Crime & Police

After four years, the U.S. Department of Justice probe into Phoenix cops is likely toast with little reform to show for it.

“NOW I AM GONNA BUY SOME MOTHA FU*KIN GUNS!!!” wrote the QAnon Shaman, also known as Jacob Chansley.

Only three airports had more guns caught at security checkpoints than Phoenix Sky Harbor did last year.

Three ex-Gila River cops did some wild shit, like drunk-driving an ATV in a park. Arizona’s police board will investigate.

Democrat Analise Ortiz: It’s “absolutely horrifying” that Glendale cops killed Dillon Siebeck while looking for someone else.

There have been at least six incidents in the last year, including a 13-year-old boy trying to lure a 75-year-old man for fun.

Juan Gonzalez’s pop-up fuel free-for-all created such a traffic headache, Phoenix police shut it down and threatened fines.

Surveillance footage shows Marion Joyner entering with a rifle and ordering everyone out before a standoff with cops.

You’d think it goes without saying to not fire bullets into the sky indiscriminately. Apparently not in Arizona.

Phoenix police said the Christmas night shooting stemmed from a domestic dispute and that no suspects are outstanding.

Under U.S. Justice Department scrutiny, Phoenix police have killed more people in 2024 than they did in 2023.

Charles Smith told cops that stunts like the one that put him in jail could make him up to $10,000 a month on social media.

No, it’s not from some dystopian future. At least not yet.

The Valley is full of characters, and many made headlines this year that tapped into the essential quirkiness of Phoenix.

A Phoenix cop shot a man who police said raised a gun at him. But body-cam footage from the incident shows next to nothing.

Just before an independent investigator was set to release a damning report on Arizona executions, Gov. Katie Hobbs axed him.

Bissonnette was attacked by at least six men inside the Scottsdale restaurant Houston’s on Nov. 24.

Arizona’s police standards board revoked the law enforcement license of Michael Uyehara, who cuffed an elderly woman in 2022.

The attack occurred at the restaurant Houston’s and spilled into the parking lot. Six men were arrested.

Police say Rey David Martinez pointed a gun at officers in an alley, although it was later determined to be a replica.

Police killed Carlos Fregoso, who allegedly pointed a gun at officers, after a car and foot chase earlier this month.

Body camera footage shows Essex Jackson grabbing and using an officer’s taser before police shot him six times.