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ASU report: Prescription drug abuse on rise (FOX 11 Tucson)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:14:51 GMT
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — A recently released survey of Maricopa County jail facilities shows a pronounced increase in the use of opiates, including prescription pain killers, among new inmates. Law enforcement officials say the report by Arizona State University's Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety is significant because similar surveys in the past spotted the emergence of crack ...

Drug use up among new jail inmates (12 News Phoenix)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:24:21 GMT
Drug use skyrocketed among inmates booked into Maricopa County jails over the past year, especially among White men arrested for property-related crimes, according to a new report by Arizona State University.

Rapper DMX jailed for probation violation (UPI)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:34:09 GMT
PHOENIX, March 10 (UPI) -- Hip-hop star and actor DMX has been jailed in Arizona for violating his probation by using drugs such as cocaine, the Maricopa County Sheriff's office said.

From Brewer to Arpaio, No One's Listening to the Experts About How to Save Money or Protect Civil Rights and Public ... (Phoenix New Times)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:41:24 GMT
It must be incredibly demoralizing to be a juvenile-justice-reform advocate in Maricopa County these days. The governor's made official her plan to close the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections, sending about 500 kids incarcerated by the state to the counties, thus cutting roughly $63...

Rapper DMX Arrested In Arizona Again (DimeWars)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:55:13 GMT
Rapper DMX was arrested yesterday in Arizona. Authorities in Maricopa County say rapper DMX has been arrested for allegedly violating his probation by using drugs.

Mom of missing Arizona baby refuses to go to court (KVOA Tucson)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:45:05 GMT
PHOENIX (AP) - The mother of an 8-month-old Arizona boy missing for more than two months has refused to go to court, delaying the case.

Rapper DMX Arrested in Arizona (FOX 9 News Twin Cities)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:24:12 GMT
DMX, aka Earl Simmons, was arrested in Arizona Tuesday for violating terms of his probation.

Mom of missing Arizona baby refuses to go to court (KVOA Tucson)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:44:54 GMT
PHOENIX (AP) - The mother of an 8-month-old Arizona boy missing for more than two months refused to go to court Tuesday, delaying the case.

Mom of missing Arizona baby refuses to go to court (FOX 11 Tucson)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:44:29 GMT
PHOENIX (AP) — The mother of an 8-month-old Arizona boy missing for more than two months refused to go to court Tuesday, delaying the case. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Timothy Ryan would have ruled on two motions had 23-year-old Elizabeth Johnson not refused to leave her Maricopa County jail cell. Ryan rescheduled Tuesday's hearing for March 17, when he's expected to rule on a couple ...

DPS car chase ends in Maricopa; 2 arrested (Casa Grande Dispatch)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:36:59 GMT
MARICOPA — A late-night car chase in Maricopa in which an officer from the Arizona Department of Public Safety shot at one of two suspects fleeing from a stolen vehicle ended with the arrest of two men Thursday.

 

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Law Enforcement Employees by City

Data as of 2005

City Total Law Enforcement Total Officers Total Civilians
Apache Junction 75 46 29
Avondale 118 74 44
Benson 19 12 7
Bisbee 22 15 7
Buckeye 53 39 14
Bullhead City 118 73 45
Camp Verde 32 20 12
Casa Grande 91 63 28
Chandler 441 297 144
Chino Valley 36 24 12
Clarkdale 10 8 2
Clifton 8 6 2
Colorado City 7 5 2
Coolidge 37 26 11
Cottonwood 43 27 16
Douglas 45 33 12
Eagar 12 8 4
El Mirage 53 45 8
Eloy 47 30 17
Flagstaff 147 94 53
Florence 29 19 10
Fredonia 3 3 0
Gilbert 284 187 97
Glendale 485 365 120
Globe 32 22 10
Goodyear 103 70 33
Hayden 7 6 1
Holbrook 21 13 8
Huachuca City 10 5 5
Jerome 4 4 0
Kearny 8 5 3
Kingman 78 53 25
Lake Havasu City 99 74 25
Mammoth 10 7 3
Marana 85 64 21
Mesa 1,340 801 539
Miami 11 7 4
Nogales 83 64 19
Oro Valley 110 85 25
Page 31 21 10
Paradise Valley 45 35 10
Parker 15 13 2
Patagonia 2 2 0
Payson 42 29 13
Peoria 230 159 71
Phoenix 3,782 2,898 884
Pima 4 4 0
Pinetop-Lakeside 22 14 8
Prescott 111 62 49
Prescott Valley 56 45 11
Quartzsite 11 9 2
Safford 22 20 2
Sahuarita 25 22 3
San Luis 44 34 10
Scottsdale 615 389 226
Sedona 31 23 8
Show Low 39 26 13
Sierra Vista 80 49 31
Snowflake-Taylor 19 12 7
Somerton 23 16 7
South Tucson 32 22 10
Springerville 10 8 2
St. Johns 12 9 3
Superior 12 7 5
Surprise 126 95 31
Tempe 540 329 211
Thatcher 11 10 1
Tolleson 32 25 7
Tombstone 7 6 1
Tucson 1,369 1,008 361
Wellton 4 4 0
Wickenburg 18 11 7
Willcox 17 9 8
Williams 19 10 9
Winslow 36 23 13
Youngtown 15 13 2
Yuma 229 152 77
   
 

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Missing Persons for
Maricopa, AZ


Endangered Runaway: ANGELICA GALLEGOS (AZ)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:13:04 EST


Endangered Runaway: SABRINA TERRAZAS (AZ)
Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:45:24 EST


Family Abduction: EPHRAM RICHESON (AZ)
Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:26:15 EST


Endangered Runaway: RUBY WILLIAMS (AZ)
Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:46:07 EST


Endangered Runaway: JOSHUA HARSHBARGER (AZ)
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:07:44 EST


Endangered Runaway: EMMA KUEHL (AZ)
Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:15:30 EST


Endangered Missing: GABRIEL JOHNSON (AZ)
Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:12:49 EST


Missing: NEVAEH YBARRA (AZ)
Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:24:13 EST


Family Abduction: GEORGE AGUILAR (AZ)
Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:56:54 EST


Endangered Missing: ALISSA TURNEY (AZ)
Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:12:18 EST


Endangered Runaway: SELINA TOYOS (AZ)
Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:35:35 EDT


Endangered Missing: SOPHIA HICKMAN (AZ)
Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:47:09 EDT


Endangered Missing: LOGAN HICKMAN (AZ)
Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:47:09 EDT


Endangered Runaway: ZULMA FLORIS (AZ)
Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:26:51 EDT


Family Abduction: NATASHA CORLEY (AZ)
Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:07:12 EDT


Endangered Runaway: DAKOTA COSTANZO (AZ)
Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:58:03 EDT


Missing: THOMAS RAMIREZ-GARCIA (AZ)
Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:16:45 EDT


Missing: YARELI BARAJAS (AZ)
Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:46:26 EDT


Endangered Runaway: MICHEL OCHOA (AZ)
Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:22:34 EDT


Endangered Missing: DOROTHY CLITHEROE (AZ)
Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:13:07 EDT