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Newsby Staff WriterJune 30, 2009

Mesa PD Picks Operations Commander As Interim Chief

The Mesa Police Department has picked Vicki Myers as its interim chief to replace George Gascon, who has taken the top job with the San Francisco Police Department, azfamily.com reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 17, 2009

SF Hires Mesa Chief As Top Cop

Looking to bring new blood into the San Francisco Police Department, Mayor Gavin Newsom has reached outside the city and selected George Gascón, police chief of Mesa, Ariz., to replace outgoing Chief Heather Fong, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 4, 2009

Mesa Officers Under Investigation For Flushing Motel Fetus

Four Mesa police officers and a lieutenant are the subject of separate internal investigations, one of which involves an officer who is accused of flushing a 4-inch stillborn fetus down a motel-room toilet and one of which involves improper use of force against a handcuffed prisoner, the Arizona Republic reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 28, 2009

Killer of Phoenix Officer Gets Death Penalty

A Maricopa County Superior Court jury deliberated barely three hours before agreeing to the death penalty for convicted cop killer Donald Delahanty on Wednesday. It might have been a foregone conclusion. Delahanty, 22, was found guilty May 5 of first-degree murder for the shooting death of Phoenix police Officer David Uribe during a traffic stop in May 2005.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 23, 2009

Phoenix Officers: Discrimination Claims Not Accurate Portrayal of Police

A group of 20 supervisors, retired officers and civilian staff spoke out Wednesday in response to racial-discrimination allegations which they said unfairly painted Phoenix police as racist.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 16, 2009

Phoenix Police Get OK to Seek Grants

The grant wish-list approved Tuesday by the Phoenix City Council included a $7.2 million application for part of a competitive law-enforcement grant the city could use to hire 25 new police officers to break through the current hiring freeze.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 13, 2009

Arpaio Allies Outraged by Feds' Actions

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's supporters were defending their sheriff, one day after the U.S. Department of Justice announced it was launching an investigation into allegations that sheriff's deputies rely on racial profiling to root illegal immigrants out of the Valley.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 26, 2009

Arizona Man Arrested After Allegedly Selling Grenade-Launcher to Undercover Officers

Mesa police arrested an ex-convict on suspicion of selling drugs, firearms and a grenade launcher to an undercover police officer, police said Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 29, 2009

Arpaio's Plan to Transport Inmates on Light Rail Concerns Phoenix

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's new system for hauling prisoners on Metro light rail isn't being met with universal praise. Arpaio spun the plan as a cost-saving measure and calls it "con rail."

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 9, 2009

Phoenix Police Aim to Curb ID Theft by Withholding Report Info

Personal identifying information such as names of injured victims, birth dates of criminals and the addresses where crimes are committed will be redacted completely from the written public record in some cases, officials said Wednesday.

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