The Mesa Police Association’s greed could end up hurting their co-workers at the Mesa police department and the community they swore to protect and serve.

January 28, 2005

Friends and business associates were shocked by the death Monday of Scott Coles, president and chief executive of Mortgages Ltd., the state's largest private mortgage bank involved in financing many high-profile Valley projects.

Gilbert Police Chief John Brewer is stepping down in December, bringing to an end more than three decades in law enforcement. Brewer has been the town’s top cop for seven years. Previously, he served 25 years on Mesa’s force.

Todd Bankofier, the voice of the state’s high-tech industries for the past 2 1 /2 years as president of the Arizona Technology Council, is resigning to become vice president and general manager of a Tempe-based information technology company.

The focus was on a promise to continue community policing on Monday as Daniel Garcia was sworn in as the new police chief of the Phoenix Police Department.

The focus was on a promise to continue community policing on Monday as Daniel Garcia was sworn in as the new police chief of the Phoenix Police Department.

While new Surprise Police Chief Michael Frazier did not officially take command of the department until Monday morning, over the weekend he spent some time performing a big part of his job: introducing himself to the community.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - The chief of Hezbollah told throngs of supporters at a funeral for slain commander Imad Mughniyeh his group would retaliate against Israeli targets anywhere in the world after accusing the Jewish state of killing the militant.

Findings in an independent audit to identify weaknesses in the Apache Junction Police Department’s operations, procedures and policies could put Police Chief Robert Warner’s job in jeopardy.

With a vision of increasing communication and reducing crime, Mesa Police Chief George Gascón announced Wednesday that he is reorganizing the department.

More than 1,200 guns. Hundreds of pieces of seized evidence. More than $150,000 in potential revenue for Apache Junction. And all of it’s gone.

In this economy and with dwindling education budgets, when a top school chief receives a nearly $15,000 raise, there are obvious questions that come up.

Apache Junction officials will meet tonight to discuss Police Chief Robert Warner's future with the city, just two days after discrimination lawsuits surfaced from his past.

Kevin Tyne, Gov. Jan Brewer's chief of staff, is leaving to take a job with the Republican Governors Association. The move comes nine months after Brewer became the state's chief executive, taking Tyne, a longtime confidant, with her from the secretary of state's office. In that time, though, Tyne has come under some criticism for his management style, with two high-profile staffers leaving.

Illegal immigration. Budget woes. Growing pains. When the public came to meet Mesa’s police chief semifinalists on Thursday night, these were the issues on citizens’ minds.

WASHINGTON - President Bush on Monday nominated John Roberts to succeed William H. Rehnquist as chief justice and called on the Senate to confirm him before the Supreme Court opens its fall term on Oct. 3. Just 50 years old, Roberts could shape the court for decades to

Former Arizona Game and Fish commissioner W. Hays Gilstrap, an instrumental figure in establishing Arizona's Scholastic Clay Target Program, was recently inducted into the National Sporting Clays Association Hall of Fame for his outstanding contributions to youth shooting sports programs.

If the police helicopter buzzing above your home late at night is owned by a city other than the one in which you live, does that make its mission any less important, or less relevant to the safety of your community?

The top Mesa school district official has been given a prominent role in the campaign to convince voters to approve a city property tax, and Mesa teachers may soon follow.

The top Mesa school district official has been given a prominent role in the campaign to convince voters to approve a city property tax, and Mesa teachers may soon follow.

WASHINGTON - President Bush on Monday nominated John Roberts to succeed William H. Rehnquist as chief justice, and called on the Senate to confirm him before the Supreme Court opens its fall term on Oct. 3.

The Gilbert Unified School District will search internally for a new superintendent and plans to choose one in March.