Law Enforcement
A Wall Street Journal reporter was on assignment when he was handcuffed and detained by a Phoenix police officer in November. Now, after a cellphone video of the incident went public last week, police say an administrative investigation is underway.
Jan. 6, 2023
President Joe Biden will visit Mexico next week for the first time as president to attend the North American Leaders’ Summit.
Jan. 6, 2023
The trial date for a polygamous sect leader charged with kidnapping and tampering with evidence in a federal investigation into his community on the Utah-Arizona border has been pushed back.
Jan. 6, 2023
A cartel leader who escaped prison in northern Mexico on Sunday was killed by Mexican security forces Thursday.
Jan. 5, 2023
Former Tucson police chief turned Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus will join an organization focused on police reform.
Jan. 5, 2023
Contractors hired by the state of Arizona have started dismantling a makeshift border wall made of out shipping containers in Yuma and Cochise counties. Protesters who stopped work in Cochise County say they want to partner with the U.S. Forest Service to ensure the construction doesn't cause more harm.
Jan. 3, 2023
The small town of nearly 3,000 is almost three hours southwest of Douglas. The commander was joined by other police officers, though Sonoran Gov. Alfonso Durazo later said that a pair of them had failed to take tests intended to ensure the trustworthiness of cops.
Jan. 3, 2023
Nine people were killed in a coastal Sonoran town Thursday that has seen growing violence in recent months.
Dec. 30, 2022
Construction is underway for a public safety facility in northeast Mesa. It will include the first new police substation in nearly 10 years. Since then, much of the city’s growth has been concentrated on the east side.
Dec. 30, 2022
After months of scrutiny from environmentalists, immigration advocates and the U.S. government, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is taking down the shipping containers he had seemingly illegally put up.
Dec. 30, 2022
Title 42 allows border agents to turn away migrants, on the grounds of COVID-19, before they can seek asylum. When President Joe Biden tried to dismantle it, a group of 19 Republican state attorneys general sued.
Dec. 30, 2022
A former Border Patrol agent was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison on various corruption and weapons charges. Ramon Monreal-Rodriguez, a former Tucson-area agent, was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison and ordered to pay $151,000 in restitution to the U.S. Border Patrol.
Dec. 29, 2022
A polygamous leader from a community on the Utah-Arizona border pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to federal charges of kidnapping, and tampering with and destroying evidence.
Dec. 29, 2022
Authorities are warning of a rise in “sextortion” cases. Scammers target children online and coerce them into sending explicit photos. Then, the scammers demand money or threaten to release them. Akil Davis is the FBI special agent in charge of the Phoenix field office.
Dec. 21, 2022
Sonora’s governor says recent arrests will reduce outbursts of violence that have wracked several cities in recent weeks.
Dec. 15, 2022
More Phoenix police officers will be getting non-lethal weapons after the City Council approved $700,000 to expand a pilot program.
Dec. 15, 2022
This month an appeals court in California heard arguments for a case challenging an old, widely-used criminal statute that makes entering the U.S. after being deported a felony.
Dec. 14, 2022
The controversial protocol is set to end on Dec. 21 after almost three years thanks to a federal court ruling in Washington, D.C., that found its use was "arbitrary and capricious." But the battle over its future continues.
Dec. 13, 2022
A wrongful-death claim has been filed against the City of Tempe over the drowning of an unsheltered man in Tempe Town Lake in May.
Dec. 10, 2022
The leaders of two southern Arizona tribes have been appointed to join the Tribal Homeland Security Advisory Council.
Dec. 7, 2022
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