Members of Central City receive Patriot Award

Phoenix, Arizona, August 4, 2010. Arizona State Chairman, Scott Essex presents to his right, Sergeant Thomas Leister and Commander Chris Crockett, City of Phoenix Police Department their Patriot Awards.  Also pictured is Arizona Executive Director Butch Wise and to his right, Sergeant Walter Gustafson.  Commander Crockett and Sergeant Leister were nominated for their Patriot Awards by SGT Christopher Hendershott, who is currently deployed with the 1136th Transportation Company, Maine Army National Guard stationed in Afghanistan. 

New north Phoenix police precinct holds ribbon cutting

Phoenix Police and City of Phoenix officials gathered along with north Phoenix business owners and area residents Thursday morning, August 12, 2010 to celebrate the opening of the newest police precinct. Black Mountain Precinct will officially open on Monday, August 23, 2010, but the public is invited to tour the 30,000 square-foot facility on Saturday, August 14th from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Missing brothers, 5 and 7, returned to father

After an exhausting investigation by several agencies, two missing children involved in a custodial interference case have been found in Puerto Rico.  The young boys were in hiding with their mother who had lost custody of them during a court hearing in Arizona.  On Thursday, August 5, 2010, after six months on the run the two boys were reunited with their father in Puerto Rico and the three were flown home to Phoenix on Saturday, August 7, 2010.

They protect all of us - at no charge

They wear the badge, the uniform, answer the same calls; most join for many of the same reasons.  But, one thing sets them apart from all other Phoenix police officers; they do it all for free—as volunteers.  Ten men and one woman were about to become full-authority police officers during the (Phoenix-only) Reserve Academy graduation of Class R-63. They all have full-time careers that include a chef, a personal trainer, and a computer games inventor and website creator.

History-making Phoenix cop celebrates 90th birthday

Back in 1957, women in Phoenix law enforcement were an uncommon occurrence. Those who applied for the job needed to be in good health; as well as fit the following requirements: be between the ages of 21-35, 5’4”-5’10”, weigh 125-190 pounds, and they were required to have a college-level education.

• Police/SB1070: A week in review
• Phoenix Police Officer in shooting an inspiration to teen girls
• Thieves take police on wild chase through desert
• Teen does right things, sexual predator arrested
• Moon Valley woman survives shooting, suspect dead
• Sibling disput turns violent
• Phoenix Police Crime Suppressors Honored
• Police search for vehicle involved in crash killing 2, injuring 4
• A TRIBUTE TO TRAVIS: Phoenix Officer Murphy grieved by thousands
• First child heat related death of year claims Phoenix toddler
• Kids learn firsthand about parent's Phoenix police career
• Help find suspects in violent assault

AZ POST provided a training video to be viewed by all Arizona law enforcement in regards to SB 1070.

Click to here to view the video!

Each year the Phoenix Police Department prepares an annual summary reflecting statistics and programs that were significant over the previous year. In an effort to provide more current and useful information, a quarterly document named Phoenix Police Digest will also be published.

• View annual summary
• View quarterly summary

Be sure to do your buying in Phoenix. Sales taxes on the merchandise you buy go into the city's general fund, which helps pay for many important city services, such as police, fire, parks and libraries. When you shop in other communities, the taxes go to the general funds of those cities. Shop Phoenix whenever you can!

Service as a reserve officer will offer you training, challenge, excitement, teamwork, opportunities for special assignments and promotion, excellent benefits and significant personal rewards.

LINK: Reserve Home Page
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