Phoenix Police Department
The Phoenix Police Department will conduct a pilot program called Virtual Block Watch, where private citizens and business owners can register their personal outdoor video cameras with the Police Department. The system would virtually map the registered cameras, and notify police where potential video footage can be found if a crime is committed…
Phoenix Police Department union representatives have described the current state of staffing within the Department as a crisis, citing reduced staffing leading to overtime costs and overwork for its officers. Hiring has essentially been frozen in the wake of the economic crisis of 2008, leading to a 10% reduction in the number of officers…
Phoenix Police Department Chief Jeri Williams has reassigned about 170 officers to patrol duty in an attempt to beef up its police presence on the street and better police response time. Hiring has been essentially frozen since the economic crisis of 2008, leading to a decrease in law enforcement staff from about 3,400 in…
Current Phoenix Police Department Chief Joe Yahner, who accepted the position in October 2015, will retire this coming October. Jeri Williams, who served 22 years with the Phoenix Police Department before accepting the Chief of Police position in Oxnard, California in 2011, was selected from among 65 applicants for the position. Future Chief Williams…
The Phoenix Police Department has identified a recent series of 8 shootings, which has resulted in the deaths of 7 people since mid-March, as being connected forensically. A police spokesman stated they have no evidence to believe the shootings have any connection to the Phoenix freeway shootings which took place last year. Since the dismissal…