Crime & Police

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.

Arizona’s police disciplinary board had a busy October meeting, suspending five cops and pulling the licenses of two others.

At the end of a community meeting, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s second-in-command was fed up with people berating her boss.

Jeffery Michael Kelly is accused of shooting at the office, which is in a Tempe strip mall, three times.

Tyron McAlpin had been charged with resisting arrest and assaulting officers. Body-cam footage showed police attacking him.

“Now, it’s going to be nice and calm,” one neighbor said after the FBI seized the hotel Tuesday morning.

Five years after Yazzie went missing – and a year after James was found guilty – Yazzie’s family finally gets closure.

The Arizona Police Officer Standards and Training Board also suspended cops accused of domestic abuse and driving drunk.

A 2023 Arizona law allows police to charge up to $46 per hour of body-cam footage, leading to big public records bills.

“We have authority to sue,” one Department of Justice attorney said Thursday, “and we’ve used it.”

Before the shooting, footage showed Imani Jackson walking away from police with his hands up and no visible weapon on him.

The drone, which cost more than $300,000, will launch remotely and reach emergency scenes in as few as 85 seconds.