Sedona AZ – On Tuesday, July 9, 2019, the Arizona Department of Public Safety’s (AZDPS) Career Criminal Unit arrested 28-year-old Lewis Martinez, a career criminal, for: • Armed Robbery • Trafficking in Stolen Property in the First Degree (11 Counts) • Money Laundering • Misconduct Involving Weapons • Organized Retail Theft (6 Counts) • Organized Retail Theft Use of Instrument to... 

Sedona AZ — On Wednesday, July 10, 2019, after an internal audit and investigation, Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) detectives arrested Pedro Javier Aguila Muniz, 27, at the department’s headquarters. Aguila had been assigned to the Highway Patrol Division’s Metro [Phoenix] Bureau for approximately two years. Aguila was booked into the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office 4th Avenue... 

Sedona AZ — The public is invited to attend the 2019 Trooper Memorial Ceremony at the Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) headquarters building, 2102 West Encanto Boulevard, Phoenix. The ceremony will commence at 9:00 in the morning, Monday, May 6, 2019. Hosted by the Arizona State Troopers Association, the event pays tribute to the 30 AZDPS law enforcement officers who have died in the line... 

Photos courtesy AZDPS Sedona AZ – The Arizona Department of Public Safety’s (AZDPS) Arizona State Gang Task Force, in collaboration with the Globe Police Department, the Gila County Sheriff’s Office, the Show Low Police Department and the Gila County Attorney’s Office, crippled an organized criminal network which sold illicit drugs within Gila and Navajo Counties. The investigation code... 

Sedona AZ (December 13, 2018) — On November 10, 2018, at 5:30 p.m., an Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) helicopter was requested by the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) to assist with a nighttime technical rescue of a 52-year-old climber on Thunder Mountain, Sedona, Arizona. The Sedona man was reported to have been rock climbing without ropes and harness when he reached a point... 

Sedona AZ (November 30, 2018) – An Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) sergeant acted quickly and heroically by creating a traffic break moments before a wrong way driver collided head on with his patrol vehicle on Arizona Interstate 40 (I-40), likely saving the lives of other motorists. The incident occurred on November 17, 2018, along I-40 near Flagstaff. Shortly after 3:30 in the afternoon,... 

Sedona AZ (November 28, 2018) – The Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) is reporting no collision fatalities on state highways patrolled by AZDPS during the 2018 Thanksgiving holiday, from Wednesday evening November 21, through Sunday evening November 25. This success is due to the combined efforts of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, the Arizona Department of Transportation,... 

Marijuana grow operation Sedona AZ (November 16, 2018) – Following a four week long investigation, Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) detectives have arrested seven people in connection with two illegal marijuana cultivation operations. The Mohave County Criminal Targeting Unit (MCCTU) coordinated residential search warrants on two properties in Yavapai County and seized a large amount... 

ADOT thermal imaging wrong way indicators are an attempt to prevent head on collisions when drivers enter roadways and proceed into oncoming traffic. Sedona AZ (October 19, 2018) – On October 14, 2018, at 7:33 p.m., Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) troopers received reports of a wrong-way vehicle traveling east within the westbound traffic lanes of Interstate 10, near Avra Valley,...