Saban says he'll dismantle human smuggling unit

Maricopa County sheriff candidate Dan Saban said Tuesday he would dismantle the sheriff's controversial human smuggling unit and reassign the personnel to several multiagency task forces. Saban's plan strikes at the core of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's efforts to focus the sheriff's office on enforcing state and federal illegal immigration policy. Saban lagging in campaign fundraising bid Saban Smart Car: Not exactly a sheriffs steed The redeployment would focus the agency's limited manpower on rooting out "serious" criminals, Saban said. Saban, a Democrat who is making his second attempt to unseat Arpaio, a four-term incumbent Republican, outlined his plan during a news conference in Phoenix on Tuesday. According to his plan: Eleven sheriff's office employees would be reassigned to a force headed by the U.S. Marshals Service that... [read full story]