The Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) will host a media availability with Trooper Rachel De La Torre, the Department’s Crimes Against Children Coordinator and Captain Tony Mapp who oversaw the recent rescue operation of a 17-year-old victim of sex trafficking.
News Releases
Monday, January 28, 2019 - 4:25pm
Mohave County — On January 16, 2019, the Idaho State Police notified the Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) about a parental kidnapping which took place within the jurisdiction of the Nampa Police Department in Idaho.
Thursday, January 17, 2019 - 1:59pm
Scottsdale, Ariz. — The Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) is investigating a fatal collision involving a Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community police officer, that occurred on January 8, 2019, at 6:04 p.m.
Wednesday, January 9, 2019 - 4:30am
The Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) will host a media availability with the Ranger 1 helicopter crew who performed the first nighttime technical rescue in AZDPS aviation history, of a stranded hiker near Sedona on November 10, 2018.
Tuesday, December 18, 2018 - 4:45pm
Sedona, Ariz. — On November 10, 2018, at 5:30 p.m., an Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) helicopter was requested by the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) to assist with a nighttime technical rescue of a 52-year-old climber on Thunder Mountain, north of Sedona.
Thursday, December 13, 2018 - 6:54am
Phoenix — The Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS), along with the California Department of Justice (DOJ) and the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, arrested
Wednesday, December 12, 2018 - 2:21pm
The Arizona Department of Public Safety will host a media availability with Sgt. Paul Damgaard, whose actions on November 17, 2018, likely saved the lives of other motorists before his patrol vehicle was struck by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 40 near Flagstaff.
Thursday, December 6, 2018 - 5:27pm
The Arizona Department of Public Safety and the Southern Arizona DUI Task Force will be hosting its 20th Anniversary Commemoration and Dinner, honoring fallen Officer Juan Cruz, #3111, on Friday, December 7, 2018, at 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 6, 2018 - 11:34am
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.
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
