Phoenix has planned to name a permanent police chief in April.
But a spokesperson for the city manager’s office is mum on whether the announcement will come now or later in the month.
Command-staff members in Mesa and Oakland, California, are among a quartet of finalists to be chief of Phoenix police.
They face two internal candidates, one of whom has been acting chief for years. He recently enacted new rules for when officers can shoot suspects or use other force.
The move drew union pushback. So did suspending officers involved in the violent arrest of a deaf man with cerebral palsy after an internal review.
The permanent chief will lead a chronically understaffed department that received blistering findings in a civil rights investigation less than a year ago.
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The Federal Trade Commission says Arizonans lost roughly $337 million to fraud in 2024. A new imposter scam targets the family members of those arrested and put in jail. -
The bill, introduced by a Republican Arizona senator, would put restrictions on what data could be accessed and who could access it. The proposal comes after the surveillance camera company Flock Safety has come under scrutiny in the state. -
Indigenous peoples across the U.S. have been swept up in the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants and an Arizona tribe is taking steps to safeguard its membership. -
The Arizona Rangers are a civilian non-profit organization that law enforcement can request in support of duties. -
Democratic members of Congress could be back in court this month after they say the Trump administration is again denying them immediate access to immigration detention facilities.
