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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 3, 2008

Sheriff Arpaio's Priorities Criticized by Goldwater Institute

"We are hardly soft-on-crime liberals," said Clint Bolick, director of the institute's center for constitutional litigation. "I think it hopefully tones down the rhetoric and focuses on policy solutions that will help focus scarce police resources and contribute to lowering crime rates."

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Articlesby Dean ScovilleDecember 3, 2008

Shots Fired: Mesa, Arizona 04-14-2007

Kennedy could see something was wrong. Molander gave her a "we've got a liar" smirk, and she knew that anytime a passenger started playing a felon's game of Truth or Consequences, there's usually a reason.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 27, 2008

Speed Cameras Installed in Arizona to Monitor Holiday Traffic

DPS is using its entire fleet of 42 speed-enforcement vans and about 20 fixed units to cover all of I-10 and I-40 in Arizona.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 6, 2008

Sheriff Arpaio Wins Unprecedented Fifth Term

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio won an unprecedented fifth term Tuesday as voters across the Valley overwhelmingly returned him to office. Arpaio easily survived a challenge from former Buckeye Police Chief Dan Saban, despite a wide array of groups that aligned themselves with Saban to try to oust the controversial sheriff.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 2, 2008

Phoenix PD Expands Patrol Rifle Inventory

Phoenix council members on Wednesday approved a request for the police department to purchase 60 Bushmaster AR-15 rifles from Clyde Armory at a cost of $44,813.28. Officials anticipate having the order fulfilled in time for the first set of 20 officers to train with the rifles in early November.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 18, 2008

Arizona Officer Dies After Charity Boxing Match

A 22-year-old Phoenix police officer who collapsed after boxing a firefighter during a charity bout at Fort McDowell Casino has died.

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Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarDecember 14, 2007

A Nightmare Scenario

The attack team crossed the “frontera” via a well-used tunnel near Nogales. It split up on the U.S. side, one group traveling by night toward Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, and the other made its way toward nearby Fort Huachuca.

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Articlesby Dean ScovilleNovember 1, 2007

Shots Fired: Cochise County, Arizona 09•11•1997

Long before the events of 2001, Sept. 11 had significant meaning for Dep. Tony Parrish of the Cochise County (Ariz.) Sheriff's Department. For on that date in 1997, he handled a call that changed his life and very nearly ended it.

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Articlesby Dean ScovilleJune 1, 2007

The Tough Guy: Sheriff Joe Arpaio

At 75, Joe Arpaio is serving his fourth term as sheriff of Maricopa County, Ariz. It's a job he's held for 15 years, much to the delight of the voting population in the Phoenix area and much to the dismay of politically correct, civil liberties advocates who characterize his policies as cruel and the man himself as a dangerous dinosaur.

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Articlesby Shelly Feuer DomashJune 1, 2006

How to Crack Down on Street Racing

Street racing of automobiles has been an American tradition since the early 1950s and probably long before. It’s not hard to imagine the first owners of Model T Fords staring each other down as they ran their “Tin Lizzies” down the rutted roads of the early 20th century. But the hey-day of street racing was the “I Like Ike” era when kids in souped-up Chevys and Fords would race for car titles and teenage glory.

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