Crime & Police

Trigg Kiser drowned in May after his dad lost sight of him by the pool for a few minutes, Brady Kiser told Chandler police.

Supporters and detractors of the sheriff’s office clashed, with one allegedly telling another to “go back to Mexico.”

Police recommended that Brady Kiser, the husband of influencer Emilie Kiser, be criminally charged for their son’s death.

Who is Alex? And was buzzing a Maryvale neighborhood in the middle of the night worth the flight of spelling fancy?

After smacking a student in the face, Tolleson cop Eric Hendrix was booted from his post as a school resource officer.

After months of searching, Phoenix picked someone to lead its embattled police force. Here’s what to know about the new chief.

A man posing as a sheriff’s deputy bilked $800 from a woman by claiming he had a warrant for her arrest for missed jury duty.

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.