The Phoenix City Council is set on Wednesday to consider a new five-year contract worth roughly $22 million with the Scottsdale company that makes Tasers.
Federal civil rights investigators said in June that Phoenix police use electrical weapons often and unreasonably.
City officials say the Taser model police have now is about to reach the end of its life expectancy. The new design is about the same size with better tech and safety features.
City officials call Tasers a less-lethal tool officers can use in addition to focusing on de-escalation.
The U.S. Justice Department says Phoenix police fire Tasers at people who pose no threat and show signs of having a mental health crisis.
New department policy set to go live in late January requires an internal review of incidents when officers use Tasers.
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In March, Todd Maddox, 59, was arrested after museum staff witnessed him breaking off pieces of a marble wall and throwing them at the large red sculpture called "Jurassic Age.” -
Here’s a story that sounds like sci-fi: Every law enforcement agency in Cochise County will soon use iris scanning technology to identify people. -
Police are continuing to investigate the death of a man with developmental disabilities who was found inside a vehicle parked outside a Mesa adult care facility. -
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego wants the police department to process public records requests faster. -
The Mesa Police Department confirmed 36-year-old Lorenzo Lopez was found inside a vehicle on Thursday at ITC Personal In-Home Care facility, which also goes by the name Pathways for Life.
