Loading data...
The Pinal County Sheriff's Office is asking now because "dangerous incidents have increased through the past few years and are now escalating to a point where deputies are involved in high-speed vehicle pursuits, shootouts between deputies and smugglers, incidents of ambush, as well as the deputy who was injured in a shooting."
Read More →Virginia law enforcement officers may ask stopped subjects for immigration status, a duty Arizona officers would receive under a new law in that state.
Read More →"My first thought was, 'Are you kidding?' " Bryan said, recalling when he heard Province's name on the weekend news. "He's a twisted guy. Why weren't they in a maximum-security facility?"
Read More →Ledesma, 34, was part of an operation involving nearly 12 Chandler police officers, including SWAT members. The type of operation where police bait drug suspects with seized evidence is known as a "reversal."
Read More →The sheriff's spokeswoman relayed the threat, which came from the FBI, according to the Arizona Republic. As a vocal proponent of tougher enforcement of illegal immigration, Arpaio said death threats against him are not unusual. He said the more recent bounty was for $5 million.
Read More →Lori M. Connelly spoke with a diverse group of people outside the Maricopa County Jail to hear their perspectives on the Arizona immigration law that's been the focus of so much debate, and was the reason for massive protests and arrests in Phoenix last week.
Read More →An Arizona Department of Corrections official blamed the "lax" staff of the private Utah company running the facility for the escape.
Read More →More serious crime breeds and multiplies something like bacteria in an untreated wound when petty offenses are ignored.
Read More →The shooting occurring inside a home in a south Phoenix neighborhood known for drug-related crimes. The officers were involved in an operation that also involved SWAT officers.
Read More →Protesters of Arizona's immigration law that went into effect today showed up at civic facilities to block access and chain themselves to a central jail building, even though the toughest aspects of the law have been put on hold by a federal judge.
Read More →