Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico — The Arizona Department of Public Safety’s (ADPS) Director, Col. Frank Milstead, had a rare visit with Adolfo Garcia Morales, Secretary of Public Safety for the State of Sonora on January 4, 2016.
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Phoenix — Five people were killed after the vehicle they were traveling in vaulted off of a freeway overpass and landed 50 feet below in the dirt median of Interstate 10. Upon impact the vehicle ignited into flames with all five occupants still inside.
A ten year veteran trooper with the Arizona Department of Public Safety (ADPS) has been hospitalized following a collision early Thursday morning on westbound Interstate 10 at 43rd avenue.
A Toyota Tacoma, traveling on SR 169, crossed over the centerline into the oncoming lane of traffic and a Ford van head on. The driver of the Tacoma died at the scene. The driver of van was airlifted to a hospital in the Phoenix area for treatment.
Holbrook, Arizona — Over the past two weeks, the Arizona Department of Public Safety's (ADPS) northern Operations Communication Center (OPCOMM) located in Flagstaff, has received multiple 911 calls from a man falsely reporting various emergencies along northern Arizo
Updated on January 25, 2016, at 11:52 a.m. by Quentin Mehr, Public Information Officer.
Phoenix — Troopers statewide will once again educate drivers about the importance of seat belt usage with the help of a $40,000 grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS).
Phoenix -The Arizona-Mexico border provides the perfect storm in relation to drug trafficking, human smuggling and other illicit activity. No border state has as much on the line as Arizona. California has a wall and New Mexico has mountain ranges.
Updated by Raul Garcia, Public Information Officer, on December 24, 2015, at 4:30 p.m.
Phoenix — A suspect in a road-rage shooting incident that occurred early Halloween morning along Interstate 17 was arrested earlier today by troopers with the Arizona Department of Public Safety (ADPS).