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Arizona Department of Public Safety
ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
2102 WEST ENCANTO BLVD. P.O. BOX 6638 PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85005-6638 (602) 223 - 2000
The Honorable Janet Napolitano
Governor of Arizona
State Capitol Building
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Dear Governor Napolitano:
With the submission of this annual report, I take pride in sharing with you the many accomplishments and achievements
realized by the men and women at the Arizona Department of Public Safety in fiscal year 2003 as the agency continued
to concentrate on its basic values of cooperation, commitment and communication in its everyday interactions with
Arizona’s citizens and the law enforcement community in general.
Much of our focus this year has had national ramifications.
The Department was deeply involved with the Blue Ribbon Panel that met on a regular basis following a series of fiery
collisions involving Ford’s Crown Victoria Police Interceptor, the cruiser most of our Highway Patrol officers drive
while patrolling this state’s 6,000-mile highway system.
Along these lines, the Department was in the forefront in developing and implementing several changes designed to
improve the safety of the Police Interceptor. In an effort to make this cruiser less susceptible to fuel leakage during
high-impact, rear-end collisions, DPS Fleet personnel interchanged a bolt that secured the brake cable with a smooth-head
rivet and developed a high-tech rubberized shield to cover shock absorber towers. Both of these safety measures
were later adopted by the Ford Motor Co. and became standard on later-model Crown Victoria Police Interceptors.
The war in Iraq also struck deeply within our family when more than 20 DPS employees and officers were called into
active military duty, many serving during the heat of battle in Iraq. As the fiscal year ended, several DPS officers were
still in harm’s way, serving our beloved country while deployed in Iraq.
In a continuing effort to confront terrorism, U.S. intelligence agencies requested the investigative expertise of two DPS
detectives and a commander to assist in the interrogations of suspected terrorists who were captured in Afghanistan
prior to incarceration at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
At home, when the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy struck, the Department quickly offered its assistance by opening its
Emergency Operations Center and contributing its services to NASA and the FBI in order to help facilitate their
collective effort in locating and collecting shuttle debris that may have fallen onto Arizona soil.
These are just a few of the many accomplishments experienced by the employees at the Arizona Department of Public
Safety during fiscal year 2003 in their continued commitment to our departmental motto of “Courteous Vigilance.” I
sincerely believe such pride and commitment to duty translates into a safer Arizona, a place where we live, work and
raise our families.
Sincerely,
Dennis A. Garrett
Director
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INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................................. 6-8
Employee Empowerment, Mission, and Vision Statements ................................................................................................................. 7
Value Statement ................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR ........................................................................................................................................... 9-12
Organizational Chart and Overview ............................................................................................................................................. 9-10
Employee Grievance Program ........................................................................................................................................................... 10
Critical Incident Review ................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Law Enforcement Activities .............................................................................................................................................................. 12
HIGHWAY PATROL DIVISION .................................................................................................................................... 13-19
Organizational Chart and Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 13
Highway Patrol Activities .................................................................................................................................................................. 14
Arizona & U.S. Traffic Fatality Rates / Arizona Highway Traffic Facts ............................................................................................. 15
FY 2003 At a Glance / Highway Patrol Drug Seizures / Traffic and Alcohol .................................................................................... 16
Speed and Other Major Causes / Inattention and Other Primary Factors ......................................................................................... 17
Special Patrol Programs ..................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Highway Patrol Reserve Program Activities ..................................................................................................................................... 19
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION .................................................................................................................. 20-27
Criminal Investigations Activities ..................................................................................................................................................... 20
Organizational Chart and Overview ........................................................................................................................................... 21-25
Vehicle Theft Interdiction (VTI) Services ....................................................................................................................................... 22
Investigation Service Requests from Other Agencies ........................................................................................................................ 23
Gang Intelligence Team Enforcement Model (GITEM) Services ..................................................................................................... 24
Tactical Operations and Specialized Enforcement Services / Rocky Mountain Information Network ............................................. 25
Criminal Investigations Drug Seizures ............................................................................................................................................... 26
FY 2003 Criminal Investigations - Hours Worked By Type of Investigation / - Hours Worked By County ...................................... 27
AGENCY SUPPORT DIVISION .................................................................................................................................... 28-35
Appropriations and Funding .............................................................................................................................................................. 28
Organizational Chart and Overview ........................................................................................................................................... 29-33
Human Resources Services ................................................................................................................................................................ 30
Agency Support Activities ................................................................................................................................................................ 31
Management Services ........................................................................................................................................................................ 32
Financial Services .............................................................................................................................................................................. 33
Training Services ................................................................................................................................................................................ 34
FY 2003 Appropriated Funding / Adjudication of Citizen Complaints Against Employees ............................................................. 35
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUPPORT DIVISION.................................................................................................................. 36-43
Criminal Justice Support Activities ................................................................................................................................................... 36
Organizational Chart and Overview ........................................................................................................................................... 37-41
Scientific Analysis Services ............................................................................................................................................................... 38
Technical Support Services ............................................................................................................................................................... 40
Licensing Services .............................................................................................................................................................................. 41
Office Automation Activities / Criminal Justice Terminals Supported ............................................................................................. 42
Crime Laboratory Cases / FY 2003 Crime Lab Case Load ................................................................................................................. 43
War touches DPS deeply, both at home and in Iraq ............................................................................................................. 44-45
DPS’ investigative efforts play role in Police Interceptor changes ........................................................................................ 46-47
DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTS ...................................................................................................................................... 48-63
DEPARTMENT AWARDS............................................................................................................................................... 64-65
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENTS ............................................................................................................................................... 66
IN MEMORIAM ................................................................................................................................................................... 67
Pursuant to legislation passed by the Arizona
legislature in 1968, the Arizona Department of
Public Safety became operational by the executive
order of Governor Jack Williams on July 1, 1969.
Governor Williams’ mandate consolidated the
functions and responsibilities of the Arizona
Highway Patrol, the Enforcement Division of the
state Department of Liquor Licenses and Control
and the Narcotics Division of the state Department
of Law.
During its 34-year history, the Arizona
Department of Public Safety has accepted many
additional responsibilities and has evolved into a
respected, nationally-recognized and multi-faceted
organization dedicated to providing state-level law
enforcement services to the public while
developing and maintaining close partnerships with
other agencies who share similar missions and
objectives.
Today, the Department, with its state headquarters
in Phoenix, maintains offices in more than 30
Arizona communities and cities within the state’s
15 counties. Some 1,800 departmental employees
help the agency fulfill its support and operational
objectives in the critical areas of traffic safety and
criminal interdiction.
This annual report summarizes the many
achievements accomplished by the Arizona
Department of Public Safety during fiscal year 2002-2003. It also reflects the Department’s continued dedication in
providing quality service to the more than 5 million people who reside in Arizona.
EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT STATEMENT
When faced with a decision, employees shall ask themselves:
• Is it ethical and legal?
• Is it the right thing for the public and the state’s citizens?
• Is it the right thing for the Arizona Department of Public Safety?
• Is it consistent with Department policies, or is there good and reasonable cause for going outside of
policy?
• When practical, have those being impacted by the decision been considered and consulted?
• Is this something for which I am willing to be held accountable?
If the answer is yes to all of these questions, then go ahead and make the decision.
MISSION
To protect human life and property by enforcing state laws, deterring criminal
activity, assuring highway and public safety, and providing vital scientific,
technical and operational support to other criminal justice agencies.
VISION STATEMENT
To be a national model in providing ethical, effective, efficient
and customer-oriented, state-level law enforcement services.
VALUE STATEMENT
At the Arizona Department of Public Safety, we believe in:
HUMAN LIFE
We value human life above all else, giving first priority to all situations which threaten life. We respect and
protect the lives and rights of all persons. We use force only when necessary, and then only that which is
appropriate to address the level of threat at hand. The protection of human life is the primary reason for the
creation and ongoing operation of the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
INTEGRITY
We are always honest and truthful, recognizing integrity is the cornerstone for all that is done within the
Department. We are role models in our communities, holding ourselves to the highest standards of moral and
ethical conduct. We communicate openly and honestly, always remaining consistent in our beliefs and
actions. Integrity is never compromised.
TEAMWORK
We believe cooperation and teamwork will enable us to combine our diverse backgrounds, skills and
personalities to achieve common goals. We understand and share our responsibility to serve the citizens of
Arizona with many other agencies and organizations. We seek the help and cooperation of others, and offer
the same to them. Teamwork is our way of life.
EXCELLENCE
We strive for personal and professional excellence, doing our best at all times. We continually work to
improve our services, our human and community relations, and our overall work performance. We
acknowledge our mistakes and accept responsibility for our actions. We are open to constructive criticism and
new ideas as we move to reach our greatest potential. Excellence permeates the organization allowing us to
take great pride in all we do.
DEDICATION
We enjoy what we do and go beyond what is required at every opportunity. We are dedicated to meeting the
high expectations held for us by the citizens of this state. We constantly devote our time, ability and efforts
towards accomplishing our agency’s goals and objectives. We are committed to one another, creating a caring
and supportive environment at work and away.
COURTESY
We treat all persons with courtesy and respect. “Courteous Vigilance” is more than a motto; it is the standard
of conduct we demand of ourselves. We treat everyone consistent with how we would want to be treated
under the same circumstances with emphasis on patience, understanding and tolerance.
SERVICE
We recognize this Department was created to serve others, including the state’s citizens, its visitors, and other
criminal justice agencies. We strive to always provide the best service possible utilizing all available
resources. We are alert for opportunities to serve others.
The director of the Arizona Department of Public Safety,
Colonel Dennis Garrett, establishes the Department’s goals,
policies, procedures and organizational structure. He directs
and controls the activities of the Department and is responsible
for accomplishing its mission.
The Director’s Office consists of the executive officer,
government liaison and legislative security. The Governor’s
Office of Highway Safety (GOHS), the Arizona Peace Officer
Standards and Training board (AZ POST) and the Law
Enforcement Merit System Council (LEMSC) are
administratively supported by the Director’s Office.
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• Manages the personnel and functions of the director’s
staff, provides staff support to the director and is the
agency ombudsman.
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• Monitors proposed legislation pertaining to the
criminal justice system.
• Oversees and supervises security for the Arizona
Senate and House of Representatives.
• Ensures cooperative relations between the Department of
Public Safety and local, county, state and federal criminal
justice agencies.
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• Administers federal highway safety funds on behalf of the
governor.
• Serves as the governor’s highway safety representative and
spokesperson on highway safety-related issues, including
liaison with the legislature.
• Receives proposals, evaluates and awards federal highway
safety grants to local jurisdictions and state agencies as
designated in the annual Highway Safety Plan. Awards are
based on problem identification and performance-based
goals and objectives.
• Provides assistance in the form of seed monies to local
governments in the development and operation of
community highway safety programs.
• Executes highway safety contracts on behalf of the
governor with the federal government, state agencies and
political subdivisions of the state.
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The Law Enforcement Merit System Council (LEMSC) consists
of three members appointed by the governor who each serve six-year
terms. Members are chosen on the basis of experience in
and sympathy with merit principles of public employment.
Members shall not have held elective public office within one
year before appointment and shall not hold any other political
office while serving on the LEMSC.
• Adopts rules it deems necessary for establishing: (a) a
classification and compensation plan for all covered
positions in the Department and establishing standards and
qualifications for all classified positions; (b) a plan for fair
and impartial selection, appointment, probation, promotion,
retention and separation or removal from service by
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resignation, retirement, reduction in force or dismissal of
all classified employees; (c) a performance appraisal
system for evaluating the work performance of DPS
employees; (d) procedures for the conduct of hearings of
employee grievances brought before the LEMSC relating to
classification, compensation and the employee appraisal
system; (e) procedures for the conduct of hearings on
appeals from an order of the director of DPS in connection
with suspension, demotion, reduction in pay, loss of
accrued leave, or dismissal of a classified employee.
