Law Enforcement
Though many cities have announced efforts to step up training and focus on mental health issues, it can still be a challenge. To better understand what challenges departments are facing, The Show spoke with Amanda Stamps, a longtime Mesa police officer and program coordinator for the department’s Crisis Intervention Team.
Jan. 12, 2022
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday for a pair of cases that asked whether the government should be allowed to detain non-citizens indefinitely.
Jan. 11, 2022
This month, CBP released an interactive document showing how rugged border wilderness in the counties, most of which is public land, has been impacted by the Trump administration’s 30-foot steel border wall.
Jan. 11, 2022
The town of Queen Creek has launched its own police force after decades of using the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.
Jan. 11, 2022
The area in northern Sonora has seen regular flare-ups of extreme violence in recent years.
Jan. 7, 2022
Officials with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were in the Sonoran capital Hermosillo this week to provide training meant to help counter cross-border gun trafficking.
Jan. 6, 2022
A Tucson police officer who shot and killed a man in a motorized wheelchair last year has been fired. Former Tucson Police Department Chief Chris Magnus first moved to fire Officer Ryan Remington days after the incident, saying his use of deadly force violated the department’s policies.
Jan. 5, 2022
Federal prosecutors have agreed to a plea deal with a defendant charged in an international cactus trafficking scheme in northern Arizona.
Jan. 5, 2022
State Sen. Wendy Rogers wants to appropriate $700 million in state funds to pay for a border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. She didn’t respond to questions about where construction would take place or how the cost could be justified.
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Jan. 3, 2022
As hundreds of asylum seekers from Haiti continue to arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border, aid groups say they're running out of resources to help.
Dec. 30, 2021
Police say they have arrested a man in connection with the vandalism of a Tucson synagogue and are investigating an unrelated attack on a local mosque.
Dec. 30, 2021
The Arizona Department of Transportation will assign nearly 140 sworn officers and other state workers to a Department of Public Safety task force for commercial vehicle enforcement, state officials said.
Dec. 24, 2021
Arrested on suspicion of bank fraud and plotting to launder money, a Phoenix police officer recently quit her job before the department could fire her. Toni Richardson has pleaded not guilty to crimes that federal prosecutors say are part of a multimillion-dollar lending scheme involving at least eight others.
Dec. 22, 2021
The first phase of the program will roll out in a handful of U.S. cities and have officers with the agency’s Homeland Security Investigations wear cameras during pre-planned operations.
Dec. 21, 2021
A documentary film entitled “Somebody’s Daughter” is designed to bring attention to the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women and was screened in Phoenix on Saturday evening.
Dec. 18, 2021
Every holiday season, the Salvation Army ramps up its efforts to raise money with its red kettle campaign. The group’s Maryvale center had only raised 26% of its goal for the season when thieves broke in and stole two laptop computers and $500.
Dec. 16, 2021
Pima County Attorney Laura Conover says she won’t be prosecuting people for simple drug possession due to pandemic-related risks. Conover says the move was intended to protect both Pima County jail employees and people who are detained due to the surging threat of COVID-19.
Dec. 15, 2021
A story in Military Times by reporter Davis Winkie revealed some disturbing truths about a group of Guard personnel who were sent to the southern border. Many were frustrated by a lack of direction and limited access to needed equipment, while others were accused of crimes — including drug use and sexual assault.
Dec. 15, 2021
A Phoenix police officer is hospitalized in critical condition after being shot multiple times overnight.
Dec. 14, 2021
A Phoenix police officer whose fatal shooting of an Ahwatukee man last year cost the city a $3 million settlement got his job back this week. The Phoenix Civil Service Board reinstated Jeff Cooke after the police chief moved this summer to fire him.
Dec. 10, 2021
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