We've armed our law enforcement officers with 17-shot pistols, AR15's, Tasers and body armor, but we're still only half equipping them for urban combat.

Joe Arpaio is the best sheriff ever in the history of Maricopa County! No, he’s the worst Maricopa County sheriff ever!

Maricopa County sheriff candidate Dan Saban said Tuesday he would dismantle the sheriff's controversial human smuggling unit and reassign the personnel to several multiagency task forces.

Queen Creek’s Fire Department recently celebrated its first birthday, but another decade will likely pass before the town assembles its own police force. Last week, town officials began negotiating a contract with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. That pact would keep deputies patrolling Queen Creek through 2013.

When Frank and Dorothy Barna left Sun City June 4 for a vacation, they thought they would be gone for a couple of months, get away from the heat, and come back in September when the weather cooled down. Those plans were rendered moot Aug. 12, when a friend called asking about their home.