Crime & Police

The family of a 27-year-old Phoenix mother who died unexpectedly in March say police ignored evidence of foul play.

In one shooting, police killed a suicidal man who wielded a knife. In the other, police injured an apparently unarmed man.

Earlier this year, Phoenix police went six months without a single fatal shooting. So much for that streak.

Police said Ote-Tee Brooks Nalwood pointed a gun at them from his car. Whether he did is hard to see on body-cam footage.

The man cited Charlie Kirk’s killing as motivation and spouted baseless right-wing claims about transgender school shooters.

Derok Roach admitted to hooking up in his police car, including in church parking lots. His partner claimed she was forced.

Police said Efrain Hidalgo pulled a knife. Body-cam video shows a cop shot him nine times without warning Hidalgo to drop it.

The controversial conservative media icon, who based his operation in Arizona, was killed during a college event in Utah.

Eric Chapman is facing 20 felonies after he admitted to having sexual encounters with male students in his classroom.

Police shot Rocky Joe Ellis on Aug. 19 as he approached with a hatchet, then watched as he lay motionless on the ground.

A week after a student fatally stabbed another, Lydia and Cassandra Hernandez allegedly tried to “test” school security.

Did Arizona’s police certification board go a little light on ex-Scottsdale cop Derok Roach for on-the-job horniness?

In the fall, a federal appeals court ruled that publishing mugshots of recent arrestees amounted to pretrial punishment.

Tempe cops jailed Jalen Woods, who is Black, for a street racing infraction — even though he was sitting at a red light.

In January, cops hit Turrell Clay in the chest with a stun baton, damaging his heart. He died at the hospital hours later.

Matt Giordano, the new Phoenix police chief, talked about repairing community relations and delivering hard news to his cops.