Arpaio and his wife, Ava, were riding in a Chrysler convertible. When asked about what he thought of the ride, Arpaio implied that it wasn't his first choice. "I had to give up my tank. They took it away, the military," he said.
Poor Joe was referring to a military tank his department had once had through the Government's 1033 program. Unfortunately, because Sheriff Joe Arpaio wasn't very responsible with his new toys, they were taken away.
Arpaio's agency was suspended from the program in 2012 because it was missing eight handguns and one M-16 rifle from among the hundreds of weapons it received through the program. Arpaio said his office tried but failed to locate the missing weapons, including checking whether retired deputies had them.
For the foreseeable future, Sheriff Joe will have to ride pedestrian level cars and look at the waving riffraff closer to eye level.
"That's all right. I'll get another one," he said, although not identifying how he will make that happen.
My guess is that he's already had the 3-story high pictures of his face printed.