Sheriff Joe Arpaio 's apparent use of racial and ethnic profiling will cost Maricopa County , Arizona , at least $ 22 million , according to the county . A court ruled in May that Arpaio 's routine handling of people of Latino descent was not tough enforcement of immigration laws , but instead amounted to racial and ethnic profiling . The sheriff 's office had a history of targeting vehicles with occupants with darker skin or Latino heritage , scrutinizing them more strictly and detaining them more often , U.S. District Judge Murray Snow ruled . The sheriff 's lawyers dispute the judge 's conclusion and Arpaio is appealing the decision . Meanwhile , the judge ordered a monitor to oversee retraining in the sheriff 's office and the creation of a community advisory board . Over the next 1½ years , the county will have to pay $ 21,943,107 for the monitor and the retraining , according to county budget records . Each year after that it will cost $ 10 million to keep it going , according to Maricopa County spokeswoman Cari Gerchick . The money will come from the county 's general fund , Gerchick said , and it 's not clear if cuts are needed in other areas to find the money . Maricopa County , which includes Phoenix , has a total budget of $ 2.2 billion .
Maricopa County , Arizona , must pay $ 22 million to monitor and retrain sheriff 's officers . Comment: Arpaio is appealing the decision . The money will come out of the general budget , a spokeswoman says .