Phoenix Police Department

Roosevelt School Board Approves Resolution to Keep Sheriff Arpaio's "School-Safety" Posse Away From School Campuses

The Roosevelt School Board unanimously adopted a resolution on Tuesday to "communicate forcefully to Sheriff [Joe] Arpaio that his immigration and school safety patrols are not welcome in south Phoenix." The measure is meant to assuage the fears of area parents who don't want Arpaio's non-police vo ... More >>

A Review Board Recommends Firing PPD Sergeant Phil Roberts for Rampant Allegations Against Fellow Cops

Phoenix PD Kills Man Driving With Kid in Third Officer-Involved Shooting in Three Days

A man driving with a 5-year-old child was shot and killed by Phoenix cops last night, becoming the subject of Phoenix Police Department's third officer-involved shooting in the past three days.According to Phoenix police Sergeant Trent Crump, the man -- whose name hasn't been released -- was fatally ... More >>

Michael Turley Wanted to "Test" Phoenix Cops -- With a Kid Dressed as a Terrorist Running Around With a Fake Grenade Launcher

How long would it take the Phoenix Police Department to respond to a terrorist situation?Michael Turley really wanted an answer to that question, and he got it -- by getting a 16-year-old kid to wear a sheet on his body, put a towel on his head, and run around Phoenix with a fake rocket-propelled gr ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Foe Paul Penzone Scores Endorsements of Paul Charlton, Others

Ex-Phoenix Police Sergeant Paul Penzone, the man running as a Democrat against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, recently announced a slew of new endorsements via his campaign website, the most prominent of which comes from former U.S. Attorney for Arizona Paul Charlton, a Republican and stalwart ... More >>

Nude Woman By A Statue UPDATE: All Things Good, Downtown Survives

​We wrote yesterday morning about our sighting of a nude person standing in front of the "Release the Fear" metal sculpture at Central and Roosevelt. It was quite the sight, as was the open-mouthed reactions from passersby in their business attire and so forth. We contacted our friends at the ... More >>

Cops: New Year's Eve's Not An Excuse to Randomly Fire Bullets at the Sky

Shannon Smith was killed on New Year's Eve in 1999 by a stray bullet someone randomly fired into the air.​Saturday is New Year's Eve, and for a lot of Valley residents, that's apparently an invitation to randomly fire bullets into the sky. If you didn't already know, the Phoenix Police Department ... More >>

Occupy Phoenix: Bonus Army, Redux

Part one of Gilman's report from the front lines of Occupy PhoenixMy focus is, and must remain, through November 8, the recall of state Senate President Russell Pearce in Legislative District 18. That means there's a lot going on that I won't be able to cover till after the recall election, includi ... More >>

Authorities Go Gangbusters in South Phoenix; Dozens Arrested, Drugs Seized

www.mrgangbusters.com​A massive gang/drug bust called "Operation OGSTYLE" went down in south Phoenix this morning, resulting in the arrests of dozens of gang members, the Phoenix Police Department announced today."Operation OGSTYLE" was headed by the Phoenix P.D. but included law enforcement agent ... More >>

Two Thugs Wanted in Sexual Assault of 70-Year-Old Phoenix Woman

​Phoenix police are looking for two thugs who forced a 70-year-old Phoenix woman into her apartment where one of the men sexually assaulted her early yesterday morning.According to the Phoenix Police Department, the woman was walking back to her apartment about 12:45 a.m. when she was approached b ... More >>

Why Did Three African Refugees Try to Sneak a Fake Bomb Past Security at Sky Harbor International Airport?

www.advertise.comWell...fake boom.​While bringing a bomb to an airport is one of the stupider things a person can do. Bringing a fake bomb to an airport might be one of the stupidest -- but it certainly raises the question: why would someone do it?Three African refugees were arrested after one of ... More >>

MCSO Infiltration by Mexican Drug Cartel Apparently a Touchy Subject for Joe Arpaio

Kholood Eid This is the face Joe Arpaio makes when you ask him about Mexican drug cartels infiltrating his office.​Don't mention how the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office was infiltrated by a Mexican drug cartel to Sheriff Joe Arpaio -- unless, of course, you want to watch him hijack a press ... More >>

Phoenix Police Chief Jack Harris Is Retiring -- Again

Public Safety Manager/Police Chief Jack Harris is retiring today.​After months of controversy over whether the Phoenix Police Department intentionally inflated kidnapping statistics to get federal funding, the city's top cop has announced he is retiring today.Public Safety Manager Jack Harris had ... More >>

Jack Harris No Longer Overseeing Phoenix PD; Acting Police Chief Joe Yahner Taking Over Day-to-Day Operations in Wake of Kidnapping-Stats Scandal (Updated)

