Former Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon may run against Arpaio
Former Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon is considering running against longtime Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
State agencies received 400-plus bayonets from federal surplus program
The Marine Corps’ website refers to the bayonet as a Marine’s multipurpose fighting knife and the weapon of choice when shots can’t be fired. Since 2012, several law enforcement agencies in Arizona have acquired 447 bayonets in all through a federal program that distributes surplus military equipment.
Store video sheds new light on Robson sign case
A convenience-store surveillance video shows a mystery man believed to be a sign thief getting into a truck like Rep. Bob Robson’s on Aug. 9, new evidence that the Chandler lawmaker may have been involved sign shenanigans.
Arpaio’s office schedules community meetings
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office will hold a series of community meetings on Dec. 21 in connection with a court case in which the agency was found to have systematically racially profiled Latinos during its patrols.
Lawyers in profiling case can’t agree on monitor
Lawyers in the racial profiling case against the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office were unable to agree on a recommended candidate to monitor the agency's operations to ensure it isn't making unconstitutional arrests.
Monday marks deadline in racial profiling case
Lawyers in the racial profiling case against the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office face a Monday deadline for recommending who should be appointed to monitor the agency's operations to ensure it isn't making unconstitutional arrests.
Arpaio to appeal order appointing monitor
Lawyers for Sheriff Joe Arpaio will appeal a judge's October order that a court-appointed monitor oversee the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, among other things.
Sheriff opposes fees request in profiling case
Lawyers for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says a request that the county pay $7.3 million in attorney fees for the other side in a racial profiling case is outrageous.
$7.3M in fees sought in Arizona sheriff profile case
Attorneys who won a racial-profiling lawsuit against the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office are asking a judge to order that the county pay them $7.3 million in fees.
Deadline looms for recall bid against Sheriff Joe Arpaio
A group trying to oust the polarizing sheriff of metropolitan Phoenix faces a Thursday deadline for handing in voter signatures in an uphill battle to force a recall election.
Cash-strapped Arpaio recall effort nixes paid circulators
The recall effort against Maricopa County Attorney Joe Arpaio decided over the weekend to stop using paid signature gatherers due to a lack of funds, an ominous sign for a campaign that faces an uphill battle in collecting hundreds of thousands of signatures.
House passes recall primary elections
The Arizona House of Representatives has passed a bill on a party-line vote adding a primary election to all voter-initiated recall elections.