A man who was given an ultimatum by three cops of choosing to eat marijuana or go to jail has settled his civil case with the city and will receive $100,000 in damages. Edgar Castro was pulled over on what may have been a bogus traffic stop in September 2016. They say...
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Police Misconduct
Buckeye Cops Facing Corruption Allegations
An anonymous letter sent by “numerous employees of the Buckeye [AZ] Police Department” has called into question the operations of the department. Allegations range from bullying to criminal activities. The letter has led to the appointment of an outside investigator...
Federal judge rules Arpaio in contempt of court
United States District Judge Murray Snow has found that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio violated court orders, including those prohibiting the continuing of the sheriff’s “immigration patrols.” The lengthy opinion by Snow has been described as a “bruising critique”...
Arizona bill would criminalize recording cops in public
Earlier this month, Senate Bill 1054 was introduced in the legislature by Arizona State Senator John Kavanagh The bill would make it an offense to take a video of “law enforcement activity” if you are within 20 feet from such activity, unless you have the permission...
Phoenix Police Officers Accused of Using Improper Force
In the midst of a nationwide discussion about excessive force and transparency relating to police officers, footage has been released showing two incidents of alleged improper force on the part of the police in Phoenix. We should state that the use of body cams by...
Phoenix Cops Lose Challenge to Officer DNA Samples
The United States Constitution guarantees that we may not be subjected to unreasonable searches and seizures. But when the right is asserted by a defendant in criminal case, the stock response of most law enforcement personnel is, at best, grudging acceptance of that...
Arizona cop charged with secretly recording women undressing at tanning salon
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] A police officer from Goodyear, AZ (a suburb of Phoenix) is facing multiple felony charges after he allegedly videotaped women in various stages of undress at a local...
Allegations of Police Misconduct Plague Arizona Cops
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] They tell us that sometimes we “can’t see the forest for the trees.” We’ve heard the expression hundreds of times. What it means, simply, is that when you examine things one...
Deputy’s Suicide Raises New Questions for Maricopa County Sheriff
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] For Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, it’s been a tough month . . . er, we mean year . . . er, better make that years. The essence of the problem seems to be that whenever...
Questions Surround Killings by Border Patrol Agents
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] Nogales is only 180 miles south of Phoenix, but there is a world of difference between the two cities. Nogales shares with other border towns in Arizona, and in other...