Product Details

• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Mpi Home Video
• DVD Release Date: February 28, 2006
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BT96O6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #179,222 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

America’s Toughest Sheriff follows the popular and often-controversial law enforcement figure, Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Arpaio presides over Maricopa County in Arizona, the fourth-largest county in the U.S. This documentary takes you inside his no-nonsense approach to incarceration. His well-known deterrents include tent cities housing over 1,000 inmates, old-fashioned prison stripes complete with standard issue pink underwear and female chain gangs.

The media-friendly Arpaio has received high praise for his unorthodox methods and purported tax-saving measures. But, not everyone is pro-Joe. Civil rights groups, including Amnesty International, have expressed outrage over jail conditions and complaints of alleged inmate abuse. Others question the staff’s potential misuse of stun guns and pepper spray and the practicality of his 3,000 member volunteer posse.

Love him or hate him, Joe Arpaio is toughest sheriff in the West.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One Tough Sheriff, July 15, 2006

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RGantt - See all my reviews

This review is from: America's Toughest Sheriff: Sheriff Joe Arpaio (DVD)

I enjoyed this Documentary on Sheriff Joe Arpaio. I believe in his way of law enforcement, maybe we should have more sheriffs/law enforcers like him. People have a choice in life and if they break the law they should be held accountable for their actions. Keep up the good work Sheriff.

3.0 out of 5 stars Good for discussion starter, January 22, 2012

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This review is from: America's Toughest Sheriff: Sheriff Joe Arpaio (DVD)

I have been in law enforcement for 15 years... spent 2 years of that working for this man. Let me tell you, he is a pompus showboating pig. That being said, this video does give the perfect debate prompts. The discussions in class that followed this video were great.

Instructor aware note: There is a brief moment of nudity in this video at the biker scene in which breasts are shown in full frontal. Probably not a big deal for college but this was high school. (OOPS!)

5.0 out of 5 stars Americas Toughest Sheriff, October 22, 2011

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Captrap - See all my reviews

This review is from: America's Toughest Sheriff: Sheriff Joe Arpaio (DVD)

I ordered this video for a Police Recruit Class that I teach. I have shown this in every class for the past two years. It is a great video. I respect this sheriff very and his ways on how he does things. He tells it like it is and it shows because he has been elected many times. If you can recall he is the sheriff who put inmates in tents, and changed the clothes on what the inmates where. He also cut down on lunches savings thousands of dollars fot the county. Overall I think it is worth buying and it should be noted he still is the sheriff as of tody (10-22-11)