Crime & Police

“In many ways, this case is an example of the system responding to a girl of color who has experienced trauma by punishing her.”

“So there’s no marijuana or anything like that in the car I need to know about, no cocaine … no heroin?”

By the time slices of deli meat arrived in prison, “it was already turning green,” Sierra Bruce said.

First, Melvin was appaerntly forced out as Salt River Police Chief, then from Port Arthur, Texas. Now, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has hired Melvin.

Almost all of recommendations the committee is reviewing were made in response to high-profile incidents of bad publicity for Phoenix police.

A Maricopa County Sheriff’s Deputy caught in a lie made things worse by seeking out a tree stump to ram his patrol vehicle into — then lying again.

The Phoenix Police Department unveiled a “Quiet Room” for 911 dispatchers to unwind — but employees say their staffing shortage is the bigger problem.

Dalvin Hollins was 19 years old and unarmed when the officer shot him in the back in 2016 following a drug-store robbery.

Prison health care provider Corizon failed for more than a month to diagnosed Waylon Collingwood’s MRSA infection.

Seeking respite from the domestic violence shelter she had been staying at, Gamboa used a vacant for-sale home to take a shower and bathe her children.

Another inmate’s hand was crushed in a machine, and one woman was impaled in the groin.

It’s a “huge, long case.”

“I say let’s go back to the firing squad,” he wrote about a prisoner’s execution. “Why don’t we sell tickets and give the proceeds to the family??”

Records depict Jones as an antagonistic braggadocio who once dragged a witness to a cemetery and threatened to put a bullet in a fellow officer’s head.

A former Phoenix police officer and ex-union leader who was caught on video slapping a handcuffed suspect was sentenced to one year of probation.

“I’m appreciating the acknowledgment that there will be some conflict, but we are all committed to being a part of the healing process.”

Phoenix police shot a man last night while responding to a call about someone firing shots into the air.

The family claims Phoenix police went after the wrong target in a botched raid, but police say Abdulaziz’s arrest was years in the making.

“I told my case worker team about the email, but I didn’t enforce it, because it’s not ethical.”

It’s not unusual for police officers involved in high-profile use-of-force incidents to face no consequences.

“The Director, for too long, remained surprisingly uninformed about the poor functioning of the locks.”

Meyer said he stored the gun in his cubicle and “claimed he returned the firearm … on June 7, 2018,” which was clearly not the case.