Law Enforcement
A memo from Customs and Border Protection says it will stop using Critical Incident Teams, the internal Border Patrol units accused of interfering with outside investigations into agent conduct.
May. 9, 2022
The former director of the Arizona Department of Corrections has been indicted on two felony charges in connection with a January standoff at his home. But Charles Ryan is not being charged with the most severe crimes that Tempe police said he committed.
May. 6, 2022
A former sheriff’s deputy has been arrested after police say he crashed weddings throughout the East Valley and stole thousands of dollars worth of cash gifts.
May. 6, 2022
Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels testified on Capitol Hill last week that crime on the border is at an “all-time high” amid record numbers of apprehensions of migrants there.
May. 5, 2022
As the Phoenix City Council prepares to approve a new budget to start in July, some members are already looking ahead to the next year.
May. 3, 2022
The Phoenix police chief says she is retiring after nearly six years on the job. Jeri Williams is set to leave a department still under a civil rights investigation by the U.S. Justice Department.
May. 3, 2022
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer stationed at the Douglas Port of Entry is accused of sexually assaulting a minor.
Apr. 29, 2022
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court ruled that criminal defense attorneys in Arizona are now free to challenge a state law that prohibits them from directly contacting crime victims and their families.
Apr. 28, 2022
A new report from the advocacy group Human Rights First documents the harm asylum seekers face in U.S. detention facilities. The group is calling for the Biden administration to stop detaining people seeking refuge in the United States.
Apr. 21, 2022
Gov. Doug Ducey and 25 other governors launched a Border Strike Force April 18 that will be modeled after the one he launched in Arizona in 2015. But an investigation by the Arizona Republic found Ducey’s Border Strike Force hasn’t been nearly as successful as he has made it out to be.
Apr. 21, 2022
Police say a teen has been arrested for several threats made over the phone to schools and businesses in the Valley. But, the arrest was made near Manchester, England. Scottsdale police spokesperson Aaron Bolin says it’s unclear why the teen targeted Arizona.
Apr. 17, 2022
Prosecutors have asked the Arizona Supreme Court to call off a mental-fitness hearing for death-row prisoner Clarence Dixon. The exam may delay the state’s first execution since 2014.
Apr. 16, 2022
The FBI is now involved in a statewide manhunt for a suspect accused of wounding a Phoenix police officer in a gas-station shootout on Thursday. Police say the officer was shot by 35-year-old Nicholas Cowan while interviewing Cowan's girlfriend regarding a domestic violence call.
Apr. 15, 2022
Mesa is looking for volunteers and the city is holding a recruitment fair this Wednesday from 4-6 p.m. at Mesa Arts Center Outdoor Alliance Pavilion at 1 E. Main St.
Apr. 14, 2022
The United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances released new findings this week about the soaring number of disappearances in Mexico, saying the country has become a place where disappearances are "the perfect crime."
Apr. 13, 2022
Gallego talked about work by the police department, which is chronically short-staffed, and under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department.
Apr. 8, 2022
A new book by Chris Fabricant, director of the Innocence Project, sheds light on what he calls the broken, racist justice system in our country. It’s called, "Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System."
Apr. 7, 2022
Republicans and some Democrats in Washington are aiming to keep a Trump-era public health policy restricting asylum at the border in place by tying it to a sweeping COVID-19 spending bill.
Apr. 6, 2022
Customs and Border Protection says it will soon start work on a series of remediation projects on some parts of the border wall built by the Trump administration in Arizona.
Apr. 6, 2022
A bill to classify the Tohono O’odham Nation’s Shadow Wolves unit as special agents is on President Biden’s desk for signing.
Apr. 6, 2022
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