PHOENIX (AP) — Former Arizona Corrections Director Charles Ryan suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound to one of his hands, initially refused calls from police to exit his Tempe home and pointed a gun at officers before finally surrendering, police said ...

We cannot afford to let the Biden Administration turn Phoenix, now the country’s fifth-largest city, into San Francisco, where defecating on the sidewalk is commonplace and where groups of criminals routinely rob retail stores in plain sight because the police are defunded, and prosecutors are too weak on crime to enforce the law.

The best way to reassure those people that the police officers in their communities are upstanding is to show them irrefutable, concrete data on use-of-force. State legislators have a chance this session to get that data to the public and, more importantly, to stop the bloodshed.

This year affords us the opportunity to create a public safety system that meets the needs of our community and keeps our most vulnerable safe.

Police who patrol Arizona communities should focus on criminals, not cash. Current laws encourage the reverse, making everyone a potential ATM for cash-strapped agencies.

“No officer wants to pull the trigger.” That’s what one officer told me when I asked him if there was one thing he thinks the public should know about law enforcement. The best way to achieve that goal is giving officers the support where they need it most.

Prosecutors have agreed to create a statewide database of officers whose truthfulness or honesty may be questionable.

Police and sheriff deputies are legally entitled to enforce emergency proclamations and orders issued by state and local officials, according to Attorney General Mark Brnovich.

A Gilbert Republican lawmaker wants to limit the number of unmarked cars that police can use for traffic stops.

The ability to impound a vehicle for the driver driving on a suspended license was a tool that truly kept our communities safer. Without it, we and our families are all just a little more at risk.