Arizona’s largest city is taking action to attract more women police officers. The Phoenix Police Department recently signed a 30 by 30 Pledge, a national initiative to recruit and retain more women officers.

The Phoenix Police Department is expanding its pilot program to give 800 officers over the next two years more forms of non-lethal equipment. That includes pepperball launchers, which create a cloud of chemical irritant that disorients people. So, what exactly are non-lethal weapons? And how safe are they?

During her first State of the State address this week, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs told members of the press she wants Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to visit the Arizona-Sonora border.
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Customs and Border Protection is set to begin construction this week on a project to close gaps in the U.S.-Mexico border wall built under former President Donald Trump in Yuma.

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.

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.

Former Tucson police chief turned Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus will join an organization focused on police reform.

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.

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.