The new Arizona Sex Offender Management Board appointed a leader earlier this month. And the board is still working to formally establish its purpose and mission statement.
State lawmakers gave funding to the Arizona Department of Public Safety to create the board, which will develop statewide standards for the supervision, treatment and management of sex offenders.
The Pinal County attorney says this will make for more consistent accountability measures.
Beth Goulden, with the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, was elected to chair the nearly 30-member board at its first meeting.
According to the October meeting minutes, the agenda in November will include more foundational processes including electing a vice chair and establishing objectives.
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An administrator at Saguaro High School resigned this week after facing accusations that he inappropriately messaged a student at a Scottsdale middle school on social media. -
Prosecutors have charged Tyler Robinson with aggravated murder in the Sept. 10 shooting of the conservative activist on the Utah Valley University campus in Orem, just a few miles north of the Provo courthouse. They plan to seek the death penalty. -
Between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m., community members will see an increase in emergency personnel including police units, fire trucks and ambulances on ASU’s Tempe campus. -
The Pinal County Attorney’s Office announced this week that it’s joining certain violent-crime task forces led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The same deal with the Phoenix Police Department was canceled more than a decade ago. -
Officers who received the training included some from Sonora’s new border operations division.
