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 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 ...

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, ...

Back then, police assured that records would be pushed out quicker than usual, due to the amped-up public interest. And police had every reason to share information with the public.

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 ...