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Troopers association asking Arizona State Legislature for big pay increase
Arizona State Troopers Association asking for 12% pay increase
The president of the association says pay discrepancy between troopers and other law enforcement agencies is contributing to a loss of troopers in recent years. There are currently 280 trooper vacancies across the state, according to DPS officials.
PHOENIX - The Arizona State Troopers Association is asking the Arizona State Legislature for a 12% pay increase for troopers.
Officials with the association say they have been experiencing a shortage for a while. They say they have been losing about 100 troopers per year, over the past three years.
Maricopa County Officials Refuse to Turn Over Subpoenaed Devices Used in 2020 Election
May 7th 2021, 8:16 am
Unspecified security risk to law enforcement data in officials refusal to turn over subpoenaed internet routers to state legislature
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Law enforcement officials in Maricopa County, Arizona are refusing to turn over electronic devices subpoenaed by the Arizona State Legislature this week, claiming that compliance with the legislature’s lawful order would create an unspecified “security risk” to “law enforcement data.”
A letter signed by the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office and addressed to former Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett vigorously defended officials’ decision to not turn over internet routers, but did not elaborate on the purported risk that complying with the subpoena would cause.
May 7, 2021
Law enforcement officials in Maricopa County, Arizona are refusing to turn over electronic devices subpoenaed by the Arizona State Legislature this week, claiming that compliance with the legislature’s lawful order would create an unspecified “security risk” to “law enforcement data.”
A letter signed by the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office and addressed to former Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett vigorously defended officials’ decision to not turn over internet routers, but did not elaborate on the purported risk that complying with the subpoena would cause.
“While the County was delivering the subpoenaed material to the Senate’s custody on Thursday, April 22, 2021, MCAO was notified that delivering routers, or ‘virtual images’ of routers, posed a significant security risk to law enforcement data utilized by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office as well as numerous federal agencies,” the letter stated, adding, “We also learned�
Kyrsten Sinema could be the 50th vote for or against Biden s ambitious agenda. So what does she want? Andrew Romano
Last week, President Biden came before Congress to kick-start the next phase of his presidency, calling on lawmakers to pass $4.1 trillion worth of legislation meant to modernize America’s infrastructure, combat climate change, expand education and shore up the safety net for working families “a fundamental reorientation of the role of government not seen since the days of Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society and Roosevelt’s New Deal,” in the words of the New York Times. And as if that weren’t enough, Biden promised sweeping bills on immigration, guns, policing and voting rights too.