The town council in Queen Creek—a small suburb about 35 southeast of Phoneix—voted this week to form its own police department.
Thousands of people were in attendance during the funeral service of White Mountain Apache Nation Police Officer David Kellywood over the weekend.
A former officer with the Phoenix Police Department said on a local radio show that civilian oversight of Phoenix police was potentially dangerous and could create even more conflict in the community.
“I started to leave and I stopped and thought, if he needed assistance to get here he’s probably going to need assistance to get back so I just waited for him,” Officer Mayfield said.
The Office of Accountability and Transparency will become a new city department, separate from the police department, which will include both a community review board and a unit dedicated to monitoring and investigating police complaints.
The Phoenix City Council is expected to hear a discussion on a civilian review board to oversee the Phoenix Police Department.
An officer with the White Mountain Apache Police Department was fatally shot early Monday.
An officer with the Gilbert Police Department paid for a woman's airplane ticket home after a scam left her "essentially homeless."
Deputies with the Maricopa (AZ) Sheriff's Office who conducted a welfare check on an elderly gentleman went out of their way to help him by repairing his home and bringing him groceries Friday.
An officer with the Phoenix Police Department was struck by at least one bullet in a gunfight on Monday night.