Crime & Police

Police shot Joshua Main on June 2 after he allegedly stole a bike and raised a gun at officers.

Payne was charged with making a false report and refusing to identify himself, both misdemeanors.

A Justice Department probe found police discriminate by race, use excessive force and trample the rights of homeless people.

Police said Sergio Francisco Alvarez shot an officer struggling to subdue him, though body-cam footage captured little of it.

The May 16 killing was captured in body-cam footage – almost all of it silent – released by Phoenix police last week.

A Phoenix police officer shot and killed Christopher Taveras on May 7. City cops have killed six other men this year.

The state board that certifies law enforcement officers opened misconduct investigations into cops at four agencies.

In April, a jury convicted Eric Todd Bell on six counts in the 2021 assault. He acted as his own lawyer.

The Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board has investigated 25 cops for misconduct this year. Here’s what it found.

No one arrested at Arizona State’s pro-Palestine protest has been charged with a crime. The school punished them anyway.

Meet the 11 Republican fabulists facing nine felonies for scheming to undo Trump’s reelection loss.

Maricopa County prosecutor, Phoenix police chief call organized retail theft “massive problem.” Crime stats and critics disagree.

Ali Osman struggled with mental health issues. He was gunned down by officers during a rock throwing incident in 2022.

City officials meddled with the Office of Accountability and Transparency, leading to its director quitting and a lawsuit.

Frank Lawrence is the new poster boy for Arizona’s road rage problem, which ranks as the worst in the U.S.

Cory Young, one of three people charged in connection with Jake Kelly’s death, tries to reframe their relationship as “like family.”

County Attorney Rachel Mitchell called the arrests “a massive step forward in the quest for justice.”

Miguel Godines is the fourth person killed by Phoenix police so far this year.

On what would have been his 22nd birthday, his mom wants justice in a case the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office refuses to prosecute.

The county’s new sheriff says he wants the job for a full four-year term. He faces voters in a July primary.

The Maricopa County Attorney is capitalizing on this reality: People love dogs and people love seeing politicians with dogs.

Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell announced new indictments for teen violence in Gilbert, but none in the killing of Preston Lord.