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Board approves sheriff MOUs including FinCEN access; supervisors debate privacy, warrants and oversight
Summary
The Board approved interagency agreements including a Treasury FinCEN MOU that allows the sheriff’s office to query flagged financial transaction data. The vote on the MOU package passed after a motion to reconsider one item; the final vote on the FinCEN item was 4–1. Public speakers raised Fourth Amendment and warrant concerns.
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors approved three intergovernmental MOUs brought by the Sheriff’s Office that include an agreement with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a Treasury Department entity that aggregates financial‑reporting data. The items were taken together; after discussion and public comment the board ultimately approved them, and a subsequent reconsideration produced a final 4–1 vote on the FinCEN item.
Jim Prindiville, chief financial officer for the sheriff, explained the FinCEN MOU gives the sheriff’s investigations bureau controlled access to FinCEN’s database of flagged banking transactions — typically records of certain large or…
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