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Arizona Judge Tells Sheriff "Reveal Password Or Face Contempt"

Posted by timothy on from the life-in-these-united-states dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Four days ago, deputies from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in Arizona conducted a raid against the county government building hosting computers for a law enforcement database. After threatening to arrest county employees who would stop them, the officers proceeded to secure the room and promptly changed passwords on many of the servers. In a hearing on Friday, a Superior Court judge threatened to hold members of the Sheriff's Office in contempt if they did not reveal the passwords by next Wednesday. Following this, the Sheriff's Office claimed to be conducting an investigation against other Superior Court judges. Courts have asked for passwords before, but never under conditions like this."

7 of 624 comments (clear)

  1. And on that note... by Gordonjcp · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... am I the only one thinking "block the doors, trip the halon"?

  2. Mods, please be responsible. by Moryath · · Score: 4, Funny

    How the hell does a post whose entire content is "fuck you, [name]" get modded "insightful"?

    1. Re:Mods, please be responsible. by BollocksToThis · · Score: 4, Funny

      After checking the definition of 'insight', I decided you were off your rocker.

      After considering the full meaning of "most of [the] people here", I changed my mind again. When dealing with the majority of Slashdot, useful definitions for words have pretty much no place in the proceedings :)

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  3. Re:Good afternoon, Arizonians, by masshuu · · Score: 5, Funny

    +----------+
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    the sign is there for a reason.
    Feeding trolls and flamebaits can lead to excessive burns and karma loss

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  4. but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sheriff Joe is an old man, can't they just check the post it note under the keyboard? Boom, Problem Solved.

  5. Re:Summary doesn't make it clear... by chill · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, what you're proposing is, because Nicolas Cage made multiple movies, Joe Arpaio's methodologies on running a correctional facility are a failure?

    Sir, you make a compelling case. I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

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  6. Re:On behalf of arizona... by siliconincdotnet · · Score: 5, Funny

    Come to New Orleans. The only difference between the criminals and the police is a uniform.

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