YUMA - Three detention officers with the Yuma County Sheriff's Office have been arrested on suspicion they conducted ongoing sexual relationships with four female inmates, authorities said.

Some border county sheriffs want Arizona schools to start asking students whether they are in this country legally. Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, who originated the idea, said Arizona taxpayers are underwriting millions of dollars of costs of teaching English to children who have no legal right to be here.

Paul Babeu, the Republican candidate for Pinal County sheriff, brings backgrounds in both politics and law enforcement to his bid for the position that requires the skills in both.

Two sheriffs gave a grim assessment of security along the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday, telling a lawmakers they need the federal government to send more soldiers.

YUMA - A vehicle filled with suspected illegal immigrants rolled over early Monday, resulting in nine deaths, authorities said. The single-vehicle accident occurred on a dirt road about a mile west of U.S. 95 when the driver of a large SUV carrying up to 22 people attempted to make a U-turn with Border Patrol agents in pursuit and the vehicle rolled over when he lost control, a Border Patrol spokesman said.

Local political leaders may disagree with Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s recent campaigns to root out those suspected of living in the country illegally, but criticism that he should spend more time serving felony warrants appears off-base.

April 12, 2005

The 28 sheriff's deputies reporting to Capt. Joe Rodriquez patrol Maricopa County's waterways, nabbing drunken boaters and responding to emergencies from Lake Pleasant to Bartlett Reservoir to Saguaro Lake, a popular recreation spot east of Phoenix.

Arizona is going to get the lion’s share of a $15 million congressional appropriation to help states improve border security.

Although most people would not like to meet sex offenders, Mesa residents are now able to find out where they live.

At least three local law enforcement agencies received calls late Sunday about what appeared to be a ring of fire over Saguaro Lake.

At least three local law enforcement agencies received calls late Sunday about what appeared to be a ring of fire over Saguaro Lake.

Rejecting the pleas of the state's former top federal prosecutor, a House panel voted Thursday to let police destroy marijuana they have seized even if it turns out the person had a right to possess it.

Conceding their lobbying arguments are inconsistent with those in court, state prosecutors have given up in their bid to regulate how products with marijuana are labeled.

Ignoring a threatened lawsuit, a Senate panel voted Monday to let police destroy marijuana they have seized, even if it was taken wrongly from a medical marijuana patient.

A Mesa man was shot and killed early Monday in the parking lot of a Mesa church while backing up his younger brother, who went there to confront a man over past insults, police said.

Paul Babeu, guest commentary

‘Selective scrutiny’ over police, fire pension programs a dangerous game

Another police officer has been murdered in Maricopa County. The third this year. Last week, a Chandler police detective was murdered during an undercover drug investigation by a heavily armed crew of mostly convicted felons and career criminals who obviously had no fear of the carnage they were going to leave behind. Two other detectives were seriously wounded.

Civic leaders lashed out Wednesday at state lawmakers who voted for a bill that would force local police and sheriff's departments to help enforce federal immigration laws.

It may be a small-town sheriff’s office, but “it’s not Barney Fife’s jail,” says Kip Culver of the old Gila County Sheriff’s Office and Jail in Globe.

The recent murder of a Cochise County rancher may provide the best chance in years to get the federal government to provide additional border security, the county sheriff said Monday.

The fight to represent a far-flung congressional district could be determined by how Arizonans feel about whether children of illegal immigrants are entitled to U.S. citizenship.

This could be our chance to avenge the bola tie.