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Getting driver’s license puts Arizonans into ‘perpetual criminal lineup’
If you have a driver’s license in Arizona, your face now lives in a government database that uses facial recognition technology to see if you’re really who you say you are, or if you’re stealing someone else’s identity.
Testimony on hair samples under scrutiny in 100s of Arizona cases
Hundreds of state criminal cases are under review after the FBI discovered the widespread misrepresentation of microscopic hair analysis.
Ducey orders state agencies to combat wrong-way wrecks
Gov. Doug Ducey ordered state agencies to take steps to combat wrong-way driving following the latest fatal crash on a Phoenix-area freeway.
Flying pickup trucks: New DPS aircraft leave onlookers agape
They have been known to land on rocky “goat fields.” They can haul a bomb robot and move a fully-equipped SWAT team. And best of all, they’re free.
DPS declines to examine Stump’s ACC cell phone, request now with Phoenix police
State police will not examine the cell phone of Bob Stump to determine if it contains deleted text messages that can be retrieved.
Court rules parents of improperly identified girl can’t sue DPS for negligence
The parents of a girl whom Department of Public Safety officers incorrectly told was dead have no right to sue the agency for negligence, the state’s high court ruled Friday.
Authorities investigating alleged threats to Diane Douglas, Leah Landrum Taylor
Police are investigating threats made against the state schools chief and the former Senate minority leader, according to Arizona Department of Education Chief of Staff Michael Bradley.
Ducey picks Mesa police chief as DPS director
Gov. Doug Ducey appointed Mesa Police Chief Frank Milstead to be his Department of Public Safety director.
ASU plans to return M-16s obtained under military surplus program
Arizona State University plans to return 70 M-16s obtained a year and a half ago under a Department of Defense program that distributes surplus weapons to law enforcement agencies, a spokeswoman said Monday.
Governor’s team completes its examination of child welfare cases
A special team formed by Gov. Jan Brewer to address 6,596 reports of neglect and abuse that child-welfare workers set aside without investigating has finished examining the cases.
Arizona to discuss prevention after spate of wrong-way wrecks
Arizona highway safety and transportation officials are trying to figure out how to curb wrong-way accidents on Arizona highways.
Coconino County at odds with feds over drug case payments
Coconino County has offered to repay the U.S. Justice Department $700,000 it received for prosecuting drug trafficking cases after an audit found no proof of federal involvement in the cases.