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• Establishes rules and regulations governing the conduct of
all business coming before the board.
• Prescribes minimum qualifications for officers appointed
to enforce the laws of the state.
• Recommends curricula for advanced courses and seminars
for law enforcement training in universities, colleges and
junior colleges in conjunction with the governing body of
the educational institutions.
• Determines whether political subdivisions of the state are
adhering to the standards for recruitment and training.
• Approves a state correctional officer training curriculum
and establishes minimum standards for correctional
officers.
• Approves allocations from the Peace Officers Training
Fund to provide law enforcement training, and to provide
grants to cities, towns and counties for law enforcement
training.
• Provides training and related services to assist state, tribal
and local law enforcement agencies to better serve the
public.
LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES
FY 2002 FY 2003 % Change
ARRESTS
Highway Patrol
Felony 5,524 4,614 -16.5%
Misdemeanor 11,423 9,933 -13.0%
Warrant Arrests 8,019 7,262 -9.4%
DUI Arrests 7,455 7,395 -0.8%
Criminal Investigations
Persons Arrested 2,822 2,819 -0.1%
Total Arrests 35,243 32,023 -9.1%
CITATIONS ISSUED
Highway Patrol Citations 313,628 300,935 -4.0%
Criminal Investigations Liquor Citations 584 250 -57.2%
Total Citations Issued 314,212 301,185 -4.1%
WARNINGS ISSUED
Highway Patrol Warnings 270,991 255,746 -5.6%
Criminal Investigations Liquor Warnings 53 20 -62.3%
Total Warnings 271,044 255,766 -5.6%
STOLEN VEHICLES RECOVERED
Highway Patrol 1,665 1,365 -18.0%
Criminal Investigations 2,359 2,724 15.5%
Total Vehicles Recovered 4,024 4,089 1.6%
DRUGS SEIZED (by weight)
Marijuana
Highway Patrol 23,932.0 lbs. 29,474.6 lbs. 23.2%
Criminal Investigations 45,532.0 lbs. 62,356.0 lbs. 36.9%
Total Marijuana Seized 69,464.0 lbs. 91,830.6 lbs. 32.2%
Heroin
Highway Patrol 1.2 lbs. 29.4 lbs. 2350.0%
Criminal Investigations 0.9 lbs. 2.1 lbs. 130.8%
Total Heroin Seized 2.1 lbs. 31.5 lbs. 1392.9%
Cocaine
Highway Patrol 269.5 lbs. 238.3 lbs. -11.6%
Criminal Investigations 2,180.0 lbs. 889.0 lbs. -59.2%
Total Cocaine Seized 2,449.5 lbs. 1,127.3 lbs. -54.0%
Methamphetamine
Highway Patrol 43.4 lbs. 209.5 lbs. 382.7%
Criminal Investigations 179.0 lbs. 92.0 lbs. -48.6%
Total Methamphetamine Seized 222.4 lbs. 301.5 lbs. 35.6%
Source: Highway Patrol and Criminal Investigations Divisions
The Highway Patrol Division (HPD) at the Arizona
Department of Public Safety is comprised of Patrol,
Commercial Vehicle Enforcement and the Aviation Section.
The Patrol is aligned into three bureaus based on geographic
regions – Northern, Central and Southern. The Commercial
Vehicle Enforcement Bureau and the Aviation Section are
statewide programs administered centrally with satellite
offices statewide.
The mission of the Highway Patrol Division is to ensure the
safe and expeditious use of the highway transportation system
for the public and to provide assistance to local and county
law enforcement agencies. The Division additionally
provides services and enforcement in commercial
motor vehicle, tow truck, school bus and safety
programs and is responsible for the Department’s air
rescue and aviation services.
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• Patrols nearly 6,000 miles of state and federal
highways and enforces Arizona traffic and
criminal laws.
• Investigates traffic collisions, controls motor-vehicle
traffic, conducts collision-reduction
details, assists other law enforcement agencies,
promotes traffic safety through public
awareness programs and provides specialized
training to other criminal justice agencies.
• Investigates vehicular crimes and assists other
agency personnel with expert collision investigation,
reconstruction and crime-scene support.
• Enforces commercial vehicle regulations.
• Provides training and assistance to criminal justice
personnel and to local law enforcement agencies in
commercial vehicle law enforcement.
• Responds to incidents throughout the state involving
discharge of hazardous materials.
• Provides specialized training to law enforcement
personnel in mitigating hazardous materials incidents.
• Provides an immediate, 24-hours-per-day, statewide air-support
response capability for critical occurrences and
emergency situations.
• Provides aerial and logistical aviation support for law
enforcement, highway safety and traffic enforcement
operations.
• Provides air transport services in support of
governmental operations and critical administrative
functions.
• Provides a 24-hours-a-day information clearing center
(Duty Office) to coordinate agency responses,
notifications and information to the public.
• Conducts self-inspections of district administration,
logistics and operations.
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HIGHWAY PATROL ACTIVITIES
FY 2002 FY 2003 % Change
NUMBER OF MILES PATROLLED 18,160,134 18,363,977 1.1%
VIOLATORS STOPPED 524,376 478,703 -8.7%
CITATIONS ISSUED
Hazardous Violations 197,947 189,516 -4.3%
Non-Hazardous Violations 115,681 111,419 -3.7%
Totals 313,628 300,935 -4.0%
WARNINGS ISSUED
Hazardous Violations 181,797 176,587 -2.9%
Non-Hazardous Violations 89,194 79,159 -11.3%
Totals 270,991 255,746 -5.6%
SEAT BELT VIOLATIONS
Citations Issued 26,647 23,419 -12.1%
Warnings Issued 1,103 687 -37.7%
Child Restraint Citations 5,177 4,759 -8.1%
Child Restraint Warnings 482 165 -65.8%
REPAIR ORDERS ISSUED 167,549 141,109 -15.8%
MOTORIST ASSISTS 146,683 144,590 -1.4%
STOLEN VEHICLES RECOVERED
Auto Theft Recoveries 1,235 1,065 -13.8%
Border Liaison Recoveries 430 300 -30.2%
Totals 1,665 1,365 -18.0%
ARRESTS
Felony (excludes DUI) 5,524 4,614 -16.5%
Misdemeanor (excludes DUI) 11,423 9,933 -13.0%
Warrant (misdemeanor & felony) 8,019 7,262 -9.4%
DUI (misdemeanor & felony) 7,455 7,395 -0.8%
Totals 32,421 29,204 -9.9%
ASSISTANCE TO OTHER AGENCIES
Number of Hours 31,498 24,475 -22.3%
Number of Calls 21,190 19,036 -10.2%
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL RESPONSES 247 208 -15.8%
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT
Motor Carrier Inspections 33,767 29,011 -14.1%
Vehicles Placed Out of Service 4,552 5,905 29.7%
Drivers Placed Out of Service 3,176 3,414 7.5%
Vehicles Weighed * 3,925 546 -86.1%
School Buses Inspected 7,567 7,915 4.6%
Tow Trucks Inspected 2,472 2,412 -2.4%
* FY03 data reflect an enforcement emphasis on collision-causing violations versus weight enforcement.
Source: Highway Patrol Division
Highway Traffic Facts* FY 1996 FY 1997 FY 1998 FY 1999 FY 2000 FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003 % Change
Traffic Collisions ** 18,746 19,707 20,845 22,248 24,336 25,761 27,239 29,458 57.1%
Vehicle Miles Traveled * 17,726 19,163 19,790 20,857 22,477 23,497 24,715 25,844 45.8%
Registered Vehicles * 2,945,574 3,187,080 3,393,170 3,683,891 3,731,126 3,983,860 4,037,359 4,089,622 38.8%
Patrol Officers 492 492 527 550 550 554 611 657 33.5%
* AZ Dept. of Transportation vehicle registration and VMT numbers are based on calendar year data for 1995-2002. VMT in millions for roads patrolled by DPS.
** DPS Investigated Collisions
Data may vary from previous reports due to the submission of revised information.
Source: Highway Patrol Division and AZ Department of Transportation
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On an average day, officers in the Highway Patrol Division
Stopped 1,311.52 violators
Issued 519.22 traffic citations
Assisted 396.14 motorists
Seized 80.75 pounds of marijuana
Investigated 80.71 traffic collisions
Made 20.26 DUI arrests
Recovered 3.74 stolen vehicles
Inspected 79.48 commercial vehicles
Placed 16.18 commercial vehicles out of service
Source: Highway Patrol Division
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CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS ACTIVITIES
FY 2002 FY 2003 % Change
PERSONS ARRESTED
Drug Offenses 1,272 1,549 21.8%
Non-Drug Related 1,550 1,270 -18.1%
Total Arrests 2,822 2,819 -0.1%
COURT DOCUMENTS SERVED
Search Warrants 232 245 5.6%
Felony Arrest Warrants 585 583 -0.3%
Total Documents Served 817 828 1.3%
ASSETS SEIZED
Vehicles 135 139 3.0%
Other Items 114 85 -25.4%
Cash $6,456,096 $32,508,606 403.5%
Real Property Value $1,298,000 $20,850,000 1506.3%
Total Value of Seized Assets $9,213,176 $55,927,581 507.0%
PROPERTY RECOVERED
Vehicles 2,359 2,724 15.5%
Personal Property/Other Items 260 282 8.5%
Cash $30,369,739 $21,868 -99.9%
Weapons 99 84 -15.2%
Total Value of Recovered Property $31,843,248 $23,800 -99.9%
LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT
Liquor Warnings 53 20 -62.3%
Liquor Misdemeanors 584 250 -57.2%
Investigations Referred to DLLC * 288 160 -44.4%
Regulation Violations 51 21 -58.8%
DLLC Complaints Closed 12 54 350.0%
Covert Underage Buy (CUB) Activity
Establishment Checks 1,636 1,049 -35.9%
Establishments Cited 240 177 -26.3%
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION RESEARCH
Research Requests - DPS 5,583 4,219 -24.4%
Research Requests - Other Agencies 6,271 6,543 4.3%
Total Research Requests 11,854 10,762 -9.2%
Intelligence Documents Submitted 4,525 2,970 -34.4%
SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
DPS-Critical Incident Investigations 13 17 30.8%
Other Agency Criminal/Admin. Investigations 21 26 23.8%
Other Agency Officer-Involved Shootings 7 8 14.3%
* Department of Liquor Licenses and Control
Source: Criminal Investigations Division
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The Criminal Investigations Division at the Arizona
Department of Public Safety is committed to providing the
highest quality investigative and specialized response services
to the public and the criminal justice community. The
Division is guided by three immutable values: honor, courage
and commitment while fostering a supportive and empowered
environment for our employees.
The Division mission is to protect the public by deterring
crime using innovative investigative and specialized
enforcement strategies and resources.
The Division provides statewide investigative
specialized enforcement and high-risk response
support to federal, state and local criminal justice
agencies. The Division conducts investigations
regarding narcotic trafficking, organized crime,
intelligence, vehicle theft, gangs, computer and
financial crimes, as well as major crime
investigations when requested by other criminal
justice agencies. The Division provides specialized
high-risk responses to acts of extraordinary violence
and domestic preparedness incidents.
Bureaus within the Division are Narcotics,
Investigation, Intelligence and Special Enforcement, and the
Rocky Mountain Information Network (RMIN). The
Division also oversees the Civil Emergency Task Force
(CETF) and the Governor’s Protection Detail.
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• Centralizes all DPS terrorist response functions under
one command.
• Provides continuous link to DPS for assistance in public
information.
• Provides a secure Web site which is accessible by law
enforcement and responder agencies nationwide.
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operational plans.
