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Rallying AZ taxpayers to end federal overreach in Maricopa County. Speech safeguarded by 1 Amendment & Pickering Case Law.

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SaveMCSO@SaveMcso·
Who Created SaveMCSO SaveMCSO was founded by a lifelong resident, taxpayer, and voter of Maricopa County who proudly calls this community home. I have dedicated my life to public service — first as a United States Marine, and for the past 21 years as a law enforcement professional with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. My career has included roles as a Detention Officer, Patrol Deputy, and for the past decade, Deputy Sergeant serving as both a frontline patrol supervisor and an Internal Affairs Investigator responsible for investigating allegations of law enforcement misconduct. Through these experiences, I have gained firsthand insight into the effects of the Melendres litigation and how it has impacted the agency, its personnel, and the taxpayers who ultimately bear its costs. The opinions expressed through SaveMCSO are my own, shared solely as a private citizen, and not in any official capacity as an employee or peace officer. This platform exists as an exercise of First Amendment rights, protected under the Constitution and supported by Pickering v. Board of Education, 391 U.S. 563 (1968), which affirms that public employees retain the right to speak out on matters of public concern as private citizens. SaveMCSO is not about politics — it’s about accountability, transparency, and fairness. It’s about ensuring that Maricopa County residents and taxpayers are not indefinitely burdened by unchecked judicial oversight or for-profit monitoring systems. It’s about protecting our community, our agency, and our future — so that our children aren’t left to pay the price of perpetual litigation. Law enforcement should be nonpartisan, community-focused, and centered on justice and safety for all people of Maricopa County. That is the mission of SaveMCSO.
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This 14-second clip is exactly why Congressman Andy Biggs’ “Monitor Accountability Act” is so important. For more than 11 years, Maricopa County taxpayers have funded the Melendres monitoring system at a cost exceeding $302 MILLION. Monitor fees alone exceeded $30 million, while identified victim compensation totaled roughly $266,000. Yes he is still profiting and has made over 100 times more compensation than all the “Victims” combined. Now watch as Monitor Robert Warshaw tells concerned taxpayers that information regarding how their tax dollars are being spent is “not for public consumption.” Keep in mind he is getting away with this because Federal Judge Snow sealed the invoices from public view in 2014-2015 That mindset is precisely why transparency protections are needed. Not to get rid of oversight but to benefit the taxpayers. The Monitor Accountability Act would require: • Public accounting of monitor spending • Transparency for taxpayers • Term limits for monitors • Judicial rotation after lengthy oversight • Public comment before monitor appointments This is not about politics. It is about ensuring constitutional oversight remains accountable to the people funding it. Oversight matters. Civil rights matter. But taxpayer transparency matters too.

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Outstanding analysis of the bogus lawsuit filed against former Sheriff Joe Arpaio over supposed racial profiling (happened after I was his attorney). I wrote this article last year about how SCOTUS has now ruled that racial profiling is acceptable, so why are us Maricopa County taxpayers still paying for monitoring? townhall.com/columnists/rac…
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Melendres/ Maricopa County Oversight what is really going on: Lightning Lifetime Odds: • National Weather Service: about 1 in 15,300 lifetime odds of being struck. Experiencing Bias-Based Profiling by MCSO: • Based on the Melendres v. Arpaio litigation identifying 5 victims from 4 traffic stops, compared against approximately 240,000 annual MCSO incidents, the implied rate is about 1 victim per 48,000 MCSO incidents, or roughly 0.002% per contact. Even across multiple lifetime contacts, the estimated odds remain extremely low unless a person has repeated direct enforcement contacts with MCSO. Comparison: Lightning vs. Being Racially Profiled A person is roughly 3 times more likely to be struck by lightning in their lifetime than to be one of the 5 identified Melendres victims relative to total MCSO incidents. Judicial Bias: The research is clear, bias isn’t the exception, it’s the baseline. Studies show cognitive bias is widespread across the entire justice system, so the odds a judge has some level of bias aren’t 1 in 10 or 1 in 100—they’re effectively 1 in 1. The real issue is when that bias starts influencing outcomes. Zhang, X., & Hayward, T. (2024). Cognitive bias in legal decision-making: A review of its impact on the justice system. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, Article 12024198. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.