Tag: Police
The courts are busy sorting out an alleged scandal involving the state’s pension system for police and firefighters. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge David Udall ruled in July that a...
Arizona ruling allows police to search visitors’ personal items
‘Criminal activity’ needed before police can frisk for weapons
Police cannot frisk someone they stop and question absent some “reasonable suspicion that criminal activity is afoot,” the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Thursday. In a unanimous decision affirming the right...
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Counterattacks
Arizona, other states retaliate against ‘revenge porn’ Sparked by a new law approved by the California legislature this fall, Arizona is one of several states where lawmakers are proposing bills...
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Border Patrol rejects curbs on force
Feds award $5.3 million to help seven Arizona cities add police officers
Police Chief Daniel Garcia addresses a news conference announcing a $1.88 million federal law enforcement grant for Phoenix, among $5.3 million awarded in the state. (Cronkite...
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Horne cited by police in hit-and-run accident
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Civil rights groups make another bid to block part of SB1070
[caption id="attachment_49515" align="alignleft" width="575" caption="Joshua Montano, left, and Francisco Luna protest in front of the Capitol the day after Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, in an executive order reaffirming Arizona state...
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Injunction sought in Arizona immigration case
Opponents have asked a federal judge to delay Arizona authorities from enforcing the most contentious section of the state’s heavily debated immigration law. A Sept. 5 ruling by U.S. District...
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Phoenix police step up patrols at Sikh temples
Phoenix police are stepping up patrols around the city’s three Sikh temples in the wake of a deadly shooting at a Wisconsin temple. Police spokesman James Holmes tells the Arizona...
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Panel scrutinizes federal decision to end immigration agreements with Arizona lawmen
[caption id="attachment_48865" align="alignleft" width="575" caption="Lyle Mann, executive director of the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board, explains the difficulty of certifying entire police agencies, rather than individual officers. (Photo...