Public Safety Manager Jack Harris (left) stripped of his police chief duties, with Assistant City Manager Ed Zuercher.​Public Safety Manager Jack Harris  retains some of his duties as police chief, but Executive Assistant Police Chief Joe Yahner becomes Acting Police Chief in ... More >>

March 2 In Blogs: Scott Bungaard, Ace Hotel, SXSW, Papago Brewing, David Cavazos

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Vehicle Make Identified in Phoenix Shooting. Friend of Victim Not Considered Suspect

Alexcia Salsberry was fatally shot while driving with a friend early Sunday morning.​Since our prior post on the bizarre murder of a Phoenix woman over the weekend, the Phoenix Police Department has identified the make of a vehicle believed to have been used in the shooting.According to Phoenix po ... More >>

Jack Harris to Detectives: Don't Spend Federal Grant Money Awarded to Phoenix Police to Combat Border-Related Kidnappings

Phoenix Police Chief Jack Harris​While a federal audit of the Phoenix Police Department's kidnapping statistics is under way, Police Chief Jack Harris has ordered his troops not to spend any of the $700,000 they collected from the feds to combat border-related kidnapping cases.The Depar ... More >>

Valley Man Fails at Suicide. Succeeds in Killing Innocent Victim

David Buot​Instead of thoughtfully blowing his brains out and sparing unsuspecting victims the grief caused by his suicidal intentions, a Valley man failed to kill himself in the worst way possible last year -- he crashed his SUV into an oncoming Mercedes Benz. He survived, but the woman driving t ... More >>

New Leads in Phoenix Triple Homicide

Three men were found murdered after taking the above Jeep Wrangler for a ride in a Phoenix river bottom earlier this month.​Authorities still have no suspects in a triple homicide earlier this month in Phoenix, but they do have new leads, the Phoenix Police Department announced today.Ad ... More >>

"Riot" at Phoenix High School Actually Just a Chick Fight

Fail​The appeal of a chick fight, as eloquently explained by Jerry Seinfeld, is that "men think if women are grabbing and clawing at each other, there's a chance they might somehow, you know... kiss."A chick fight, the Phoenix Police Department says, is all that went down at a Phoenix high s ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Responds to Investigation Into Son

Mayor Phil Gordon's son has been placed on paid administrative leave from the Phoenix Police Department.​Since our earlier post about an internal investigation by the Phoenix Police Department into Officer Jeff Gordon -- who happens to be the son of Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon -- the mayor has ... More >>

Phoenix P.D.'s Alleged Time Thieves Plead Not Guilty

​Three Phoenix police officers, and one former officer, were in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning, where they all pleaded not guilty to theft-related charges.Sergeant Benjamin Swarungsymun and officers Steven Peck and Aaron Lentz face theft charges, while former Officer George Contreras ... More >>

SWAT Team Called in to Track Down Woman Suspected of Shooting Cab Driver

www.theazon.com​If you noticed a section of 27th Avenue was shut down this morning, not to worry -- it was just the Phoenix Police Department's SWAT team trying to find a woman who may have shot and killed a cab driver. Around 6 a.m. today, Phoenix police got a call that a man had been shot near t ... More >>

Phoenix Police Department to Make Changes in South Mountain Precinct

www.phoenix.govPhoenix Police Chief Jack Harris says changes will be made at the South Mountain Precinct.​In wake of several incidents that have strained the relationship between the Phoenix Police Department and the community, the department announced today that several changes will be made in on ... More >>

Bill Louis, Good Cop, Retires From El Mirage PD

We don't make it a habit of commenting on the retirement of cops--or anyone else short of Arizona Cardinals' quarterback Kurt Warner (Kurt, come back!!)   ​But what the hell, Bill Louis, who retired on Friday as assistant chief out in El Mirage, deserves a little love after 33 years in t ... More >>

Phoenix Bank Robbed by Guy With "Messed Up" Teeth

Phoenix PD​It isn't uncommon for police to release details about certain physical characteristics of a suspect involved in a crime. A tattoo, a scar -- things along those lines.According to the Phoenix Police Department, one of the characteristics that might help track down the guy who robbed a ba ... More >>

Two More Law Enforcement Agencies Announce Arrests From Protest; Total: 71

www.viralpolitics.comThis sign is NOT from yesterday's rally.​Since our earlier post about the number of arrests made during yesterday's SB 1070 protests in downtown Phoenix, other law enforcement agencies that were slappin' cuffs on protesters checked in and bumped up the total number of arrests ... More >>

A New Low: Dude Robs Goodwill Store

​Phoenix police are looking for a guy who they say robbed a Goodwill Store in Phoenix earlier this month. The suspect, police say, walked into the store at 3901 East Thunderbird Road in Phoenix on June 1, around 9:15 p.m. with a gun.

