Gotta LOVE Joe!

[azsnowman]

My hero, my buddy STRIKES again........I swear, if every town, city, county, state had a sheriff like ol' Joe, this world would be a BETTER place!

http://www.azcentral.com

Bright pink handcuffs latest additional to sheriff's arsenal

Jan. 13, 2005 12:00 AM

First it was pink underwear. Then pink sheets. And now it's pink handcuffs.

Starting today, Maricopa County sheriff's deputies will begin using fluorescent pink handcuffs to transport inmates.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio said he got so tired of losing handcuffs to his own deputies and other law enforcement agencies, he wanted to put a stop to it. So he ordered 1,000 hot-pink handcuffs, which are made in England, at $19.44 each. (The regular ones cost $18.84 a pop.)

"We presume nobody else has pink handcuffs, so we can spot them and know they're ours," he said.

The sheriff bet that even stores like Castle Boutique don't carry pink handcuffs. But in fact, they do. The Castle Boutique on Camelback Road sells pink metal handcuffs for $9.99.

Patrol deputies will still carry the normal silver cuffs, which they pay for on their own.