory” warehouse in Phoenix, overseeing as Maricopa County inmates assist guards in packaging peanut butter and washing fruit. The county’s...