Crime & Police

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport had the fifth-highest number of guns seized in 2022 among all airports in the nation, with 196 guns seized.

Executions are on pause now in Arizona, as the governor starts an independent review of the state’s use of the death penalty.

The new police contract will help shape the power and practices of the embattled Phoenix Police Department. But it’ll likely be kept secret until it’s finalized.

Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone is challenging a judge’s November ruling holding him in contempt of court in a decades-long court case.

After shooting to death 10 people in 2022, the Phoenix Police Department has recorded two police killings in the first week of 2023.

The execution date of Aaron Gunches is nearing. Will new Attorney General Kris Mayes move to stop it?

The week of November 28 was a deadly one for the Phoenix Police Department.

The Phoenix New Times analyzed the last meal requests of people executed in the state since 1992 – 40 men in all. Fresh vegetables, ice cream and fries were among the most requested items.

One month after Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone was held in contempt in an ongoing federal court case, the county is bracing itself for a fine of $1.15 million – and possibly more.

After two months on the job, police Chief Michael Sullivan is making – at least tentative ones – changes at the Phoenix Police Department.

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has only six weeks left in office. But he still wants to pursue one last execution.

“Why it was not done, why it took so long, and when the resubmittal did occur, why didn’t it go downtown? These are all questions that are going to be answered once the investigation is completed.”

Arizona executed Murray Hooper on Wednesday at 10:34 a.m. inside the Arizona State Prison Complex in Florence.

Murray Hooper is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday. Yet the police misconduct in his case was “like a crazy Hollywood movie,” according to his attorneys.

Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone was just found in contempt of court in a case that dates back to the Joe Arpaio era.

It has been nearly four months since a Glendale police officer shot and killed 15-year-old Juan Carlos Bojorquez. His family is still waiting for a police report and body-camera footage of the incident.

In the wake of Ali Osman being shot to death by police, the Phoenix Police Department’s practice of proactively releasing “critical incident briefings” in lieu of raw footage of a fatal shooting has come under scrutiny.

A federal judge moved a step closer to holding Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone in contempt for failing to comply with court mandates in a years-long lawsuit.

A crowd of hundreds of people gathered at the Tempe Mosque on September 30 to pay their respects to Ali Osman, a man who was shot and killed by Phoenix police.

Phoenix police shot and killed Ali Osman, a 34-year-old Black man, on Saturday during an incident in west Phoenix that’s sparking outrage among some activists and the city’s close-knit Somali community to which he belonged.

In a matter of weeks, U.S. District Court Judge G. Murray Snow plans to cite Sheriff Paul Penzone and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office for contempt of court over a backlog of investigations into complaints of misconduct against employees.

The new Phoenix police chief, Michael Sullivan, is faced with a department in turmoil and under scrutiny.