On Monday, September 14, 2020, the Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) was awarded a $10,000 grant by the DUI Abatement Council to further support increased impaired driver enforcement and training statewide.
AZDPS News
Release Date:
Friday, October 16, 2020
The Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) has been awarded over $1,494,000 in grant funding from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS).
Release Date:
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
*Updated Information 10-09-2020*
The Department has produced a video with additional footage related to the trooper-involved shooting which occurred in Phoenix on September 17, 2020.
Release Date:
Thursday, September 17, 2020
Multiple arrests made between August 26, 2020 and September 3, 2020 are the culmination of a months-long proactive operation to combat child sexual exploitation and child sex trafficking in Pinal County.
Release Date:
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Off-Duty Cottonwood Police Commander Dies in Crash Caused by Impaired Driver on SR-89A in Cottonwood
On September 7, 2020, at 2:39 PM, 41-year-old Jason Howard Engel of Camp Verde was driving a sport utility vehicle (SUV) southbound on State Route 89A at Willard Street, within the City of Cottonwood.
Release Date:
Monday, September 7, 2020
On Saturday, August 29, 2020, the Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) Ranger 1 helicopter was requested to assist the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) with a search and rescue mission for an injured hiker.
Release Date:
Saturday, August 29, 2020
On Thursday, August 20, 2020, at approximately 7:15 a.m., an Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) trooper in a patrol vehicle prepared to make a traffic stop on a driver on Interstate 10 eastbound near Chandler Boulevard.
Release Date:
Thursday, August 20, 2020
Updated on Wednesday, August 12, 2020
The Mesa Police Department has identified their officer as 13-year veteran Sean Stoddard. Officer Stoddard remains in critical condition at a local hospital.
Release Date:
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
On Wednesday, July 29, 2020, the Arizona Department of Public Safety’s (AZDPS) Maricopa County Criminal Targeting Unit (CTU) served a search warrant at a Mesa residence, resulting in seven arrests and shutting down an illegal drug sales operation.
Release Date:
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
On Sunday, August 2, 2020, at approximately 9 PM, an Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) trooper conducted a traffic stop on a 2005 Honda Pilot SUV, for a moving violation on US 191, north of Interstate 40, near Sanders, AZ.
Release Date:
Sunday, August 2, 2020
