A House panel voted Monday to ask voters to bar cities from cutting funding for police and sheriffs or risk losing state aid. Rep. Walt Blackman, R-Snowflake, said the move is designed to blunt – and outright prohibit – calls ...
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HOAs must allow first-responders flag under HB2010
Calling it a matter of free expression, a House panel voted January 26 to give residents of homeowner associations and condos the right to fly flags supporting first responders.
Read More »Legalized marijuana shrinks underground market
Arizona is on the verge of a tremendous victory for public safety. This election, voters will be asked whether to legalize and regulate marijuana for adults.
Read More »Civil asset forfeiture laws are vital to combating drug crimes
Eliminating civil forfeitures would take away a valuable law enforcement tool in combating narcotics-related crimes.
Read More »Francisco Meneses: Works to keep Arizona’s fighters safe 
Francisco Meneses, Jr., remembers watching televised boxing matches as a child with his aunts and uncles at family parties. More than 20 years later, Meneses serves as executive director of the Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts Commission
Read More »Ducey: ‘Politics intervened’ in school-safety bill that died
Undeterred by opposition from his own party, Gov. Doug Ducey is determined to make another bid next year to let parents and school officials ask judges to take guns away from people who are a danger to themselves or others – assuming he’s still governor.
Read More »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.
Read More »Bill outlines rules for law enforcers when tracking cellphones 
Mia Garcia, spokeswoman for the Attorney General’s Office, said the legislation her agency crafted will make it clear in statute that state and local police are required to get a search warrant before they use devices like a “StingRay,” which can hone in on individual cell phones. And she said the “modernization” of existing laws is good for Arizonans.
Read More »Trump wants to enlist local police in immigration crackdown
To build his highly touted deportation force, President Donald Trump is reviving a long-standing program that deputizes local officers to enforce federal immigration law.
Read More »George Soros sinks $9.6 million in law enforcement races
Liberal hedge-fund tycoon George Soros has poured $9.6 million into local law enforcement races across the country in a bid to remake the criminal justice system.
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