The Public Safety Personnel Retirement System’s spending on outside legal counsel continued largely unabated in February, bringing its total to $1.1 million for the fiscal year. Records given to the pension system’s trustees Wednesday...
Read morePHOENIX — Calling the measure unnecessary and possibly dangerous, Gov. Doug Ducey vetoed legislation Monday to require police departments to withhold for 60 days the names of officers involved in shootings. Sen. Steve Smith, R-Maricopa, argued...
Read moreSociety of St. Vincent de Paul employee Shawntelle Allen was helping co-workers move some donations in January 2001. Allen, who typically worked as the organization’s volunteer coordinator, drove a delivery truck to a Phoenix warehouse to...
Read moreSurging pension costs for firefighters and police officers could create significant budget deficits for Phoenix in the next few years, potentially forcing the city to consider raising taxes, cutting services to the public or reducing employee...
Read moreTwo of Gov. Doug Ducey’s nominees to high-profile state agencies that affect thousands of Arizonans’ lives won easy approval Wednesday from a Senate panel. Greg McKay won the unanimous recommendation of the Senate Health and Human...
Read moreAn Arizona Senate committee moved a bill Thursday that would update state rules limiting liability for 911 systems should someone affected wish to sue for civil damages. CenturyLink lobbied for the change, which was introduced late in the session...
Read moreIf Phoenix’s bill for the police and fire pension system were payments on a mortgage, the city is looking to take out a larger loan just so it can afford its skyrocketing payments today. That scenario is playing out as City Manager Ed...
Read moreFor the fourth time this legislative session, lawmakers tried and failed to ban the use of photo radar over the complaints of local police. Senate Bill 1192 began as a low-profile measure to change the name of provisional community college...
Read moreIOWA CITY, IOWA (AP) – State legislators are pushing to make it much harder to release police officer body camera videos, undermining their promise as a tool people can use to hold law enforcement accountable. Lawmakers in at least 15...
Read moreimg credit: bigstock-arizona-sign-wikimedia PHOENIX (March 17, 2015) Today, an Arizona Senate committee passed a bill that would help seal the coffin in the Grand Canyon State on unilateral presidential executive orders intended to circumvent...
Read moreWASHINGTON — The Justice Department will help fight crime while it tries to strengthen the bonds between police and residents of six ethnically diverse cities, including Stockton, Calif., and Fort Worth, Texas, under a new program incited by the...
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