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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The group’s new artist rendition is of a teen thought to be of Honduran descent known only as Jane Tucson Doe — a girl between 17 and 22 years old who was found dead on Nov. 1, 1979, near I-10, southeast of Tucson. -
The Consulate General of Mexico in Phoenix says the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office is working with the immigration and customs enforcement. It recently published this information via social media to the Mexican community. -
No Turquoise Alert had been issued but on Monday, authorities discovered human remains in Navajo County near the Knots Landing community in Whiteriver on the Fort Apache Reservation. -
The self-described conservative group sued the Democratic governor for records to see if she ordered local law enforcement to not comply with federal immigration efforts. A press person said the records don't exist because she ordered DPS to comply with the law. -
Oftentimes, Native American communities lack re-entry support after incarceration. Some Arizona organizations are aiming to fill this gap.
