Law Enforcement

A Phoenix police officer who was hospitalized in critical condition for days after being shot during a burglary call died Friday. Fellow officers are mourning the loss of Officer Zane Coolidge.

Officer Zane Coolidge had been hospitalized in critical condition since Tuesday night when he and another officer were shot while on a burglary call near 16th Street and McDowell Road.

Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance said Thursday at a Phoenix rally that he lamented that school shootings are a “fact of life" and argued the U.S. needs to harden security to prevent more carnage like the shooting this week that left four dead in Georgia.

In a unanimous ruling, the three-judge panel gave the go-ahead for Brian Houston to sue the Maricopa County over the practice of its sheriff's department of routinely putting pictures of anyone processed through its jail on the internet.

Data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and other federal agencies show the vast majority of fentanyl comes through legal ports of entry. And the people bringing it into the country are native born Americans.

A Phoenix police officer shot in the line of duty Tuesday night has been released from the hospital while his partner remains in critical condition. They were responding to a call about someone breaking into a vehicle near 16th Street and McDowell Road.

A California man was recently sentenced to prison for his part in a monthslong organized retail theft scheme involving Arizona T.J.Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods locations.

Border security is a big talking point this election season, not just in Arizona but across the country. Republicans like Donald Trump repeatedly point to a crime wave driven by undocumented immigrants. But research shows immigrants are actually less likely to commit crimes than native-born Americans.

Osiel Cárdenas Guillén is the former leader of the Gulf Cartel and founder of the Zetas, a deadly group of hitmen tied to several years of brutal killings of migrants and other civilians throughout Mexico.

People with juvenile criminal records may be eligible to have them cleared and also get their civil rights back. The local legal community is hosting an event on Saturday, Sept. 7, where people can review their options with the help of experts.