… Comparison: Falling Victim to Bias-Based Decision-Making from a Federal Judge vs. MCSO Using the same incident-based comparison, a person is roughly 45,900 times more likely to encounter some level of human cognitive bias from a judge than to be one of the five identified Melendres victims. Even using a conservative 50% bias-impact estimate, it is still about 22,950 times more likely. Judge Snow’s Ruling (2013 Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law): • The order is ~140+ pages long • Contains hundreds of numbered factual findings • Each finding is based on: o testimony o exhibits o expert reports o credibility determinations Melendres wasn’t decided by counting violations. It was decided by interpreting patterns. And once a pattern becomes the story, human nature and the science of confirmation bias suggests that the rest of the evidence tends to follow it. When one judge turns hundreds of pieces of evidence into one story, the real question is—did the evidence drive the conclusion, or did the conclusion shape the evidence? After all, Joe Arpaio investigated Murray Snow and his wife—maybe there was a score to settle. Associated Press. (2015, April 24). Ariz. sheriff Joe Arpaio admits investigation of judge’s wife. CBS News. cbsnews.com/news/arizona-s… Disproportionate Costs: I’ve said it before: the “victims” have been paid $266,000 combined, the American Civil Liberties Union has made $14 million off the victims they represent, and Judge Snow’s monitor has been paid 100 times more than all the victims combined, at over $30 million. No wonder Judge Snow sealed his monitor’s expense records in 2015, hiding them from public view. I thought being deceptive was against the judicial canons of justice. And I thought he was the Peoples Judge and not leaning to one side, that why they were black after all and not blue or red. @GoldwaterInst @RepAndyBiggsAZ @JudiciaryGOP @JudicialWatch #corruption #grift #judge @JDVance #draintheswamp @ShawnRyan762 did you get my email??? @BroomheadShow @KTAR923 @azfamily @AbeWarRoom

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@Rach_IC And this is the monitor that Judge Snow selects to oversee our Sheriff’s Office and our Tax Dollars. Listen for his response when the public asks about why his and the court invoices are sealed:
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This 14-second clip is exactly why Congressman Andy Biggs’ “Monitor Accountability Act” is so important. For more than 11 years, Maricopa County taxpayers have funded the Melendres monitoring system at a cost exceeding $302 MILLION. Monitor fees alone exceeded $30 million, while identified victim compensation totaled roughly $266,000. Yes he is still profiting and has made over 100 times more compensation than all the “Victims” combined. Now watch as Monitor Robert Warshaw tells concerned taxpayers that information regarding how their tax dollars are being spent is “not for public consumption.” Keep in mind he is getting away with this because Federal Judge Snow sealed the invoices from public view in 2014-2015 That mindset is precisely why transparency protections are needed. Not to get rid of oversight but to benefit the taxpayers. The Monitor Accountability Act would require: • Public accounting of monitor spending • Transparency for taxpayers • Term limits for monitors • Judicial rotation after lengthy oversight • Public comment before monitor appointments This is not about politics. It is about ensuring constitutional oversight remains accountable to the people funding it. Oversight matters. Civil rights matter. But taxpayer transparency matters too.

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@YouWishUwere4US To the Judges Court Appointed monitor, and the Monotors attorney requested the records sealed and the Federal Judge sealed then from public view despite it being our tax dollars
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You Wish@YouWishUwere4US·
@SaveMcso $30 FREAKING MILLION DOLLARS TO A JUDGE??? What? What did I just read?
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Melendres/ Maricopa County Oversight what is really going on: Lightning Lifetime Odds: • National Weather Service: about 1 in 15,300 lifetime odds of being struck. Experiencing Bias-Based Profiling by MCSO: • Based on the Melendres v. Arpaio litigation identifying 5 victims from 4 traffic stops, compared against approximately 240,000 annual MCSO incidents, the implied rate is about 1 victim per 48,000 MCSO incidents, or roughly 0.002% per contact. Even across multiple lifetime contacts, the estimated odds remain extremely low unless a person has repeated direct enforcement contacts with MCSO. Comparison: Lightning vs. Being Racially Profiled A person is roughly 3 times more likely to be struck by lightning in their lifetime than to be one of the 5 identified Melendres victims relative to total MCSO incidents. Judicial Bias: The research is clear, bias isn’t the exception, it’s the baseline. Studies show cognitive bias is widespread across the entire justice system, so the odds a judge has some level of bias aren’t 1 in 10 or 1 in 100—they’re effectively 1 in 1. The real issue is when that bias starts influencing outcomes. Zhang, X., & Hayward, T. (2024). Cognitive bias in legal decision-making: A review of its impact on the justice system. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, Article 12024198. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.