Mikel Longman, who served 34 years in a variety of police positions in Arizona, has been named chief of public safety at the Maricopa Community Colleges (MCC). In this role, Longman will be responsible for achieving greater standardization and centralization of police functions at the 10 Maricopa Community Colleges.

Officer John Lafontaine stepped out of his patrol car to approach the large, muscular man he suspected of harassing residents in a run-down neighborhood near 64th Street and Broadway Road.

Officer John Lafontaine stepped out of his patrol car to approach the large, muscular man he suspected of harassing residents in a run-down neighborhood near 64th Street and Broadway Road. “Hey!” Lafontaine said sharply. “Step over here.”

Officer John Lafontaine stepped out of his Mesa patrol car to approach the large, muscular man he suspected of harassing residents in a run-down neighborhood near 64th Street and Broadway Road.

Mesa Police Department’s newest member is trained to find drugs and narcotics, but when she was introduced this week, she found her way into a few hearts.

My top three reasons why Mesa Police Association members think they should be paid to get dressed for work (inspired by a story in the Fresno Bee):

In Guadalupe, grocery store employees waited in vain for help during an armed robbery. In Queen Creek, vandalism spread through a neighborhood where Maricopa County sheriff's deputies rarely patrolled.

As Don Logan reflects on his career as Scottsdale’s first diversity and dialogue director and his upcoming retirement, he says his injuries from a 2004 mail bomb explosion weren’t what he found most painful.

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ASU needs better tools to track and assess students’ behavior and to upgrade its emergency notification system for when worst-case scenarios become real, a university committee recommends.

Bill Richardson: Next month, Gov. Jan Brewer will make her most important appointment as the state's chief executive. Brewer will select a new director for the Department of Public Safety, Arizona's statewide police force. 

Citing budget concerns due in part to what City Manager Kevin Evans called a “top-heavy administration,” the city is preparing to release two top level directors by Friday, Feb. 29.

The new head of the state police force wants changes to speed cameras along interstates.

Irwin Bakin, chief of police for Sunnyvale, Calif., is poised to become the Maricopa County Community College District’s first security director.

Less than two years after Mesa officials faced difficult budget choices, multimillion-dollar cuts and employee layoffs, 35 more city workers are losing their jobs to cover a projected $2.5 million deficit.

Bill Richardson: Law enforcement services provided by Arizona government are in serious trouble. Gov. Jan Brewer recently asked state agencies to propose another 15 percent in budget cuts, which would render many law enforcement functions nearly impotent when compared with the state’s homegrown career criminals and organized crime from Mexico.

Steve Corich said he can’t point to a single element that defines his new life overseas: Everything is a shock.

Parents and children will once again begin their daily commutes to and from school, as more than 1 million kids will soon head back or have already started back to school. Therefore, to keep kids safer during this busy time of year, AAA would like to offer some helpful reminders for both parents and children.

NEW YORK — Recent high-profile attacks on tourists in India, Brazil, Turkey and Mexico — including rapes — have raised questions about personal safety for overseas travel, especially for women. But frequent travelers and those who work in the industry say a few common-sense precautions can go a long way to ensuring personal safety.

Parents and children will once again begin their daily commutes to and from school, as more than 1 million kids will soon head back or have already started back to school. Therefore, to keep kids safer during this busy time of year, AAA would like to offer some helpful reminders for both parents and children.

Cortina Elementary School will host an Internet safety parent presentation at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Higley Unified School District school, 19680 S. 188th St., Queen Creek.

MILES CITY, Mont. - John Munsell wants out — out of the small meat processing plant his father started decades ago and out from the control of a federal agency he claims has made his life ‘‘pure hell’’ for saying its food protection efforts are lax.