Flagstaff, Ariz. — An Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) sergeant acted quickly and heroically by creating a traffic break moments before a wrong-way driver collided head-on with his patrol vehicle on Interstate 40 (I-40), likely saving the lives of other motorists.
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Friday, November 30, 2018 - 12:41pm
PHOENIX – Beginning Dec. 1, Arizona motorists expecting vehicle registration renewals will see a new Public Safety Fee. The fee was established by state law to support public safety and Highway Patrol operations.
Thursday, November 29, 2018 - 10:11am
Phoenix— The Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) is reporting no collision fatalities on state highways patrolled by AZDPS during the 2018 Thanksgiving holiday, from Wednesday evening November 21, through Sunday evening November 25.
Wednesday, November 28, 2018 - 2:26pm
Phoenix — The Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) has been awarded approximately $442,000 in grant funding from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS).
Wednesday, November 28, 2018 - 11:29am
Northwestern Ariz —Following a four-week long investigation, Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) detectives have arrested seven people in connection with two illegal marijuana cultivation operations.
Friday, November 16, 2018 - 11:51am
Wickenburg, Ariz. — On Friday, October 12, 2018, a 53-year-old woman lost control of her vehicle along US 60 near milepost 117. The vehicle traveled through the right-of-way fence and dropped 50 feet, landing in a mesquite tree where it remained suspended above the ground.
Wednesday, October 31, 2018 - 8:54am
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State Trooper Intentionally Collides with Wrong-Way Driver in Tucson
Thursday, October 25, 2018 - 10:28pm
Casa Grande, Ariz.— The Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) will set up a collection site for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) National Take Back program:
When: Saturday, October 27th, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Thursday, October 25, 2018 - 9:54am
Tucson, Ariz – On October 14, 2018, at 7:33 p.m., Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) troopers received reports of a white wrong-way vehicle traveling east within the westbound traffic lanes of Interstate 10, near Avra Valley.
Friday, October 19, 2018 - 3:53pm