• Maintains and updates the Department’s emergency
response plans.
• Contends with civil emergency and special events that
exceed the capabilities of a single district. Incidents may
include natural disasters, civil disorders, prison
disturbances, crowd and demonstration management, and
special events requiring deployment of substantial
department resources.
• Maintains CETF-related equipment and specialized
vehicles.
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• Provides security and transportation to the governor and
the governor’s family.
• Provides assistance to executive protection units from
other states and to visiting governors/dignitaries.
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• Enforces state drug laws by conducting investigations on
groups and individuals who manufacture, distribute and
sell illegal drugs.
• Enhances cooperative efforts in drug enforcement by
administering and participating in 23 federal, state and
local task forces.
• Conducts narcotics investigations initiated by Highway
Patrol officers to identify and disrupt drug-smuggling
organizations using state highways.
• Identifies, investigates and eradicates clandestine drug-manufacturing
facilities throughout Arizona.
• Provides expertise and assistance to criminal justice
agencies with the investigation and dismantling of
clandestine drug labs.
• Assists Highway Patrol officers in processing drug
seizures, felony arrests and activities that require in-depth
investigation methods.
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Vehicle Theft Interdiction, Southern Investigation and Major
Crimes Investigation. These three districts are further
divided into specialized units: Special Investigations,
Computer Forensic, Liquor, Financial Crimes, Geographical
Information Systems (GIS) and Auto Theft.
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• Investigates the Department’s critical incidents which
may involve death or serious injury and provides
investigative support to other units in the investigation of
less serious critical incidents.
• Investigates alleged criminal
misconduct by departmental
employees.
• Investigates alleged public official
and employee misconduct for
political subdivisions throughout
Arizona.
• Investigates critical incidents and
allegations of criminal misconduct
involving employees of city, county,
state and federal agencies.
Investigations may include
homicides, vehicle pursuits resulting
in serious injury or death, allegations
of sexual misconduct, employee theft
and officer-involved shootings.
• Investigates computer crimes including child
pornography, cyber stalking, fraud, homicide and
intrusions into computer networks.
• Provides investigative support to city, county, state and
federal agencies with nationally-certified detectives
recognized as experts in the field of search, seizure and
forensic imaging of computer hard drives.
• Provides a regional computer forensic laboratory
available to city, county, state and federal agency
computer crimes investigative personnel.
• Conducts computer seizure and forensic training to
criminal investigators from law enforcement agencies
throughout the state.
• Assists city, county, state and federal law enforcement
agencies by providing investigative support into serious
crimes occurring within their communities.
• Provides support to the Highway Patrol Division to
include investigations involving aggravated assault,
homicide, hit-and-run collisions and narcotic
interdiction.
• Conducts statewide liquor enforcement and youth-alcohol
details to stem the illegal sale and use of alcohol with an
emphasis on deterring underage drinking.
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grant from the Arizona Auto Theft Authority. The task force
VEHICLE THEFT INTERDICTION (VTI) SERVICES *
FY 2002 FY 2003 % Change
Stolen Vehicles Recovered 2,372 2,545 7.3%
Altered Vehicle Identification Numbers ( VINs) 304 276 -9.2%
Estimated Value $22,606,577 $27,306,291 20.8%
Chop Shops ** Investigated/Closed 41 42 2.4%
Felony Arrests 404 301 -25.5%
Insurance Fraud Investigations 62 52 -16.1%
Requests for Services 875 949 8.5%
Community Education Programs 25 37 48.0%
Law Enforcement Officers Trained 1,659 1,315 -20.7%
Agencies Participating in VTI Task Force 21 21 0.0%
* Statistics represent work of DPS and officers from 21 other agencies participating in the VTI task force.
** Chop shop: a place where stolen vehicles are stripped of salable parts.
Source: Criminal Investigations Division
consists of city, county, state and federal law enforcement
agencies participating in a concerted effort to identify,
apprehend and prosecute individuals and criminal
organizations that profit from the theft of motor vehicles and
related crimes.
• Investigates property crimes involving vehicles, related
components and insurance fraud.
• Provides technical expertise, training and investigative
support to law enforcement agencies targeting auto theft
and related crimes.
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• Collects, analyzes and disseminates
intelligence information to criminal
investigation units, the Highway
Patrol and other law enforcement
agencies throughout Arizona.
• Reviews and analyzes evidentiary
materials related to criminal activity and
converts them into charts and reports.
• Provides graphic support capabilities to
law enforcement entities in suspect
identification.
• Publishes intelligence bulletins for
dissemination to criminal justice
agencies.
• Administers the Arizona Criminal
Intelligence Database, a component of the
Southwest Border States Anti-Drug
Information System that provides
criminal justice agencies in California,
New Mexico, Texas and Arizona a
network database of intelligence
information on narcotic violators.
• Serves as the statewide clearinghouse for the national
“Center for Missing and Exploited Children,” a
program designed to provide research, support and
referral assistance to jurisdictional agencies in the pursuit
of missing persons investigations.
• Participates in the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
(HIDTA) center. This program collects, analyzes,
coordinates and disseminates information for law
enforcement use in interdicting and investigating illicit-drug
trafficking, money laundering and associated
violent crimes.
• Participates in the Joint Drug Intelligence Group (JDIG),
a multi-agency drug intelligence task force comprised of
investigators and analysts whose purpose is to proactively
collect, evaluate, collate, analyze and disseminate
detailed and relevant source information concerning
drug-trafficking organizations.
• Identifies and completes background research on suspects
involved in criminal activity and locates subjects under
investigation by criminal justice agencies.
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(GITEM) task force is responsible for assisting criminal
justice agencies statewide in formulating and implementing
gang enforcement and investigative strategies. Consists of
nine squads located in Maricopa, Coconino, Mohave, Navajo,
Apache, Pinal, Pima, Cochise and Yuma counties.
• Collects and shares gang information with other law
enforcement agencies.
• Trains criminal justice personnel regarding identification
and interdiction of gangs.
INVESTIGATION SERVICE REQUESTS FROM OTHER AGENCIES
FY 2002 FY 2003 % Change
TYPE OF REQUEST
Auto Theft Investigations 333 387 16.2%
Criminal Surveillances 176 174 -1.1%
Drug Investigations 1,113 975 -12.4%
Explosive Incident Responses 551 394 -28.5%
Hostage Negotiations 4 11 175.0%
Internal Investigations 22 10 -54.5%
Liquor Investigations 124 67 -46.0%
Gangs 510 175 -65.7%
Tactical Operations 188 157 -16.5%
Technical Surveillance 45 36 -20.0%
Training 279 223 -20.1%
Other 1,060 1,071 1.0%
Total Number of Agencies Served 459 416 -9.4%
Total Hours 202,801 120,454 -40.6%
Source: Criminal Investigations Division
• Educates the public through community-awareness
programs and presentations.
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• Conducts high-risk search warrant entries for the
Department and other law enforcement agencies.
• Provides specifically-equipped and specially-trained
personnel for response to barricaded suspects and
hostage situations.
• Provides personnel equipped, trained and certified to
conduct clandestine lab entries.
• Provides expertise nationally in high-risk search warrant
entries involving tactical, hostage/barricaded and high-violence
situations.
• Provides 24-hour tactical
and technical assistance
statewide to law enforcement
agencies involving potentially
life- threatening situations,
explosives and hazardous
devices and civil emergencies.
• Provides training to other
criminal justice agencies
regarding tactics and
specialized skills.
• Provides specialized assistance
on a 24-hour basis in
disposing of explosives and
explosive chemicals, rendering
safe explosives devices,
investigation of explosive-related
incidents.
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hour basis to hazardous-materials
incidents.
• Protects life, property and
environment by coordinating
the mitigation of emergencies
pertaining to hazardous
materials.
• Works in concert with
industry, the public and other agencies to achieve the
goal of a safely-controlled incident.
• Provides technical hazardous-materials expertise to all
agencies requesting assistance.
• Establishes personal protective protocols and maintains
viable atmospheres for investigators dismantling
clandestine drug labs.
• Participates in the state’s Domestic Preparedness Plan
used in establishing crime-scene management.
• Consists of three units geographically located in
northern, central and southern Arizona.
• Participates in highway drug interdiction by conducting
canine searches on motor vehicles.
GANG INTELLIGENCE TEAM ENFORCEMENT MISSION (GITEM) SERVICES *
FY 2002 FY 2003 % Change
DRUGS SEIZED (by weight)
Marijuana 286.0 lbs. 909.0 lbs. 217.8%
Heroin 0.3 oz. 1.6 oz. 515.4%
Cocaine 286.3 lbs. 1.7 lbs. -99.4%
Methamphetamine 5.0 lbs. 13.0 lbs. 160.0%
PERSONS ARRESTED
Adults 2,392 950 -60.3%
Juveniles 282 92 -67.4%
Curfew Violations 10 4 -60.0%
Total Arrests 2,684 1,046 -61.0%
ASSETS SEIZED
Vehicles 5 3 -40.0%
Currency $14,927 $26,531 77.7%
Weapons 7 9 28.6%
OTHER
Community Contacts 61,522 9,535 -84.5%
Citizen Surveys Received 1,160 500 -56.9%
Field Interrogation Cards 5,143 1,152 -77.6%
Gang Member Identification Cards 1,225 73 -94.0%
Traffic Citations 1,575 406 -74.2%
* Statistics represent the work of the GITEM task force which includes DPS officers and officers from other agencies.
Source: Criminal Investigations Division
• Provides assistance to the Department’s Explosive
Ordnance Disposal detail and other law enforcement
agencies with the utilization of two bomb-detection dogs.
• Assists criminal investigations and federal/local law
enforcement personnel with canine-related drug searches.
• Assists Highway Patrol personnel in the investigation of
traffic collisions and DUI enforcement.
• Provides training to other agency personnel regarding
canine-related duties.
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The Rocky Mountain Information Network (RMIN) is a
federal-grant project administered by the Bureau of Justice
Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice. The Department
serves as the grantee for the RMIN program.
RMIN is one of six federally-funded
regional projects that form the Regional
Information Sharing System (RISS).
• Serves more than 10,900 law
enforcement officers from more than
870 agencies in the Rocky Mountain
region based in Arizona, Colorado,
Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New
ROCKY MOUNTAIN INFORMATION NETWORK
FY 2002 FY 2003 % Change
Investigation Research Activities
Inquiries (requests) 34,493 66,531 92.9%
Submissions (intelligence documents) 25,014 37,913 51.6%
Hits in RMIN Intelligence Database 9,610 9,994 4.0%
Source: Criminal Investigations Division
TACTICAL OPERATIONS AND SPECIALIZED ENFORCEMENT SERVICES
FY 2002 FY 2003 % Change
Special Operations
Service Requests 181 146 -19.3%
Other Agencies Assisted 52 45 -13.5%
Explosive Ordnance Detail
Service Requests 536 400 -25.4%
Chemical/Explosives Disposal (# of pounds) 6,847 3,315 -51.6%
Hazardous Materials/Clandestine Laboratory Safety
Clandestine Lab Responses 453 314 -30.7%
Hazardous Materials Responses 760 469 -38.3%
Fugitive Detail
Fugitives Arrested 184 359 95.1%
Canine Operations
Searches Conducted 1,847 1,311 -29.0%
Assists to Other Agencies 132 68 -48.5%
Source: Criminal Investigations Division
Mexico, Utah, Wyoming and
Canada.
• Supports law enforcement agencies
in the detection, enforcement and
prosecution of multi-jurisdictional
criminal activities that traverse
local, state and national boundaries
within the RMIN region.
• Provides members an on-line,
state-of-the-art network of criminal
intelligence databases that can be
queried 24 hours a day using a
secure link via the Internet.
• Assists officers with analytical
resources for case preparation,
charts for courtroom display,
computer forensics, financial
analysis and other analytical
products.
