Crime & Police

Phoenix officers pressed the woman onto unshaded pavement last June. They say she resisted arrest. Video suggests otherwise.

After starting the search over, Phoenix interviewed three new police chief hopefuls. It went better than the first time.

Phoenix says it will reform its police without federal oversight. People mistreated by cops will believe it when they see it.

In May 2024, police killed a man they stopped for a bike light infraction. Exactly what happened remains a bit of a mystery.

“Your dick’s all tiny and shit and everybody knows it,” Sam Perone yelled at a Phoenix cop who pulled him over.

Keith King vanished 19 years ago in Seligman. A private detective thinks he knows where King’s body is – and who killed him.

An oversight board handed the 20-year Phoenix police veteran a year-long suspension and disciplined five other Arizona cops.

After the execution of Aaron Gunches earlier this year, Attorney General Kris Mayes has picked the next prisoner to die.

“Everyone is entitled to their own opinion,” said Phoenix attorney Quacy Smith, “but no one is entitled to their own facts.”

Since 2013, 173 people have died at the hands of the Phoenix Police Department, according to a new study.

Phoenix fired Jesse Johnson and paid out $5.5 million over the 2022 killing of Ali Osman. Johnson says his firing was unjust.

Someone used a prank service to ship supposed animal shit to Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell. She called the police.

Off-duty and wasted, Timothy Clark allegedly tried to fight a bar staffer, bit a security guard and punched a framed picture.

Cops did not find a gun on Joseph Santos after they killed him. A police briefing on his death neglects to mention that.

Many Arizona police agencies have liaisons who exist to help the LGBTQ+ community. It’s not clear if any of them really do.

Last week, Jessica Bueno told Phoenix New Times she’d still “show up authentically as myself.” But not literally, it seems.

Michael Sullivan was hired as interim police chief in 2022 and had been vying for the permanent job.

Jessica Bueno used her house as collateral to spring Xanadu Coffee owner Randall Denton from jail. She explains why.

Randall Denton pleaded guilty to attempted child sex trafficking after trying to pay a 14-year-old – really a cop – for sex.

In March, Arizona cops were suspended for drunk-driving an ATV, submitting false time sheets and attempted sexual assault.

Three officers involved in the beating of Tyron McAlpin were given “24-hour unpaid suspensions” on Tuesday.

The city received 340 questions from residents but asked mostly vanilla ones to the men vying to lead the troubled department.