The Latest Breaking News from Phoenix Police Department

Police Rescue 4 Kids From Hot Car While Dad Was Intoxicated In Adult Store

"They had pink, red skin, they were sweating and crying."

Bored Panda · Jul 29, 2025

Police rescue emaciated newborn baby from Phoenix apartment days after its mother died

Shocking bodycam footage shows officers forcing their way into the home and finding the baby alone on the bed

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2025

Charges dropped against Phoenix deaf man who was punched and tased by police officers

‘On behalf of Tyron and his family, we are overjoyed,’ Tyron McAlpin’s lawyer said after the announcement

The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2024

Lauren Heike: Arizona esthetician murdered on desert hiking trail after being attacked from behind

The victim’s body was found in north Phoenix desert the day after she went out to exercise

The Independent UK · May 4, 2023

A Black 'Wall Street Journal' reporter was detained while working outside a bank

The Phoenix Police Department says that it has launched an internal investigation following the arrest of Journal finance reporter Dion Rabouin, who was conducting interviews outside a Chase Bank.

WEKU · Jan 7, 2023

Wall Street Journal demands response after Black journalist handcuffed by Arizona police while reporting

Phoenix Police Department’s interaction with finance reporter raises questions about constitutional policing issues as agency enters second year of Justice Department civil rights investigation

The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2023

Police find no powder in envelope sent to Arizona Republican Kari Lake which her team called ‘terroristic attack’

‘No substance’ found in letter sent to campaign headquarters, Phoenix police says

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2022

AZ Sec. of State's office burglarized

Hobbs' campaign “released photographs of a person it said was identified as the suspect"

Salon · Oct 27, 2022

Nevada state Senate hopeful clears record on his 2003 threat to blow up plane

LAS VEGAS — A Las Vegas resident running for Nevada state Senate in District 8 threatened to blow up a plane on Sept. 9, 2003 — nearly two years after 9/11 — after he missed his connecting flight in Phoenix.

Tribune News Service · Oct 26, 2022