• Publishes a monthly law
enforcement bulletin consisting
of suspect identification, crime
information, officer safety issues,
training opportunities and relevant law enforcement
articles sent to member agencies.
• Assists member agencies in obtaining intelligence and
investigative-related training by providing individual and
co-sponsored training support for conferences and
workshops.
• Loans technical surveillance, investigative and
communications equipment to RMIN members.
• Provides investigation and confidential funding
assistance to member agencies.
• Provides special support services to designated member
multi-agency task forces.
• Provides on-site criminal intelligence and analytical
support.
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DRUG SEIZURES *
FY 2002 FY 2003 % Change
DRUGS SEIZED (by weight) **
Marijuana 45,532.0 lbs. 62,356.0 lbs. 36.9%
Heroin 0.9 lbs. 2.1 lbs. 130.8%
Cocaine 2,180.0 lbs. 889.0 lbs. -59.2%
Methamphetamine 179.0 lbs. 92.0 lbs. -48.6%
Crack 5.0 lbs. 3.0 lbs. -40.0%
OTHER DRUGS (by dose unit) **
LSD 0 units 83 units 8300.0%
Narcotic Drugs 740 units 757 units 2.3%
Prescription Drugs 4,455 units 1,745 units -60.8%
Non-Narc. Controlled Substances 0 units 81,029 units 8102900.0%
MISCELLANEOUS SEIZURES
Marijuana Fields/Greenhouses 3 item 1 item -66.7%
Marijuana Plants 3,821 plant 320 plant -91.6%
Clandestine Laboratories 28 item 22 item -21.4%
* Highway Patrol drug seizures are listed in the table for that program.
** Drugs are reported either by weight or unit. Each category excludes the other.
Units include various measures such as "hits," doses and tablets.
Source: Criminal Investigations Division
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promoting efficiency of government, proactive media
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investigation of employee misconduct, internal and external
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• Develops and coordinates basic, advanced and
recertification law enforcement training
programs.
• Provides advanced basic and field training of
officers.
• Coordinates and provides Drug Recognition
Expert (DRE) and Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus
(HGN) training to commissioned personnel.
• Develops and coordinates civilian training.
• Coordinates with local governmental agencies
to provide enhanced training opportunities for all
employees in areas of concern.
• Trains law enforcement and civilian instructors.
• Provides firearms training, weapons maintenance and
other armory services.
• Develops and coordinates basic and in-service
supervisory training.
• Administers the Department’s health and wellness
programs.
• Develops and coordinates primary and in-service
management training.
• Administers the Department’s Tuition Reimbursement
Program.
• Maintains and manages department training records for
all employees.
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• Originates and maintains programs and records to
recruit, hire and manage the Department’s human
resources.
• Develops and maintains a comprehensive classification
and compensation plan.
• Coordinates employee benefits, provides guidance on
retirement planning, maintains personnel records and
administers the Employee Assistance Program and the
Drug-Free Workplace Program.
• Provides expertise with polygraph services in the
determination of truth in criminal and administrative
investigations along with applicant backgrounds.
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• Procures and issues vehicles for enforcement and
support.
• Provides vehicle maintenance, repairs and services
statewide.
• Fabricates and installs police, emergency and specialty
equipment in departmental vehicles.
• Establishes contracts and provides automotive parts and
supplies to field offices and fleet maintenance shops.
• Provides fuel through departmental fuel sites, Arizona
Department of Transportation (ADOT) fuel sites and by
means of a statewide credit card system.
• Issues and tracks gas credit cards.
• Maintains the Fleet Management System for tracking the
Department’s vehicle inventory.
• Conducts the registration,
titling and licensing of all
departmental vehicles.
• Assists other law enforcement
agencies by providing surplus
equipment, buildup services
and technical information.
• Provides expertise to collision
investigators by performing
extensive mechanical
inspections of vehicles
involved in homicides and
fatal crashes.
• Establishes contracts for the
purchase and provision of
first-aid supplies, office
supplies, field supplies, and
duty gear to enforcement and
support staff through the main
supply warehouse.
• Maintains the Consumable
Inventory System for tracking
the Department’s stock item
usage.
• Prepares and issues billing to
below-the-line funding
agencies for fuel,
maintenance, postage and
supplies.
• Tracks capital and accountable equipment using the
Capital Outlay System for departmental inventory and
the Uniform Statewide Accounting System.
• Develops, modifies and maintains departmental forms for
use by the Department’s employees.
• Provides mail service for the Department.
• Provides printing services for the Department.
• Coordinates disposal of surplus departmental equipment
through auction, sale, trade-in, transfer to other law
enforcement or criminal justice agencies, and general
disposal via the Arizona Department of Administration
state surplus property system.
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preventive maintenance through
a work-order system. Technical
personnel are on call 24 hours a
day, seven days a week.
• Provides custodial and
landscaping services for the
Phoenix headquarters complex
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• Monitors space utilization and
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new space or functional needs.
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purchases.
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the Department’s facilities
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facilities.
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effectiveness and efficiency.
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enforcement agencies regarding criminal and traffic
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of civil legal issues.
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Department with other entities and stores
copies.
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Employment Opportunity and Affirmative
Action programs. Prepares and files
formal written responses to charges filed
with the U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission.
• Publishes law bulletins on a variety of
case law affecting operational personnel
and a legal review of all new legislative
changes for employees each year.
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issues, benchmarks the best practices of
other organizations, designs and
administers surveys, and publishes special
reports and studies.
• Documents agency policy and procedure
through systematic development and
publication of department directives and
coordinates development of the
Department’s strategic plan.
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functions, setting the foundations for
department goals and future programs.
• Furnishes preliminary program design
and implementation strategies for selected
departmental programs.
• Provides graphic art and design service to
the Department and other law
enforcement agencies.
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newsletter that is distributed to
departmental employees and retirees,
citizen groups and other governmental
agencies.
• Assists in the development and publication of the
Department’s annual report.
• Educates the public through its Public Affairs and
Community Education (PACE) Unit about current safety
issues with an emphasis on traffic safety. Programs are
given to schools, private businesses and civic
organizations throughout the state. Additionally, the
PACE Unit assists with planning and coordinating other
department functions.
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• Produces video programs in support of the Department’s
mission. These include monthly news programs,
training tapes, public service announcements and other
types of programming as requested. Programs are
produced not only for the Department but also for other
local, state and federal agencies and nonprofit
organizations as well.
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central source of information.
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documents.
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department records. The custodian of records
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the Department’s budget
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• Monitors fiscal processes
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budgetary control within the
Department.
• Manages the Department’s
payroll, purchasing and
accounting services.
• Provides administrative and
accounting services for the
Department’s grant
program.
• Administers the Victims of
Crime Act federal block
grant.
• Administers the Criminal
Justice Enhancement Fund
grant program.
• Administers the Department’s asset forfeiture program
pursuant to Arizona’s Racketeering Influenced Crime
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The Criminal Justice Support Division (CJSD) at the Arizona
Department of Public Safety is responsible for developing and
coordinating scientific, technical, regulatory and support
services essential to the promotion of public safety in
Arizona. Special attention is given to providing scientific
analysis and criminal justice support to Arizona’s criminal
justice agencies. CJSD further develops, operates and
maintains the data processing and data/voice communications
systems that operate statewide.
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• Manages the day-to-day Arizona Automated
Fingerprint Identification System (AZAFIS)
operations in support of the automated
fingerprint identification needs of Arizona and
other criminal justice agencies.
• Identifies criminals through the processing of
fingerprints as the central site for the statewide
AZAFIS.
• Operates the central fingerprint repository for
the state.
• Provides fingerprint identification assistance
during the processing of criminal justice and
non-criminal justice employment and licensing
applicants.
• Coordinates requests for access to the AZAFIS network
and databases.
• Provides training for AZAFIS workstation operators.
• Directs the statewide AZAFIS operator certification
program.
• Researches, plans and implements technological
enhancements to meet AZAFIS system users’ evolving
automated fingerprint identification requirements.
• Processes criminal history checks for criminal justice
employment, non-criminal justice employment, licensing
and other authorized purposes.
• Issues fingerprint clearance cards to eligible applicants.
• Processes applications for Fingerprint Clearance Cards.
• Processes fingerprint-based state and federal criminal
record searches for authorized governmental agencies,
Indian nations, municipalities and private/nonprofit
entities located in this state.
• Processes requests for state warrant searches.
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• Maintains criminal history records as the central state
repository for Arizona.
• Maintains department warrants, motor vehicle accident
reports and offense reports.
• Serves as the focal point for the criminal justice
community on issues regarding convicted sex offender
registration and community notification requirements.
• Serves as a liaison statewide between law enforcement,
county probation, Department of Corrections and county
attorneys.
• Ensures that Arizona law
enforcement agencies
comply with sex offender
community notification
statutes.
• Provides training statewide for
criminal justice agencies
involved with sex offender
registration and notification.
• Conducts annual address
verification on the state’s sex-offender
population and
maintains the Sex Offender
InfoCenter web site.
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science laboratory capability from
four crime laboratories: Central
Regional Crime Laboratory,
Phoenix; Northern Regional Crime
Laboratory, Flagstaff; Southern
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Tucson; Western Regional Crime
Laboratory, Lake Havasu City.
• Provides complete crime
laboratory services to 295
criminal justice agencies in
Arizona including municipal,
tribal, county, state and federal
users.
• Provides state-of-the-art
scientific examination and
evaluation of evidence and
expert scientific testimony in
superior courts, federal courts,
municipal courts and justice-of-
the-peace courts.
• Provides the most modern
DNA scientific services for the
examination of violent crime
evidence to identify or
exonerate suspects.
• Maintains the Arizona DNA
Identification System
established by statute, which is
a database of DNA profiles
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against which an evidence DNA profile can be searched
to identify a previously-unknown assailant.
• Provides complete toxicology services including the
analysis of body fluid samples, primarily blood and urine,
for drugs and metabolites, and provides expert testimony
on drug effects and driving impairment.
• Provides comprehensive forensic alcohol services
including the analysis of blood for alcohol concentration;
the maintenance and repair of more than 250 alcohol
breath test instruments; and expert testimony on alcohol
effects, impaired driving, and alcohol metabolism.
• Analyzes a variety of specimens such as bricks, powders,
liquids and pills for the presence of illegal drugs,
including marijuana, narcotics, cocaine,
methamphetamine and LSD.
• Responds to clandestine drug laboratory manufacturing
sites to assess type of drugs being produced; assesses
hazards of toxicity, fire and explosion; collects samples
for transport to the Crime Laboratory; analyzes the
samples for precursor chemicals, reaction intermediaries
and drug products.
• Examines documents for authenticity of handwriting,
determination of obliterated writing and identification of
typewriting.
• Performs examinations on a variety of trace evidence
materials such as hairs, fibers, glass, paint and soils to tie
crime scene items to a suspect’s clothes or car.
• Examines firearms to identify a particular weapon as
having fired a bullet removed from a victim or scene; to
determine the distance from which a firearm was fired at
a crime scene; and to reconstruct a shooting scene.
• Compares footwear and tire track impression evidence
from a crime scene to shoes or tires to establish their
involvement in a crime.
• Analyzes fire and explosion debris to identify ignitable
liquids such as gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel or
explosives such as gun powder and dynamite.
• Processes evidence to visualized latent prints, and
compares to known fingerprints, palm prints, or
footprints to identify suspects or searches against the
Arizona Automated Fingerprint Identification System to
identify unknown suspects.
• Photographs accidents and crime scenes to provide
documentation and then develops and prints scene
pictures.
• Stores evidence and personal property, releases property
to lawful owners, and disposes contraband once criminal
cases are adjudicated.
• Provides instruction to investigative officers in the proper
identification, collection and packaging of evidence.