… Comparison: Falling Victim to Bias-Based Decision-Making from a Federal Judge vs. MCSO Using the same incident-based comparison, a person is roughly 45,900 times more likely to encounter some level of human cognitive bias from a judge than to be one of the five identified Melendres victims. Even using a conservative 50% bias-impact estimate, it is still about 22,950 times more likely. Judge Snow’s Ruling (2013 Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law): • The order is ~140+ pages long • Contains hundreds of numbered factual findings • Each finding is based on: o testimony o exhibits o expert reports o credibility determinations Melendres wasn’t decided by counting violations. It was decided by interpreting patterns. And once a pattern becomes the story, human nature and the science of confirmation bias suggests that the rest of the evidence tends to follow it. When one judge turns hundreds of pieces of evidence into one story, the real question is—did the evidence drive the conclusion, or did the conclusion shape the evidence? After all, Joe Arpaio investigated Murray Snow and his wife—maybe there was a score to settle. Associated Press. (2015, April 24). Ariz. sheriff Joe Arpaio admits investigation of judge’s wife. CBS News. cbsnews.com/news/arizona-s… Disproportionate Costs: I’ve said it before: the “victims” have been paid $266,000 combined, the American Civil Liberties Union has made $14 million off the victims they represent, and Judge Snow’s monitor has been paid 100 times more than all the victims combined, at over $30 million. No wonder Judge Snow sealed his monitor’s expense records in 2015, hiding them from public view. I thought being deceptive was against the judicial canons of justice. And I thought he was the Peoples Judge and not leaning to one side, that why they were black after all and not blue or red. @GoldwaterInst @RepAndyBiggsAZ @JudiciaryGOP @JudicialWatch #corruption #grift #judge @JDVance #draintheswamp @ShawnRyan762 did you get my email??? @BroomheadShow @KTAR923 @azfamily @AbeWarRoom
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@KTAR923 @MarkStewart_AZ That is absolutely amazing, especially given that a Federal Judge is ordering our tax dollars to an out of state for profit monitor. Why can’t DPS Do it they are already tax funded by the people.
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Officials gave tentative approval Monday to a new Maricopa County budget that cuts the metro Phoenix property tax rate for a sixth consecutive year. ktar.com/arizona-news/m…
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Will the Senate vote for the people or for the for profit machine that indirectly funds campaigns: The House has now passed H.R. 8365 — the “Monitor Accountability Act” — and the bill now heads toward the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. The American people deserve to know: Will the Senate vote for transparency, accountability, and taxpayers… or will politics and private industry interests tied to endless federal litigation prevail? For years, Americans have watched court-appointed monitoring systems grow into massive taxpayer-funded industries involving attorneys, consultants, and monitors with limited public accountability. Critics argue some organizations involved in this broader litigation ecosystem have historically aligned financially and politically with Democratic causes and candidates — raising concerns about conflicts of interest and partisan incentives. Now the Senate Judiciary Committee will play a major role in deciding whether meaningful monitor reform moves forward. Current Senate Judiciary Committee: Chairman @ChuckGrassley @LindseyGrahamSC @JohnCornyn @BasedMikeLee @tedcruz @HawleyMO @SenJohnKennedy @SenThomTillis @MarshaBlackburn @SenKatieBritt @AshleyMoodyFL @Eric_Schmitt Ranking Member @SenatorDurbin @SenWhitehouse @amyklobuchar @ChrisCoons @SenBlumenthal @maziehirono @CoryBooker @AlexPadilla4CA @PeterWelch @AdamSchiff Arizona voters also deserve clear answers from: @SenMarkKelly @RubenGallego Will they support transparency and limits on indefinite federal monitoring systems funded by taxpayers? Or will they oppose reform? The public is watching, Democrats, Republicans and Independents deserve to know where their tax dollars are going and to not have them abused. #HR8365 #MonitorAccountabilityAct #JudicialReform #GovernmentTransparency #TaxpayerRights #FederalOversight #ConsentDecree #CourtMonitor #Arizona #MCSO #TransparencyMatters #Accountability #Politics #Oversight #WeThePeople
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Unfortunately the ACLU has donated almost half a billion dollars to the DNC since 2020 so I fear the DNC will want to keep their campaign cash cow and turn a blind eye to the people they are sworn to serve. I’m only thinking this since all the AZ Dem Congressmen already showed that private industry and sealed invoices of tax dollars spent was more important than the people.
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AquaPig
AquaPig@TempleRobber·
@SaveMcso Honestly, WHO would vote against a transparency bill.. Lol, I have an idea and could probably name each one. If fact, I will create a list of names and compare against the vote, timestamp it, and then compare afterward. Internally, because transparency sucks according to them...
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SaveMCSO@SaveMcso·
@FreeMCSO Exactly, Dems, GOP, and Independents are all being taken advantage of by perpetual litigation for these orders. The money is in the treatment not the cure! @broomheadKTAR
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Bamboozled Tax Payers@FreeMCSO·
@SaveMcso Unfortunately, they won't if they're lap dogs. A vote for this would let alot of both sides of the political spectrum know, they actually care about the citizen/taxpayer and public safety. Let's see who does, and more importantly wh DON'T VOTE FOR IT...
