Klein v. Pima County Law Enforcement Merit System Council

OPINION

HOWARD, Judge.

The facts, which are not in dispute, are as follows. Prior to July 19, 1969, each of the appellants was appointed in writing as a deputy sheriff of Pima County by the then sheriff, Waldon V. Burr. According to Sheriff Burr they had the power of arrest and the right to enforce all the Arizona statutes in the same manner as he had. Sheriff Burr appointed all his employees as deputy sheriffs because of the small number of employees on his staff which required interchanging of deputies in order to cover departments which became understaffed for any reason. Furthermore,…