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Phoenix Police to hand certain critical‑incident investigations to Arizona DPS starting June 30
Summary
The Phoenix Police Department will have the Arizona Department of Public Safety’s Major Incident Division investigate officer‑involved shootings and other critical incidents beginning June 30, as required by recent state law; Phoenix will maintain administrative investigations in parallel and coordinate victim‑services briefings.
Phoenix Police told the Public Safety & Justice Subcommittee Wednesday that the department has agreed to have the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) take lead on independent criminal investigations of critical incidents, effective June 30, following a change in state law.
Assistant Chief Ed DeCastro summarized current procedures and the change that will take effect: local homicide units have handled criminal investigations of officer‑involved…
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