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• Provides information services to internal and external
customers in support of public safety and improves
department efficiency through automation and
application of new technology.
• Provides data processing and computer programming
services to meet the administrative, enforcement and
investigative needs of the Department.
• Provides on-going maintenance and support of
mainframe operating system software that supports the
Arizona Criminal Justice Information System and
Management Information System. These departmental
information systems and the statewide criminal justice
computer network are operational 24 hours per day,
seven days a week.
• Develops and maintains computer programs for an on-line
statewide criminal justice network that permits more
than 100 state and local jurisdictions to access criminal
justice information nationwide.
• Provides technical assistance to federal, county and local
criminal justice agencies regarding current or planned
linkages to the statewide criminal justice computer
network.
• Maintains access through the Department’s computers to
Arizona counties and city computers, the FBI Crime
Center, and the other 49 states’ computer systems via the
National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System
(NLETS).
• Provides data processing support for the Department’s
electronic mail system, Internet access and information
system support of the office automation needs of the
Department.
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• Designs, coordinates and installs enhancements to the
EMSCOM (Emergency Medical Services
Communication) System which provides radio
communications between field emergency medical and
hospital personnel.
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• Provides technical audits
and assistance to county and
local law enforcement
agencies experiencing radio
system problems.
• Provides engineering
support for radio equipment
and state-term contracts
generated by the state
Department of
Administration.
• Installs and maintains
buildings, towers and
antenna systems at remote
DPS radio sites.
• Maintains a statewide radio
system for the Department
and other state agencies.
• Designs, constructs and
coordinates a statewide voice
and data
telecommunications system
for the Department and
other state agencies.
• Designs, installs and
maintains data
communications equipment
and networks for the
Arizona Criminal Justice
Information System (ACJIS)
community.
• Provides continuous radio
communication services for
the Department and the law
enforcement personnel of
other agencies.
• Designs and maintains a
statewide microwave carrier
system for the Department
and other state agencies.
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concealed-weapon permits to
Arizona residents and U.S.
citizens.
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concealed-weapon training
organizations and instructors
who provide applicants with a
minimum of 16 hours of training
as required by the state statute.
• Conducts administrative and
criminal investigations of
concealed-weapon permit laws
and rules involving applicants,
permit holders, instructors and
training organizations.
• Conducts assessments of other
states’ concealed-weapon
programs and enacts reciprocal
agreements with states having
substantially similar programs.
• Processes private investigator
and security guard industry
applications to conduct business
in Arizona.
• Conducts administrative and
criminal investigations involving
violations of state security guard
and private investigator statutes
and rules.
• Conducts federally- and state-mandated
training for employees
from Arizona law enforcement
and criminal justice agencies on
the use of the Arizona Criminal
Justice Information System
(ACJIS).
• Coordinates requests for ACJIS
terminal access.
• Conducts federally- and state-mandated operational
audits of ACJIS network user agencies to verify
adherence to privacy and security regulations and to
ensure data integrity of criminal justice information.
• Coordinates the statewide terminal operator certification
program for ACJIS network users.
• Maintains the statewide Uniform Crime Reporting
(UCR) program by collecting crime statistics from all law
enforcement agencies in the state and producing an
annual Crime In Arizona publication.
• Provides training to Arizona criminal justice agencies on
requirements of arrest/disposition reporting to the state
repository and ACJIS.
Many describe Sept. 11, 2001, as the 21st century’s “Day of
Infamy,” a day in which terrorists killed thousands in the
United States by crashing hijacked jet airliners into the World
Trade Center in New York City and into the Pentagon in
Washington, D.C.
Shortly after another jet airliner crashed into a field in rural
Pennsylvania later that same fateful day killing hundreds of
passengers, President George W. Bush said the United States
in its retaliation would not make a distinction “between the
terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbored
them.”
Eventually, this cross hair of justice began to focus on Middle
Eastern countries known for their hatred toward the western
world and for maintaining an apparent willingness to
sanction and harbor terrorists and their violent activities.
Immediately after the attacks, little was known how these acts
of terrorism would effect manpower and resources at the
Arizona Department of Public Safety. But, the agency would
eventually learn through an ensuing chain of events following
9-11-01 that these despicable acts would impact DPS
probably as much if not more than any other state agency in
Arizona.
As war plans targeting Iraq began to formulate, more than 20
officers and civilian employees were summoned into active
military duty, some as reserves others as members of the
Arizona National Guard. Although some DPS employees
returned shortly after Saddam Hussein was overthrown, most
of these employees expected to be on active military
assignment for at least a year.
When the war began on March 20, many of these DPS
employees were either in the heat of battle or close by in
supportive roles. Fortunately, as fiscal year 2003 came to a
close, there were no reported casualties involving a DPS
employee during the Iraqi operation.
At home, the war also had an effect on the Department.
On several occasions, the Emergency Operations Center
(EOC) at DPS was activated. Staffing the center were sworn
and civilian personnel from DPS along with staff from the
FBI, the U.S. Marshal’s Office and the various branches of
the U.S. military.
When activated, EOC personnel responded to domestic
preparedness calls ranging from suspicious activities to
information on the nearest available shelter.
EOC personnel provided concerned citizens with contact
information and phone numbers for numerous entities,
including Homeland Defense and other appropriate law
enforcement agencies. Web sites were also provided for
citizens to obtain information on various topics such as
preparing for an emergency, collecting supplies to have on
hand and storing such supplies.
In addition, media coverage included live radio and television
broadcasts from the EOC in which vital information was
provided to the public.
The center, staffed and operated primarily by personnel
assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division, opened just
prior to the outbreak of the Iraqi war and remained
operational 24 hours a day for several weeks. During the
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other divisions were also deployed in an administrative
capacity.
In the Highway Patrol Division, many officers assisted other
law enforcement agencies during various local
demonstrations that were conducted in support of or in
opposition to the Iraqi war. Highway Patrol officers were also
used at various times to assist in the security at the Palo
Verde Nuclear Power Plant west of
Phoenix, and at the Hoover and
Glen Canyon dams in northern
Arizona.
Not only did the war translate into
a loss of manpower for the
Department, it also effected the
Sworn Selection Unit within the
agency’s Human Resources
Section.
At one time 5 percent of the those
on the cadet officer/officer
eligibility list requested a bypass
from the process because of
commitments to the U.S. military.
One cadet officer was called to
active duty the day before he was to
report to the Arizona Law
Enforcement Academy.
Overall, about 50 of DPS’ sworn personnel were eligible for
military call-up as enlisted military reserves or as members of
the National Guard which, on a national level, was about
average.
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involvement followed by its proactive approach to lessen the
potential of post-impact fuel leakage and fire risk in collisions
involving Ford’s Crown Victoria Police Interceptor (CVPI)
captured national attention during fiscal year 2003.
The Department unwittingly entered the national spotlight
surrounding the Police Interceptor about five years ago
following the tragic deaths of two veteran DPS Highway
Patrol officers, Juan Cruz and F.J. “Skip” Fink. Both officers
lost their lives within 15 months of each other in similar but
separate high-impact rear-end collisions. In each crash, the
Police Interceptor burst into flames within seconds after being
struck from behind.
The Department began its search for answers as to why the
Police Interceptor erupted into flames within days after
Officer Cruz’s death on Dec. 9, 1998. This investigation
intensified with the death of Officer Fink on Feb. 18, 2000,
and eventually led to some significant changes to the large
police cruiser manufactured by the Ford Motor Company.
While DPS continued to investigate its own tragedies, the
Phoenix Police Department suffered one of its own when
Officer Jason Schecterle was critically burned after his CVPI
erupted into flames when rear-ended by a taxi traveling more
than 100 mph.
The Phoenix police officer survived the March 21, 2001,
crash, but today continues his recovery after spending more
than seven months in the hospital for treatment of burns that
have left him permanently disfigured.
Another high-profile crash in Arizona involving the CVPI
occurred on June 12, 2002, and took the life of Chandler
Police Officer Robert Nielson. Nielson’s collision was
slightly different than the other three in that it was more of a
side-impact crash.
Officer Nielson was responding at “Code 3" high speed to the
report of a collision when his patrol car was hit by another
car forcing it into a counter-clockwise skid. The officer’s car
came to a stop when it struck a large steel utility pole. The
rear axle area of the patrol car struck the pole, crushing the
fuel tank in the process. After striking the pole, a fire
erupted, destroying the police car and claiming the life of
Officer Nielson.
Within days of Officer Nielson’s death, Gov. Jane Dee Hull
issued a moratorium on DPS’ upcoming plans to purchase
more Crown Victoria Police Interceptors. At about the same
time, Arizona Attorney General Janet Napolitano announced
that she would meet with Ford officials to discuss safety
issues in regards to the Police Interceptor.
Many of the attorney general’s concerns were based on
investigative work completed by DPS personnel.
While dismantling, inspecting and analyzing the wreckage of
Officer Cruz’s vehicle, the DPS investigative team, consisting
of personnel assigned to the Vehicular Crimes Unit, the
Special Investigations Unit and Fleet Management, found
that a single bolt, used to secure a brake line bracket to the
rear axle just above the right sway bar mount, had penetrated
the fuel tank.
This investigative team also was able to confirm that no other
penetration or perforation had occurred to the rear of the tank
from other objects in the trunk or the rear-axle assembly.
After DPS and the Phoenix Police Department exchanged
information, it was determined that the fuel tank in Officer
Schecterle’s patrol car also had been punctured by this bolt.
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information before contracting with an independent
engineering firm to recommend an alternative fastener as a
replacement to the bolt on the rear-axle housing.
In June 2001, DPS Fleet Management began modifying its
Crown Victorias with the recommended replacement rivet.
Ford later released a Technical Service Bulletin which
recommended that the bolt in question be replaced.
The DPS investigators also took into account that the two
patrol cars involved in the crashes belonged to different
model-year groupings. Officer Cruz’s vehicle was in the
1992-97 model group while Officer Fink’s patrol car was a
redesigned 1998 model. In these two collisions, the
investigators determined the integrity of the fuel tanks were
breached by different items.
While it was a bolt in Officer Cruz’s vehicle, investigators
discovered that the shock towers in Officer Fink’s Police
Interceptor had sharp exposed edges that most likely
punctured the fuel tank.
This discovery eventually led to the designing of shock tower
covers that when installed encloses the mounting brackets,
thus reducing the threat of fire should a collision occur.
To accomplish this, an aerospace injection molding company
was contacted by DPS to take a prototype developed by Fleet
Management and mass produce it for all departmental
vehicles.
In July 2002, DPS began installing rubber covers for the rear
shock towers on all 1998-2002 Crown Victorias in its fleet.
By September, all applicable vehicles had been modified.
All such information was shared with other law enforcement
agencies and with the Ford Motor Company. Shortly
thereafter, Ford issued a recall to provide similar plastic
covers for the rear-axle components.
Shortly after Officer Nielson’s fatal crash, Attorney General
Napolitano met with representatives from Ford Motor
Company. The two parties agreed to jointly form a Blue
Ribbon Panel which would consist of law enforcement
personnel along with representatives from the Ford Motor
Company.
The eight-member panel began meeting in late June 2002 to
review ideas and practices aimed at improving officer safety.
Ford agreed to review technical developments to improve
officer safety and developed a protocol for improved
communications between law enforcement and the Detroit-based
motor company.
In late September, after several meetings of the Blue Ribbon
Panel, Ford agreed to provide and install fuel tank shields
and upgrade kits.
The motor company also agreed to offer an optional trunk
package, make available a trunk template, create and manage
a Web site for improved communication, investigate bladder
technology for fuel-tank applications, and investigate on-board
fire suppressant systems.
The panel also published its findings on Ford’s CVPI.com
Web site.
