Phoenix police have "fully recognized" the system was not responsive enough to anyone seeking records, Howard said. Excluding traffic reports, Phoenix police field about 75,000 requests for ...

A spokesman said the records office receives an average of 3,000 public record requests per week. He added that last year the department received approximately 77,000 public records requests.

Phoenix Police Chief Jerri Williams directed the department's public-affairs bureau and investigations team to establish a "transparency protocol" earlier this year, according to a department email.

City Manager Jeff Barton named Matt Giordano, executive director of the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board, ...

The office was created to monitor Phoenix Police after it broke a national record for the number of police shootings in 2018. But more recently, some have questioned why it’s taken two-plus ...

Phoenix's Office of Accountability and Transparency, which was established in 2021, is entering 2022 with a new director, as well as a plan to hold the city's police department accountable. Here's ...