While the death of George Floyd did force America to confront the more extreme elements of policing, it did have some more negative repercussions, most prominently protests that turned destructive in a number of cities. One other less-than-deal repercussion was the beginning of the “defund the police” movement, where more extreme left-wing activists called for anything between a significant reduction … Read More
Paradise Valley Makes the Right Choice: Rewarding Law Enforcement
It has been a difficult climate for law enforcement for the last few years. Since the George Floyd murder and resulting protests across the country and world, there has been a general ethos of categorizing all law enforcement in the same bucket of excess and impropriety from a large portion of the political left. As we know, there are certainly … Read More
Scottsdale PD is Solving Problems in School the Best Way We Know How: With Dogs
Law enforcement has a difficult job, and one that is even more difficult when it’s within the walls of a school. They have to walk a fine line between maintaining a degree of order and decency while also letting kids be kids and not prompting a response that could be quite damaging for the psyches of other children. Well the … Read More
Scottsdale Police Executing a Gigantic Sting Against Sinaloa Cartel, Keeping Valley Streets Safe
Many people might think that being a part of the Scottsdale police department involves little more than breaking up drunken bar fights in Old Town and picking up a few impaired drivers. But in a major development with statewide repercussions, the SPD directly facilitated a huge opioid bust against a major drug cartel. Yes, you read that right, the Scottsdale … Read More
Guest Editorial: Kids These Days – Scottsdale Police Warn About Troubling TikTok Trends
By Alexander Lomax You used to know if you were getting old if you had to tell kids to get off of your lawn. Perhaps now, the proper indicator of getting old is telling kids to get off that TikTok. You are very likely aware of the TikTok app, one focused on short video content that has taken off with … Read More
The Value of Working Together – Scottsdale and PV Come Together for Law Enforcement Agreement
Coordinations between city governments can be rare and difficult to come by. Politics are fraught with fragile egos and the desire to go for wins instead of true collaboration. For our local communities, we should consider ourselves lucky that we have mature adults at the helm. Recently Scottsdale and Paradise Valley came together to forge an agreement, dictating that Scottsdale … Read More
More Questions Than Answers at the County Attorney’s Office
Last week we spoke about the DOJ investigating the Phoenix Police Department regarding potential malfeasance in the office, which resulted in a one-day suspension of Police Chief Jeri Williams. However one office that had a very significant role in many of the actions being investigated yet has mostly flown under the radar is Allister Adel and the Maricopa County Attorney’s … Read More