Phoenix’s proposed budget includes $11.4 million to equip every patrol officer in the Police Department with a body-worn camera to track interactions with the public, from routine traffic stops to homicide investigations. But would that...
Read moreThe Arizona Supreme Court says police officers can’t flatly tell drunken-driving suspects that they’re required to submit to alcohol testing. The state high court’s ruling Tuesday says because suspects actually can refuse to...
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Read moreImmigration activists argued passage of the bill would signal a return to the hard-line immigration approach of SB 1070, the controversial immigration law signed in 2010 by former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer. SB 1070 requires law enforcement to...
Read morePrescott residents are taking matters into their own hands to help fund the police and fire departments as attrition and pension debt threaten to reduce services. Organizers have started gathering signatures to put a sales tax on the November...
Read moreBecoming a cop has now been made easier for homeschool graduates looking to join their local police force in Arizona. Before new policy changes were made and adopted by the board that oversees the standards for police training in the Grand Canyon...
Read moreAZCOPS Endorses Proposition 124 Dear AZCOPS Members, After a lengthy discussion at the April 23, 2016 AZCOPS board meeting, the AZCOPS board, along with the members present, voted unanimously to support Proposition 124. The...
Read moreThe La Paz County Deputies Association is proud to have been able to become a new sponsor of the Miss La Paz County pageant this year. The Miss La Paz County pageant is affiliated with the Miss America Organization pageants and had four...
Read morePHOENIX (AP) – The Arizona House on Thursday passed a proposal overhauling the state’s badly underfunded public safety worker pension plan despite growing concerns from several Republicans that the changes didn’t do enough to...
Read morePHOENIX — In September, Gov. Doug Ducey rolled out his solution to criminal activity at the Arizona-Mexico border – a solution he dubbed the Arizona Border Strike Force Bureau. Using assets already in place at the Arizona Department of Public...
Read moreThe head of the Arizona Senate Finance Committee will unveil plans this week to keep one of the state’s key pension funds from going broke. The proposal by Sen. Debbie Lesko would require newly hired police and firefighters to work for 25...
Read moreTUCSON, Ariz. — An Arizona court ruling said unconditionally consenting to a police search of a vehicle included allowing a drug-sniffing dog to enter the vehicle. A Court of Appeals ruling Mondayupheld a woman’s convictions for possession of...
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