Crime & Police

Chief Jeri Williams fired three officers this week, including the one at the center of the viral video involving a family accused of shoplifting.

Was Paul Petersen following the Indian Child Welfare Act?

Fired Phoenix cop Tim Baiardi would like his job back, please. In July, Baiardi pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct for slapping a handcuffed man.

On a post calling for recruits, someone asked if “making innocent civilians crawl down a hotel hallway” was “taught at the academy?”

The move, which could not be explained by other MCSO deputies present, upset many attendees.

Some officers are bemoaning their perceived lack of free speech, applying for jobs elsewhere, and even suing the city for trying to discipline them.

“The most common name for a convicted gang rapist in England is…Muhammed,” reads a Facebook post made by Phoenix Police Sergeant Juan Hernandez.

Following the vandalism, rooms will reopen next month without any Tonnesen art.

Paul Petersen has also been charged with crimes in Utah and Arkansas..

The trooper held women at traffic stops and asked them what they were “willing to do” to stay out of jail, according to court documents.

Goodyear Police Chief Jerry Geier and his deputy chief, Justin Hughes, have been placed on administrative over allegations of impropriety.

A lil’ background on David Shinn, who’s been tapped to replace Chuck Ryan.

Add a broken leg and a crushed hand to the list.

The penalty for violating the proposed NDA? $1 million.

“UNITED IN CHRIST A CALL TO PRAYER,” reads a peculiar flyer showing Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams with her head bowed and hands folded.

On Wednesday, the Phoenix City Council is set to approve a $125,000 settlement to a woman who says a Phoenix police officer stalked her.

Its investigation isn’t finished, but Trinity Services Group swears it has not served food labeled “unfit for human consumption” in Arizona prisons.

Violent crime is in decline, but clearance rates are still low. Phoenix Police Department’s clearance rate for rape is just 11 percent. For murder, it’s 45 percent.

“That was true haha working in the kitchen I read it,” wrote one officer.

“In many ways, this case is an example of the system responding to a girl of color who has experienced trauma by punishing her.”

“So there’s no marijuana or anything like that in the car I need to know about, no cocaine … no heroin?”

By the time slices of deli meat arrived in prison, “it was already turning green,” Sierra Bruce said.