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 city of Tempe is considering an ordinance that would limit the use of automatic license plate readers. The proposal would also destroy all its existing ALPR data and penalize city staff for violations. -
A federal judge overseeing a long running racial profiling case against the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office denied a request on Thursday to end oversight of the agency. -
The grand jury indictments of Antonio Felix and Luis Vasquez Jr. list the same charges previously filed in direct complaints by prosecutors. -
Back in January, federal immigration agents raided each of the 14 Zipps Sports Grill locations across metro Phoenix. They were looking for undocumented workers and ended up arresting dozens of them. -
Right in the middle of Phoenix, there is a temporary holding facility where detainees are being held much longer than they are supposed to be and ICE agents have called 911 multiple times.
