Rep. Ruben Gallego picked up a key endorsement from the Arizona Police Association. Then, his letter blasting a DOJ investigation of the Phoenix Police Department came to light.

The Republican lawmakers' letter could signal potential legal action from Arizona to resist federal oversight of the Phoenix Police Department.

Gallego’s letter asks the DOJ not to pursue a consent decree — essentially, an agreement in which a police department makes changes overseen by a federal monitor — for Phoenix police.

Gallego's letter to the U.S. Justice Department came a day after a major police group endorsed him for the U.S. Senate. Story by Ronald J. Hansen, Taylor Seely and Miguel Torres, Arizona Republic ...

Then, his letter blasting a DOJ investigation of the Phoenix Police Department came to light. Rep. Ruben Gallego picked up a key endorsement from the Arizona Police Association.

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The governor of Arizona has signed a measure into law that makes it illegal for people to record videos within eight feet of police activity, limiting efforts to increase transparency around law ...

The law makes it illegal in Arizona to knowingly film police officers 8 feet or closer without an officer's permission. Civil rights and media groups opposed the measure signed Thursday.