The Web site also contains information pertaining to research
on the best practices for parking and officer positioning
during a traffic stop, equipment storage in the trunk
compartment, recommendations of vehicle color, emergency
lighting color and population, and increased rear-end crash
standards for police vehicles.
Shortly after Ford Motor Company announced that it would
welcome some changes, Gov. Hull rescinded her moratorium.
In January, DPS began purchasing the first of some 250
budgeted patrol cars.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also
conducted its own tests and closed its investigation by
reporting that the performance of the Crown Victoria Police
Interceptor satisfied its safety standards.
Also, at the request of the Blue Ribbon Panel, the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the International
Chiefs of Police Association formed a partnership to further
address this issue with a goal of improving officer safety.
DPS, the Florida Highway Patrol, and the Phoenix Police
Department have now been joined by New York State Police,
Pennsylvania State Police, California Highway Patrol,
Washington State Patrol, Colorado State Patrol, Ohio State
Highway Patrol, North Carolina Highway Patrol, Missouri
Highway Patrol, and the Alabama Department of Public
Safety in a cooperative effort aimed at improving the working
environment for officers nationwide.
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Thanks to a bullet-resistant vest and a watch he was wearing
on his left wrist, a DPS Highway Patrol officer was not
seriously injured after being shot twice by an ex-convict
during a traffic stop on Interstate 10 near Quartzite.
The shooting occurred the evening of Jan. 15 about 10 miles
east of Quartzsite after Officer Robert Flannery, 38, stopped a
vehicle driven by the ex-convict who was awaiting trial on an
auto-theft charge and who was also considered a suspect in a
homicide case being investigated by the Maricopa County
Sheriff’s Office.
When Officer Flannery approached the suspect’s vehicle, the
31-year-old male motorist fired two shots. One bullet from
the .380 semi-automatic pistol struck the first-year officer in
his body armor while the second deflected off the wrist-watch
he was wearing.
Officer Flannery was able to return fire, striking the rear
windshield of the suspect’s vehicle as it accelerated from the
scene.
The suspect vehicle was located a few minutes later by DPS
officers on U.S. 60 near Wenden. A high-speed pursuit
ensued, and tire deflation devices were successfully deployed
bringing the vehicle to a stop. The suspect then abandoned
the vehicle on U.S. 60, about 35 miles east of the original
shooting scene and fled on foot into the desert.
After an extensive ground search, the suspect was found
hiding in a haystack about six miles west of the abandoned
vehicle.
At the request of the La Paz County Sheriff’s Office, the
Department’s Special Investigations Unit conducted the
criminal investigation of the shooting incident. The suspect
was transported to La Paz County jail in Parker where he was
booked on nine felony charges including attempted first-degree
homicide.
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County, Utah, some 30 miles north of Page, to assist the
Highway Patrol with a mutual aid response to the Jan. 26
fatal shooting of a Garfield County, Utah sheriff’s deputy.
With two suspects on the run, the DPS helicopter flew a
Highway Patrol sergeant and officer along with a Coconino
County sheriff’s deputy to the area where the suspect vehicle
had been spotted by the crew of a private helicopter.
After inserting the three officers about a half-mile ahead of
the suspects’ vehicle, the helicopter crew returned to the air to
keep the suspect vehicle under surveillance. A short while
later, the three law enforcement officers stopped the vehicle
and arrested the two suspects, one of whom was wounded
during the shooting with the deputy. The wounded suspect
was transported to Flagstaff Medical Center by a private
sector air ambulance.
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In the early morning hours on the day President Bush was to
arrive in Arizona to visit Flagstaff, undercover officers
purchased a sample of purported plastic explosives from an
individual who claimed to have large amounts available in
Flagstaff.
Concerned about the president’s safety, investigators needed
an immediate identification of the gray “plastic explosive”
material. Therefore, at about 2 a.m., one of the Crime
Laboratory’s experienced explosives examiners arrived at the
Phoenix Crime Laboratory and performed an extensive
analysis. Within hours, the forensic scientist determined that
the material was harmless “plumbers putty.”
The presidential visit was completed without further incident.
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The HIDTA Clandestine Lab Enforcement Unit and the DPS
Special Operations Unit (SOU) conducted a tactical entry on
a Phoenix-area hazardous storage and waste clean-up facility
suspected of selling the clandestine drug lab waste that it was
contracted to destroy.
The company was re-supplying some individuals with enough
chemicals to make millions of dollars worth of illegal
methamphetamine. The waste, which had been collected
from law enforcement agencies outside Arizona, was sold to
several suspected clandestine lab operators in Arizona.
Responding to the site were all five of the Department’s SOU
teams, along with personnel from the Hazardous Materials
Unit and Explosive Ordnance Detail. Shortly after a tactical
entry, the site – consisting of multiple buildings positioned
on 4.5 acres of associated property – was safely secured.
U.S. Customs agents supported the tactical entry by providing
a real time down link video feed to the command post.
During the service of the warrant, teams consisting of Haz/
Mat technicians, bomb technicians, narcotics detectives and
criminalists from the DPS Crime Laboratory were staged to
respond to any of the other 18 locations where warrants were
served simultaneously for possible clandestine drug lab
operations or the storage of chemicals.
The Rocky Mountain Information Network provided
analytical charts used during the service of the search
warrants.
Specially-trained Crime Laboratory scientists processed the
industrial hazardous materials found at the site. Two
clandestine lab specialists spent about a week processing the
site which contained several hundred 55-gallon barrels of
various materials.
Some 35 suspects were taken into custody, including 18
employees of the business who were arrested during the Feb.
25 raid. Eventually, 58 persons in four states were indicted
on 37 federal search warrants.
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With the installation of call boxes, responding to motorist
assists along a 40-mile stretch of U.S. 93 north of
Wickenburg became a touch easier for both the officer and the
distressed motorist.
Before the installation of call boxes, responses to distress
calls were difficult because the area lacked hard-line
telephone service and much of the surrounding rugged terrain
had limited cell phone coverage.
During the first eight months the call boxes were operational,
DPS Highway Patrol officers responded to 110 requests for
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DPS detectives assigned to the Phoenix Financial Task Force
seized a 2000 Lear Jet valued at $6.5 million as part of a
fraud investigation perpetrated on Scotia Bank of Canada.
The case involved some corrupt managers of Scotia Bank in
Mexico who allegedly stole some $3 million from an innocent
unsuspecting Mexican national bank account at the Scotia
Bank. The funds were then wired to a Swiss bank account,
then wired back to Mexico and then on to the Lear Jet’s
corporate account in Texas for purchase of the plane.
During the course of their investigation, Phoenix Financial
Task Force agents wrote a seizure warrant for the jet and
tracked it from Mexico to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where it was
eventually seized.
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In September, the DPS Vehicle Theft Task Force, U.S.
Customs Service and various city, state and federal law
enforcement agencies, combined to execute 26 federal search
warrants – 22 in Arizona – which led to the recovery of five
stolen vehicles.
Four of the vehicles were located in Washington state and
were part of an on-going two-year investigation dubbed
Operation Wounded Jaguar, so named because these thieves
targeted high-end automobiles such as Jaguars.
During the September raids, task force officers also seized
more than $25,000 in cash, along with 42 computers and an
array of floppy and compact disks containing information
investigators said would lead them to further recoveries and
arrests.
In the year prior, task force detectives recovered 14 high-dollar
stolen/cloned vehicles estimated to be worth more than
$500,000.
A key player in this theft ring was a corrupt Arizona Motor
Vehicle Division agent who fictitiously titled all the stolen/
cloned vehicles stolen in Arizona. Twelve vehicles that were
recovered during the course of the two-year investigation had
been “Salvage Title Washed” by the corrupt MVD agent.
During the course of the investigation, evidence was
developed indicating that these car thieves also had ties to
terrorist groups.
In November, two months after the roundup, a grand jury
indicted 18 suspects on 180 criminal counts. A few days after
the indictments were handed down, the Vehicle Theft Task
Force, the Internal Revenue Service, the Chandler Police
Department and additional DPS personnel conducted a
roundup of the 18 suspects.
As fiscal year 2003 closed, agents had recovered 24 stolen
vehicles worth an estimated $800,000.
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An El Paso Intelligence Center check determined that the
arrested individual had been denied entry into the United
Kingdom for terrorist activity. The suspect was turned over
to federal authorities for further investigation.
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Flagstaff focused on commercial vehicles traveling Interstate
40 between noon and 8 p.m. At least two Highway Patrol
officers along with commercial vehicle safety specialists were
stationed every five miles along the interstate providing
expertise in all areas of enforcement.
Highway Patrol officers from districts headquartered in
Holbrook and Prescott and safety specialists assigned to the
Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Bureau assisted Flagstaff-based
officers during this operation.
Some 129 commercial vehicles were stopped resulting in 29
being placed out of service. No collisions were reported
within the project area.
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12, Tucson-based Highway Patrol officers conducted an
intensive enforcement project in three construction zones
following a significant increase in collisions.
The officers were assigned to the construction zones to take
enforcement action in an effort to reduce an abnormally high
incidence of collisions, many of which were caused by
motorists exhibiting an apparent disdain toward traffic safety.
Throughout the week, DPS Highway Patrol officers used
patrol cars, motorcycles and unmarked vehicles to stop 589
motorists. The officers issued citations for speeding,
following too closely, unsafe lane usage and improper
turning.
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maintained its commitment to remove impaired drivers from
the highways by participating in 24 enforcement activities
involving the Southern Arizona DUI Task Force, a high-profile
public-private partnership that employs intensive
enforcement by targeting impaired drivers.
In addition to high-visibility public information campaigns,
the program offers free taxi cab rides from local taverns for
impaired patrons. Funding for this portion of the program
was provided by a Tucson alcohol beverage distributor.
The task force deployed officers during holiday periods on 14
occasions in the Tucson area and 10 times in the Nogales/
Santa Cruz County area. During these deployments, officers
stopped 13,927 motorists for traffic violations, arresting 327
suspects for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
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collisions on Loop 101 in the northeast valley, the Central
Highway Patrol Bureau initiated Operation 101, a zero-tolerance
traffic enforcement program that saw departmental
officers issue more than 2,000 citations within a two-week
span.
When the March 3-16 traffic enforcement activity was
complete, Loop 101 was a safer stretch of freeway for
motorists.
Prior to the enforcement activity, many of the collisions were
caused by impaired and aggressive drivers and those who
drove at excessive, dangerous speeds.
The enforcement efforts concentrated on the area of Loop
101, from Scottsdale Road to Indian Bend Road. The mission
of the operation was to saturate the area for a two-week
period, 16 hours a day with 10 officers who primarily focused
on those drivers who posed a risk to themselves as well as
others.
A major part of the operation was geared to educate the
public about the dangers of driving aggressively and at unsafe
speeds. As a result, the operation received extensive media
coverage. Despite considerable media coverage and a number
of freeway signs advising 101 motorists about the
enforcement activity, DPS officers issued more than 1,600
citations for speeding, including two at speeds of 116 and 115
mph.
During the operation, there were no fatal crashes, and the
number of collisions dropped by 33 percent compared to the
previous two weeks.
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Two details were conducted in the Grand Canyon area to
ensure that commercial buses and vans used to transport
passengers into the national park complied with state and
federal equipment laws and driver standards.
Some 11 million tourists visit the Grand Canyon National
Park annually and many use one of the 326 agencies that
deploy commercial vehicles for transport into the park.
With this volume of commercial passenger travel on Arizona
highways, the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Bureau
developed a program to monitor these vehicles which range
from motorcoaches to 15-passenger vans.
In March, a commercial vehicle detail was conducted about
200 yards south of the park entrance. During this detail,
officers issued 12 citations and placed five commercial
vehicle drivers out of service.