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SaveMCSO@SaveMcso·
It’s disgusting thinking of the biased Judge who did all this because he hated Arpaio is willing to destroy the county. You are literally three times more likely to be struck by lightning than experience Bias from a Deputy but somehow he said it was systemic so he could get his chronie in to profit off our tax dollars
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This 14-second clip is exactly why Congressman Andy Biggs’ “Monitor Accountability Act” is so important. For more than 11 years, Maricopa County taxpayers have funded the Melendres monitoring system at a cost exceeding $302 MILLION. Monitor fees alone exceeded $30 million, while identified victim compensation totaled roughly $266,000. Yes he is still profiting and has made over 100 times more compensation than all the “Victims” combined. Now watch as Monitor Robert Warshaw tells concerned taxpayers that information regarding how their tax dollars are being spent is “not for public consumption.” Keep in mind he is getting away with this because Federal Judge Snow sealed the invoices from public view in 2014-2015 That mindset is precisely why transparency protections are needed. Not to get rid of oversight but to benefit the taxpayers. The Monitor Accountability Act would require: • Public accounting of monitor spending • Transparency for taxpayers • Term limits for monitors • Judicial rotation after lengthy oversight • Public comment before monitor appointments This is not about politics. It is about ensuring constitutional oversight remains accountable to the people funding it. Oversight matters. Civil rights matter. But taxpayer transparency matters too.
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Congratulations to @RepAndyBiggsAZ on passage of H.R. 8365, the Monitor Accountability Act. This bill brings much-needed transparency, time limits, and cost controls to federal court monitors so taxpayers aren’t stuck funding endless, unaccountable oversight.
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Even for the sake of argument, Joe Arpaio had to go, why are the taxpayers still funding the monitor after we have had 4 different sheriffs and administrations comply with the court order. And to answer your questions how much was it worth. The 5, not thousands of victims albeit 1 is too many shared $266,000 in compensation when their Attorneys have made over 14 million more than all the people they claim to represent, and the monitor well over 30 million over 100 times more than all the victims. This bill is a method to curtail private entities making so much money. The taxpayers deserve swift justice and the monitor should be expected to make sure the agency is in compliance for the peoples sake. Children were born in 2008 when all this started, they can vote now just for a visual on how long this monitor and Judge have taken.
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Anders Kek@KekAnders·
@RepAndyBiggsAZ We'll tell you when accountability is satisfied. You supported them, you elected them, and you enabled them. How much was it worth it to you to violate the civil & constitutional rights of U.S. citizens? You're not even close yet.
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The Monitor Accountability Act has passed the U.S. House!
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This truly is a non partisan bill for a larger issue effecting tax dollars all over the country. Obviously, Maricopa County is an example, but Detroit and Oakland amongst other jurisdictions. It will not eliminate agencies compliance to court orders but finally have clear guardrails for the Judge and Monitor to follow to preserve the public trust. #nonpartisan @AZPoliceAssc @PORACalifornia @azplea @AZTroopers @mesampa
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I appreciate the @WhiteHouse's support for my Monitor Accountability Act. It's time to restore oversight to these federal monitors and ensure that law enforcement agencies across the country can focus on public safety.
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@RepAndyBiggsAZ Thank you so much Congressman Biggs, the people deperately need this! Here is a clip from the Courts Monitor from July of 2025 x.com/savemcso/statu…
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This 14-second clip is exactly why Congressman Andy Biggs’ “Monitor Accountability Act” is so important. For more than 11 years, Maricopa County taxpayers have funded the Melendres monitoring system at a cost exceeding $302 MILLION. Monitor fees alone exceeded $30 million, while identified victim compensation totaled roughly $266,000. Yes he is still profiting and has made over 100 times more compensation than all the “Victims” combined. Now watch as Monitor Robert Warshaw tells concerned taxpayers that information regarding how their tax dollars are being spent is “not for public consumption.” Keep in mind he is getting away with this because Federal Judge Snow sealed the invoices from public view in 2014-2015 That mindset is precisely why transparency protections are needed. Not to get rid of oversight but to benefit the taxpayers. The Monitor Accountability Act would require: • Public accounting of monitor spending • Transparency for taxpayers • Term limits for monitors • Judicial rotation after lengthy oversight • Public comment before monitor appointments This is not about politics. It is about ensuring constitutional oversight remains accountable to the people funding it. Oversight matters. Civil rights matter. But taxpayer transparency matters too.

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Rep Andy Biggs@RepAndyBiggsAZ·
Find out what’s REALLY going on in the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. Watch my podcast with Jon Riches from the Goldwater Institute - LIVE here ⬇️ youtu.be/GhV8xXDKwlg
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