Argument Preceded Fatal Shooting at West Phoenix Apartment Party

www.pyzam.com​An early-morning party at a west Phoenix apartment complex resulted in the shooting death of an unidentified man after an argument with another party-goer. Police are not identifying the victim yet as investigators are still on the scene trying to piece together what happ ... More >>

Phoenix Police Officer Arrested on Numerous Felonies

​We just got word from the Phoenix Police Department that it's arrested one of its own. We don't have too many of the details at the moment but PPD spokesman Trent Crump says he plans to address the media within the hour.  

Cold Case Files: Phoenix Police Have Suspect in 15-Year-Old Murder Case

www.creativealleyproductions.com​The Phoenix Police Department announced today that it's won an indictment for a suspect in a murder/sexual assault that happened in 1994.Who doesn't love a good cold-case file.On October 21, 1994, 35-year-old Eric Harmon was found murdered and sexually assaul ... More >>

Councilman Michael Johnson Gets Support From Hispanic Community; Latinos Call for Examination of Abuse of Force in Phoenix Police Department

James KingPhoenix attorney Danny Ortega and other Hispanic leaders have called for an investigation into the Phoenix Police Department over abuse of power complaints​With members of the Phoenix Police Department looking on, members of Phoenix's Hispanic community gathered in Caesar Chavez Plaza in ... More >>

Courtney Bisbee Is Assaulted in Prison, and a Band of Skinhead-Collaring Cops Gets Busted Up

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, February 18, 2010

Scuffles Between "Anarchists" and Cops, and The Use of Pepper Spray, Mar Today's Anti-Arpaio March

California videographer Naui's footage from the pepper spray incidentI am so disgusted by today's events at the big anti-Arpaio march to Joe's jails that I hardly know where to begin. The saddest part of it is that a mostly-peaceful demonstration of over 10,000 persons, which ended with a concert by ... More >>

"Serial Shooter" Lead Detective Back at Work After Close Call

We were leaving from a visit to 620, otherwise known as the Phoenix Police Department, this morning, and bumped into Detective Clark Schwartzkopf. ​We barely know Detective Schwartzkopf but have heard a lot about his excellent work as the lead agent in the infamous "Serial Shooters" cas ... More >>

August 7 In Blogs: Nativists, Black Heart Procession, Revolutionary Burritos, and Heroin

​In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: United for a Sovereign America's Racist Anti-Obama Images, and Its Plan to Terrorize Kids at ... More >>

Death Valley: Burned Body Found in Church Trash Can

www.clker.com​ Fire crews battling a blaze at the Covenant of Grace Christian Fellowship Church at the corner of 9th Avenue and Peoria Avenue found the body of a 46-year-old man in a church trash can early this morning. The body was so badly burned that, at first, police couldn't deter ... More >>

Phoenix Cops Aren't Asking Arrestees About Immigration Status, Review Shows

The Arizona Republic's immigration reporter, Daniel Gonzalez, came across some interesting stats today from the Phoenix Police Department's Professional Standards Bureau that show cops aren't asking arrestees about immigration status, like they're supposed to. Police put the rule into effect in May ... More >>

Zack de la Rocha Talks 287(g); and a Desperate Letter from Inside Estrella Jail

Zack talks about Arpaio and 287(g) with artist Ernesto Yerena I'll give you two reasons why demonstrators will be marching May 2 in Phoenix from the Wells Fargo building downtown -- where Sheriff Arpaio maintains two floors of pricey executive offices -- to Joe's Estrella Jail, a hellhole that's ho ... More >>

Speed Camera Killer Busted Near Home on Motorcycle, Say Cops; Owned Adventure Business

His name is Thomas Destories, but he also goes by "Paydirt." He ran a local adventure business.And he doesn't appear to have gotten a single photo enforcement ticket.Police released details this afternoon about the man they say gunned down a speed camera worker in cold blood as he worked in a photo ... More >>

White-Supremacist Activity Is on the Rise in Sand Land, and One Latino-American Family Is the Victim of a Vicious Hate Crime in North Phoenix

Teen Killed in Car Crash Not Found by Cops for Almost Four Days

Phoenix Police Officer In Charity Boxing Match Dies of Injuries

Phil Gordon: "The only 'bomb' on Broadway Wednesday was the sheriff"

Welcome to Phoenix, the ethnic cleansing begins at noon.

Witnesses of Carol Anne Gotbaum's arrest allege police brutality.

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, July 5, 2007

PHX Mayor Phil Goober Gordon and Gov. Janet Do Nothing Napolitano still shooting blanks on violent crime.

Crossroads for the Artwalk

How much longer can we T.G.I. First Friday?