Arizona is on the verge of its first-ever rules for tracking a cell phone. While tapping a phone to listen in requires a warrant, existing law is silent on the use of devices that can track its location. A new law will require police have a...
Read moreThe city is giving police officers the authority to do much more than give drivers caught drag racing on Tucson streets a ticket. The police can now impound vehicles caught drag racing thanks to a vote Wednesday night by the Tucson City Council...
Read moreGovernor Doug Ducey signed legislation yesterday to increase the severity of the punishment for attacks on law enforcement officers that are motivated by hatred against law enforcement. The legislation, Senate Bill 1366, establishes malice...
Read morePHOENIX (CN) – Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed legislation Wednesday to limit the ability of police and prosecutors to seize property involved in criminal cases. House Bill 2477 restricts police and prosecutors from abusing the civil forfeiture...
Read moreThe Arizona Legislature has passed legislation that would make it tougher for prosecutors to seize cash and property from people suspected of a crime, leaving it up to Gov. Doug Ducey to decide whether or not to overhaul the state’s civil...
Read morePHOENIX — Without a single dissent, state senators approved changes Monday in Arizona laws designed to sharply curb the ability of prosecutors and police to seize property. The measure includes a new requirement that prosecutors must prove by...
Read moreFor people using the covers, that may mean their vehicles will be more susceptible to photo-enforcement citations. On Tuesday, Governor Doug Ducey signed a new law that bans any license-plate cover that “obscures from any angle the numbers...
Read morePHOENIX – A bill proposed to allow good Samaritans to intervene when children or animals are left in hot cars is waiting on a vote in the Arizona House of Representatives. Senate Bill 1001 was designed to protect good Sams who break into cars to...
Read moreThe Arizona Senate has moved forward a bill that would reform the state’s controversial policies on civil-asset forfeiture, increasing the reporting requirements for spending and requiring a higher standard of proof before police can seize...
Read morePHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) – All rape kits must be tested “in a timely manner” thanks to a new law just signed by Gov. Doug Ducey. The new measure ensures that Arizona’s law enforcement agencies will have the money to test those...
Read moreState lawmakers voted Monday to trim — but not eliminate — the right of moving companies to hold a homeowner’s goods hostage over a payment dispute. The legislation specifically empowers a police officer to direct the move to unload the goods...
Read morePHOENIX, Ariz. (March 16, 2017) – Yesterday, an Arizona House Committee unanimously passed a bill that would ban the use of “stingrays” to track the location of phones and sweep up electronic communications without a warrant in most situations...
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