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On February 20, 2018, we published an article titled "River Rock Dodge Ball" which profiled a use of force incident from December 26, 2015 when an officer and a sergeant from the Cactus Park Precinct confronted a violent adult male... Read More

On April 1, 2018 PLEA met with the men of the Phoenix chapter of  Omega Psi Phi which is the one of the oldest black collegiate fraternities in America.  This organization has taken on as its mission, reaching out to... Read More

The Force Science Institute recently sent an e-mail newsletter update on the move afoot in some parts of the country driven by activist groups to change the standards under which police use of force is judged.  The 1989 Supreme Court... Read More

On June 4, 2012, Phoenix Police Officer Craig Tiger was involved in an on-duty lethal force encounter where he shot and killed a suspect threatening citizens and police officers at a City park with a baseball bat.  Officer Tiger began... Read More

Criminals continue to grow more violent. Every day, the men and women on the front lines in the City of Phoenix face a full-on assault from the criminal element in our city. You and your family continue to be at... Read More

Every year during the second week of April, public safety telecommunications personnel are honored across the Country.  National Public Telecommunicators Week was originally started in 1981, by Patricia Anderson, of the Contra Costa County, California Sheriff's Office as a time... Read More