
Chief Garcia grew emotional as he spoke about the death of Phoenix Detective John Hobbs and the critical injuries another officer suffered. He said the 28-year-old suspect William Ray Thornton must have realized that detectives were following him when he got out of his car and engaged the two veteran officers.
Read More →One Phoenix police officer is dead and another is in critical condition after a shootout that killed a man wanted on a felony warrant.
Read More →Two Phoenix police fugitive-apprehension officers were shot on Monday afternoon near a title loan business in Phoenix, authorities say. The detectives are in critical condition. Update: POLICE Magazine sources say one officer has died.
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"Sharp and the officer got into a struggle," said Tommy Thompson, a Phoenix Police Department spokesman. "Seeing the struggle, the driver of the truck attempted to assist the officer. Ultimately, Sharp was able to take control of the officer's gun, and he used it to shoot both the officer and the man who came to his aid."
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Tupelo Police Officer Joseph Maher was released from North Mississippi Medical Center Tuesday morning, eight days after being critically wounded in a shootout.
Read More →Authorities said Sunday that a man who was fatally shot by a Phoenix detective during a bank robbery had been the subject of a massive manhunt after killing one Mississippi police officer and wounding another following a bank robbery last week.
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A detective for the Arizona state police resigned this week after it was revealed she isn't a U.S. citizen and had — perhaps unknowingly — misrepresented where she was born on application documents, officials said Wednesday.
Read More →A former Maricopa County (Ariz.) Sheriff’s Department commander whose home was raided earlier this year by federal agents was indicted on allegations of computer tampering and illegally accessing a criminal-justice database.
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Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio is serving some prisoners "bread and water" as punishment for allegedly unpatriotic behavior.
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A Tempe, Ariz., undercover detective has resigned in lieu of termination amid accusations that she slept with a drug dealer, compromised an investigation, and endangered fellow officers by blowing their covers, KPHO TV reports.
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