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Finally, there is a breakthrough in Phoenix’s fierce fight for independent oversight of police misconduct.
The Phoenix City Council on Wednesday is poised to approve an ordinance to set up the Office of Accountability and Transparency that was shelved months ago.
There is solid support for it now that progressives control the council, but we should still expect some fireworks from Republican firebrand and police-can-no-wrong promoter Sal DiCiccio and Jim Waring, who’d rather hire more cops.
Believe it or not, it’s taken decades to get to this point. Last November, Councilman Carlos García almost got it done, but then outgoing councilman Michael Nowakowski threw a wrench when he cast the deciding vote against it.
Updated: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - 4:50pm
A regional network designed to help vulnerable people finds itself in need of help. And lives are at stake.
The Valley’s Heat Relief Network wants to avoid a repeat of last year when 207 people in Maricopa County died due to heat related causes between May and October. That’s more than double the year before when the county health department confirmed 85 heat associated deaths.
“So we see a very direct correlation between the regional heat relief network and the numbers of partners that it has and the amount of support that we’re able to offer and the number of people who are losing their lives to the extreme summer heat,” Amy St. Peter, deputy executive director of the Maricopa Association of Governments, told the Phoenix City Council on Tuesday.
A board of Phoenix residents that has the power to overturn the Phoenix police chief s decisions to fire or discipline police officers has new rules.
The Phoenix City Council on Wednesday approved changes to the Civil Service Board s procedures that are aimed at making the appeals process more predictable and structured for any employees who appeal disciplinary decisions, including police officers.
The changes to the board s rules have mostly flown under the radar, even though the board has significant power over disciplinary decisions for police officers at a time when the city is focused on approving accountability and transparency for that department.