Then in late April, a multi-agency motorcoach detail was
assembled at the Canyon View Information Center inside
the Grand Canyon National Park. Fourteen DPS officers
and three supervisors were assigned to the detail as well as
a supervisor and 11 rangers from the U.S. National Park
Service. During this operation, officers inspected 74
vehicles and drivers, placing 11 vehicles and 12 drivers out
of service.
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Due to the increasing popularity of Puerto Peñasco (Rocky
Point), Mexico, as a vacation spot, traffic volume in the
Gila Bend-Ajo area has increased dramatically in recent
years keeping Highway Patrol officers in the area quite
active.
Although traffic safety remains a major concern, it’s not the
only area of concern for these officers as S.R. 85, the
highway from Gila Bend to the Mexican border, serves as a
major pipeline for drug smugglers.
To help combat this criminal activity, Gila Bend-Ajo
Highway Patrol officers often work in conjunction with
federal and county law enforcement agencies.
As part of their efforts to make travel safer on S.R. 85, these
officers stopped 6,796 vehicles and issued more than 4,000
citations. In the area of narcotics enforcement, DPS officers
made 219 felony arrests while seizing some six tons of
marijuana and $400,000 in U.S. currency from suspected
drug smugglers. Additionally, 80 stolen vehicles were
recovered.
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The Department continued to provide support programs for
its employees and their family members.
Much of this was accomplished through the Department’s
Family Education Days (an orientation seminar for new
officers and their families), the chaplaincy program, and the
Peer Support and Critical Incident Stress Management
(CISM) program.
During the fiscal year, DPS’ 12 chaplains donated more
than 2,700 hours of volunteer service to departmental
employees while the Department’s Peer Support/CISM team
provided more than 3,000 hours of service to employees and
their family members.
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The annual employee awards were presented in three
separate locations this year, thus reducing travel time and
expenses for those employees to be recognized by the
Department.
Each Division presented its respective recognition awards
during ceremonies in Flagstaff, Tucson and Phoenix.
The Associated Highway Patrolmen of Arizona and the
Family Support Group, an employee support organization,
provided refreshments at each event. Each ceremony was
well attended and received by employees.
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Potential problems at DPS’ Computer Center were avoided
as Information Technology Bureau staff worked closely with
the Facilities Management Bureau and Telecommunications
to replace an aging and deteriorating floor at the center.
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The center provides a critical function at DPS as it houses
various computer systems, many of which allow the
Department to communicate with other agencies throughout
the country.
Over the years, the raised-access flooring has worked well
providing strong support and easy access with space below
for electrical power lines, cabling and air conditioning
vents.
Because the flooring system was more than 30 years old, the
surfaces of many of the panels were delaminating, thus
creating tripping hazards. The support system was also
collapsing leading to potential structural failure while
posing a hazard to both the computer equipment and
employees working in the area.
A $150,000 grant request was developed by the Facilities
Management Bureau in cooperation with Computer Center
management. RICO funding was approved for the project
with purchase and installation of components arranged
through the Arizona Counter-Drug Procurement Program.
The project involved the removal and replacement of the
raised-access floor system within the main computer room.
Individual computers had to be shut down, moved and then
returned after the floor was replaced. This was a challenge
as the Computer Center had to remain in operation
throughout the life of the project. To accomplish this, the
project was completed in phases. Outages were scheduled
far in advance, arranged to occur as seldom as possible and
during off hours.
The project was completed ahead of schedule and well
within the original projected budget.
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The annual inventory at the Department was executed in a
slightly different manner this fiscal year and, as a result,
unable to locate (UTL) items decreased 4.2 percent.
Previously, inventory was conducted from March through
June by distributing preprinted inventory lists to all entities
within the Department. This year, however, an exception
was received from the state Department of Administration
allowing DPS to conduct its inventory in January.
Blank inventory forms were distributed requesting all
capital equipment be recorded by hand on the forms
provided. This intensive effort put forth by DPS personnel
resulted in the lowering of the UTL percentage from 5.7
percent in fiscal year 2002 to 1.5 percent in fiscal year
2003.
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As a member of the Arizona Response Crisis Team
(ARCT), the Victim Services Unit at DPS participated in
the Glendale Fire Department’s “Chemical Full Scale
Exercise.”
The scenario, conducted at the Thunderbird International
School of Management in Glendale, involved a “terrorist”
who deployed an explosive device containing sarin gas
affecting 300 “victims” attending a career day fair.
ARCT participants served 56 “victims,” providing crisis
intervention, victims’ rights notifications and victim
compensation information. Victim Services Unit staff also
directed the call-out and incident response of 35 ARCT
crime victim advocates and Critical Incident Stress
Management Team members.
Additionally, the Victim Services Unit participated in
gathering victim and missing person information and
assisted in reuniting separated parties.
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Newly-employed DPS officers can now receive G.I. Bill
benefits while attending the Department’s advanced basic
training program after the agency’s application was
approved by the Arizona Department of Veteran’s Services.
The approval followed a near two-year application process.
DPS veterans had previously received G.I. Bill benefits
while attending the Arizona Law Enforcement Academy;
however, their benefits terminated upon graduation.
The Department requested that its advanced basic training
program and one-year probationary period be approved for
the on-the-job training and education of veterans provision
of the G.I. Bill. This additional funding will greatly assist
the needs of officers and their families as they begin their
law enforcement careers.
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Firearms Training personnel at DPS introduced real-life
training to officers through its Simunitions program, a
“live,” force-on-force training agenda that uses marking
cartridges (paint balls) with related safety equipment.
Force-on-force training is used to simulate actual combat-type
scenarios utilizing role playing, actual equipment and
real time, exhibiting the available range of escalation and
de-escalation of force available.
Purpose of force-on-force training is to have officers
experience as closely as possible, actual combat/stress
situations, but within a controlled environment. In addition
to having officers accustomed to the stress of an actual gun
battle, the Simunitions drills allow officers to work on other
shooting skills taught and emphasized in previous training
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As administrator of the federal Victim of Crime (VOCA)
Assistance grant program for the state, the Department’s
Crime Victim Services Unit issued 98 contracts totaling
$5,402,724.
These contracts were issued to Arizona programs to assist
various agencies in assisting individuals who have been
victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse,
homicide, drunken driving and other violent crimes.
Services offered by these programs include safe shelters to
protect the victim from an abuser, counseling, court
accompaniment, assistance in obtaining protection orders,
and aid in accessing other needed services.
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During the year, the Crime Victim Services Unit conducted
six “Strategic Planning and Measuring Performance”
workshops for VOCA sub-recipient agencies.
The workshops were conducted in Phoenix (2), Tucson,
Lake Havasu City, Sedona and Holbrook.
The workshops, which attracted more than 100 attendees,
included a review of the basic components of strategic
planning with an emphasis on measuring performance,
specifically through “victim-related outcomes.”
In preparation for the training, the Crime Victim Services
Unit developed a “Strategic Planning and Measuring
Performance for Crime Victim Services” manual. This
manual is designed to guide agencies through the strategic
planning process and to prepare them for successfully
completing the DPS-VOCA grant application.
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In an effort to reduce collisions and keep highways safe for
the motoring public, the Northern Highway Patrol Bureau
conducted numerous special enforcement details and safety
programs throughout the year.
Each district in the Northern Highway Patrol Bureau
(NHPB) conducted at least one major “Accident Reduction
Special Enforcement Detail” involving the use of personnel
from other districts. In addition to these collision-reduction
efforts, officers were also assigned to special enforcement
details that concentrated on seat belt and child restraint
violations, impaired drivers, speeders and aggressive
driving.
NHPB districts also took an active role in public education
with special attention in the areas of impaired drivers, seat
belts and proper use of child restraint systems. All details
were completed with an emphasis on interagency
cooperation and improving public safety.
Many of these enforcement and education programs were
funded through grants issued by the Governor’s Office of
Highway Safety.
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Through Operation Safe Commute, the Central Patrol
Bureau continued its pro-active approach to reduce
collisions in the Phoenix metropolitan area for the third
straight year.
Operation Safe Commute was initiated on the premise that
Highway Patrol officers could reduce the number of vehicle
collisions that normally occur in the metropolitan area if
commuter traffic was targeted during peak traffic periods.
With funding support from the Governor’s Office of
Highway Safety, the four-week detail on Interstates 10 and
17 in the Phoenix area resulted in a combin
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Arizona Department of Public Safety
ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
2102 WEST ENCANTO BLVD. P.O. BOX 6638 PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85005-6638 (602) 223 - 2000
The Honorable Janet Napolitano
Governor of Arizona
State Capitol Building
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Dear Governor Napolitano:
With the submission of this annual report, I take pride in sharing with you the many accomplishments and achievements
realized by the men and women at the Arizona Department of Public Safety in fiscal year 2003 as the agency continued
to concentrate on its basic values of cooperation, commitment and communication in its everyday interactions with
Arizona’s citizens and the law enforcement community in general.
Much of our focus this year has had national ramifications.
The Department was deeply involved with the Blue Ribbon Panel that met on a regular basis following a series of fiery
collisions involving Ford’s Crown Victoria Police Interceptor, the cruiser most of our Highway Patrol officers drive
while patrolling this state’s 6,000-mile highway system.
Along these lines, the Department was in the forefront in developing and implementing several changes designed to
improve the safety of the Police Interceptor. In an effort to make this cruiser less susceptible to fuel leakage during
high-impact, rear-end collisions, DPS Fleet personnel interchanged a bolt that secured the brake cable with a smooth-head
rivet and developed a high-tech rubberized shield to cover shock absorber towers. Both of these safety measures
were later adopted by the Ford Motor Co. and became standard on later-model Crown Victoria Police Interceptors.
The war in Iraq also struck deeply within our family when more than 20 DPS employees and officers were called into
active military duty, many serving during the heat of battle in Iraq. As the fiscal year ended, several DPS officers were
still in harm’s way, serving our beloved country while deployed in Iraq.
In a continuing effort to confront terrorism, U.S. intelligence agencies requested the investigative expertise of two DPS
detectives and a commander to assist in the interrogations of suspected terrorists who were captured in Afghanistan
prior to incarceration at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
At home, when the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy struck, the Department quickly offered its assistance by opening its
Emergency Operations Center and contributing its services to NASA and the FBI in order to help facilitate their
collective effort in locating and collecting shuttle debris that may have fallen onto Arizona soil.
These are just a few of the many accomplishments experienced by the employees at the Arizona Department of Public
Safety during fiscal year 2003 in their continued commitment to our departmental motto of “Courteous Vigilance.” I
sincerely believe such pride and commitment to duty translates into a safer Arizona, a place where we live, work and
raise our families.
Sincerely,
Dennis A. Garrett
Director
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INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................................. 6-8
Employee Empowerment, Mission, and Vision Statements ................................................................................................................. 7
Value Statement ................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR ........................................................................................................................................... 9-12
Organizational Chart and Overview ............................................................................................................................................. 9-10
Employee Grievance Program ........................................................................................................................................................... 10
Critical Incident Review ................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Law Enforcement Activities .............................................................................................................................................................. 12
HIGHWAY PATROL DIVISION .................................................................................................................................... 13-19
Organizational Chart and Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 13
Highway Patrol Activities .................................................................................................................................................................. 14
Arizona & U.S. Traffic Fatality Rates / Arizona Highway Traffic Facts ............................................................................................. 15
FY 2003 At a Glance / Highway Patrol Drug Seizures / Traffic and Alcohol .................................................................................... 16
Speed and Other Major Causes / Inattention and Other Primary Factors ......................................................................................... 17
Special Patrol Programs ..................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Highway Patrol Reserve Program Activities ..................................................................................................................................... 19
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION .................................................................................................................. 20-27
Criminal Investigations Activities ..................................................................................................................................................... 20
Organizational Chart and Overview ........................................................................................................................................... 21-25
Vehicle Theft Interdiction (VTI) Services ....................................................................................................................................... 22
Investigation Service Requests from Other Agencies ........................................................................................................................ 23
Gang Intelligence Team Enforcement Model (GITEM) Services ..................................................................................................... 24
Tactical Operations and Specialized Enforcement Services / Rocky Mountain Information Network ............................................. 25
Criminal Investigations Drug Seizures ............................................................................................................................................... 26
FY 2003 Criminal Investigations - Hours Worked By Type of Investigation / - Hours Worked By County ...................................... 27
AGENCY SUPPORT DIVISION .................................................................................................................................... 28-35
Appropriations and Funding .............................................................................................................................................................. 28
Organizational Chart and Overview ........................................................................................................................................... 29-33
Human Resources Services ................................................................................................................................................................ 30
Agency Support Activities ................................................................................................................................................................ 31
Management Services ........................................................................................................................................................................ 32
Financial Services .............................................................................................................................................................................. 33
Training Services ................................................................................................................................................................................ 34
FY 2003 Appropriated Funding / Adjudication of Citizen Complaints Against Employees ............................................................. 35
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUPPORT DIVISION.................................................................................................................. 36-43
Criminal Justice Support Activities ................................................................................................................................................... 36
Organizational Chart and Overview ........................................................................................................................................... 37-41
Scientific Analysis Services ............................................................................................................................................................... 38
Technical Support Services ............................................................................................................................................................... 40
Licensing Services .............................................................................................................................................................................. 41
Office Automation Activities / Criminal Justice Terminals Supported ............................................................................................. 42
Crime Laboratory Cases / FY 2003 Crime Lab Case Load ................................................................................................................. 43
War touches DPS deeply, both at home and in Iraq ............................................................................................................. 44-45
DPS’ investigative efforts play role in Police Interceptor changes ........................................................................................ 46-47
DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTS ...................................................................................................................................... 48-63
DEPARTMENT AWARDS............................................................................................................................................... 64-65
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENTS ............................................................................................................................................... 66
IN MEMORIAM ................................................................................................................................................................... 67
Pursuant to legislation passed by the Arizona
legislature in 1968, the Arizona Department of
Public Safety became operational by the executive
order of Governor Jack Williams on July 1, 1969.
Governor Williams’ mandate consolidated the
functions and responsibilities of the Arizona
Highway Patrol, the Enforcement Division of the
state Department of Liquor Licenses and Control
and the Narcotics Division of the state Department
of Law.
During its 34-year history, the Arizona
Department of Public Safety has accepted many
additional responsibilities and has evolved into a
respected, nationally-recognized and multi-faceted
organization dedicated to providing state-level law
enforcement services to the public while
developing and maintaining close partnerships with
other agencies who share similar missions and
objectives.
Today, the Department, with its state headquarters
in Phoenix, maintains offices in more than 30
Arizona communities and cities within the state’s
15 counties. Some 1,800 departmental employees
help the agency fulfill its support and operational
objectives in the critical areas of traffic safety and
criminal interdiction.
This annual report summarizes the many
achievements accomplished by the Arizona
Department of Public Safety during fiscal year 2002-2003. It also reflects the Department’s continued dedication in
providing quality service to the more than 5 million people who reside in Arizona.
EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT STATEMENT
When faced with a decision, employees shall ask themselves:
• Is it ethical and legal?
• Is it the right thing for the public and the state’s citizens?
• Is it the right thing for the Arizona Department of Public Safety?
• Is it consistent with Department policies, or is there good and reasonable cause for going outside of
policy?
• When practical, have those being impacted by the decision been considered and consulted?
• Is this something for which I am willing to be held accountable?
If the answer is yes to all of these questions, then go ahead and make the decision.
MISSION
To protect human life and property by enforcing state laws, deterring criminal
activity, assuring highway and public safety, and providing vital scientific,
technical and operational support to other criminal justice agencies.
VISION STATEMENT
To be a national model in providing ethical, effective, efficient
and customer-oriented, state-level law enforcement services.
VALUE STATEMENT
At the Arizona Department of Public Safety, we believe in:
HUMAN LIFE
We value human life above all else, giving first priority to all situations which threaten life. We respect and
protect the lives and rights of all persons. We use force only when necessary, and then only that which is
appropriate to address the level of threat at hand. The protection of human life is the primary reason for the
creation and ongoing operation of the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
INTEGRITY
We are always honest and truthful, recognizing integrity is the cornerstone for all that is done within the
Department. We are role models in our communities, holding ourselves to the highest standards of moral and
ethical conduct. We communicate openly and honestly, always remaining consistent in our beliefs and
actions. Integrity is never compromised.
TEAMWORK
We believe cooperation and teamwork will enable us to combine our diverse backgrounds, skills and
personalities to achieve common goals. We understand and share our responsibility to serve the citizens of
Arizona with many other agencies and organizations. We seek the help and cooperation of others, and offer
the same to them. Teamwork is our way of life.
EXCELLENCE
We strive for personal and professional excellence, doing our best at all times. We continually work to
improve our services, our human and community relations, and our overall work performance. We
acknowledge our mistakes and accept responsibility for our actions. We are open to constructive criticism and
new ideas as we move to reach our greatest potential. Excellence permeates the organization allowing us to
take great pride in all we do.
DEDICATION
We enjoy what we do and go beyond what is required at every opportunity. We are dedicated to meeting the
high expectations held for us by the citizens of this state. We constantly devote our time, ability and efforts
towards accomplishing our agency’s goals and objectives. We are committed to one another, creating a caring
and supportive environment at work and away.
COURTESY
We treat all persons with courtesy and respect. “Courteous Vigilance” is more than a motto; it is the standard
of conduct we demand of ourselves. We treat everyone consistent with how we would want to be treated
under the same circumstances with emphasis on patience, understanding and tolerance.
SERVICE
We recognize this Department was created to serve others, including the state’s citizens, its visitors, and other
criminal justice agencies. We strive to always provide the best service possible utilizing all available
resources. We are alert for opportunities to serve others.
The director of the Arizona Department of Public Safety,
Colonel Dennis Garrett, establishes the Department’s goals,
policies, procedures and organizational structure. He directs
and controls the activities of the Department and is responsible
for accomplishing its mission.
The Director’s Office consists of the executive officer,
government liaison and legislative security. The Governor’s
Office of Highway Safety (GOHS), the Arizona Peace Officer
Standards and Training board (AZ POST) and the Law
Enforcement Merit System Council (LEMSC) are
administratively supported by the Director’s Office.
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• Manages the personnel and functions of the director’s
staff, provides staff support to the director and is the
agency ombudsman.
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• Monitors proposed legislation pertaining to the
criminal justice system.
• Oversees and supervises security for the Arizona
Senate and House of Representatives.
• Ensures cooperative relations between the Department of
Public Safety and local, county, state and federal criminal
justice agencies.
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• Administers federal highway safety funds on behalf of the
governor.
• Serves as the governor’s highway safety representative and
spokesperson on highway safety-related issues, including
liaison with the legislature.
• Receives proposals, evaluates and awards federal highway
safety grants to local jurisdictions and state agencies as
designated in the annual Highway Safety Plan. Awards are
based on problem identification and performance-based
goals and objectives.
• Provides assistance in the form of seed monies to local
governments in the development and operation of
community highway safety programs.
• Executes highway safety contracts on behalf of the
governor with the federal government, state agencies and
political subdivisions of the state.
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The Law Enforcement Merit System Council (LEMSC) consists
of three members appointed by the governor who each serve six-year
terms. Members are chosen on the basis of experience in
and sympathy with merit principles of public employment.
Members shall not have held elective public office within one
year before appointment and shall not hold any other political
office while serving on the LEMSC.
• Adopts rules it deems necessary for establishing: (a) a
classification and compensation plan for all covered
positions in the Department and establishing standards and
qualifications for all classified positions; (b) a plan for fair
and impartial selection, appointment, probation, promotion,
retention and separation or removal from service by
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resignation, retirement, reduction in force or dismissal of
all classified employees; (c) a performance appraisal
system for evaluating the work performance of DPS
employees; (d) procedures for the conduct of hearings of
employee grievances brought before the LEMSC relating to
classification, compensation and the employee appraisal
system; (e) procedures for the conduct of hearings on
appeals from an order of the director of DPS in connection
with suspension, demotion, reduction in pay, loss of
accrued leave, or dismissal of a classified employee.
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• Establishes rules and regulations governing the conduct of
all business coming before the board.
• Prescribes minimum qualifications for officers appointed
to enforce the laws of the state.
• Recommends curricula for advanced courses and seminars
for law enforcement training in universities, colleges and
junior colleges in conjunction with the governing body of
the educational institutions.
• Determines whether political subdivisions of the state are
adhering to the standards for recruitment and training.
• Approves a state correctional officer training curriculum
and establishes minimum standards for correctional
officers.
• Approves allocations from the Peace Officers Training
Fund to provide law enforcement training, and to provide
grants to cities, towns and counties for law enforcement
training.
• Provides training and related services to assist state, tribal
and local law enforcement agencies to better serve the
public.
LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES
FY 2002 FY 2003 % Change
ARRESTS
Highway Patrol
Felony 5,524 4,614 -16.5%
Misdemeanor 11,423 9,933 -13.0%
Warrant Arrests 8,019 7,262 -9.4%
DUI Arrests 7,455 7,395 -0.8%
Criminal Investigations
Persons Arrested 2,822 2,819 -0.1%
Total Arrests 35,243 32,023 -9.1%
CITATIONS ISSUED
Highway Patrol Citations 313,628 300,935 -4.0%
Criminal Investigations Liquor Citations 584 250 -57.2%
Total Citations Issued 314,212 301,185 -4.1%
WARNINGS ISSUED
Highway Patrol Warnings 270,991 255,746 -5.6%
Criminal Investigations Liquor Warnings 53 20 -62.3%
Total Warnings 271,044 255,766 -5.6%
STOLEN VEHICLES RECOVERED
Highway Patrol 1,665 1,365 -18.0%
Criminal Investigations 2,359 2,724 15.5%
Total Vehicles Recovered 4,024 4,089 1.6%
DRUGS SEIZED (by weight)
Marijuana
Highway Patrol 23,932.0 lbs. 29,474.6 lbs. 23.2%
Criminal Investigations 45,532.0 lbs. 62,356.0 lbs. 36.9%
Total Marijuana Seized 69,464.0 lbs. 91,830.6 lbs. 32.2%
Heroin
Highway Patrol 1.2 lbs. 29.4 lbs. 2350.0%
Criminal Investigations 0.9 lbs. 2.1 lbs. 130.8%
Total Heroin Seized 2.1 lbs. 31.5 lbs. 1392.9%
Cocaine
Highway Patrol 269.5 lbs. 238.3 lbs. -11.6%
Criminal Investigations 2,180.0 lbs. 889.0 lbs. -59.2%
Total Cocaine Seized 2,449.5 lbs. 1,127.3 lbs. -54.0%
Methamphetamine
Highway Patrol 43.4 lbs. 209.5 lbs. 382.7%
Criminal Investigations 179.0 lbs. 92.0 lbs. -48.6%
Total Methamphetamine Seized 222.4 lbs. 301.5 lbs. 35.6%
Source: Highway Patrol and Criminal Investigations Divisions
The Highway Patrol Division (HPD) at the Arizona
Department of Public Safety is comprised of Patrol,
Commercial Vehicle Enforcement and the Aviation Section.
The Patrol is aligned into three bureaus based on geographic
regions – Northern, Central and Southern. The Commercial
Vehicle Enforcement Bureau and the Aviation Section are
statewide programs administered centrally with satellite
offices statewide.
The mission of the Highway Patrol Division is to ensure the
safe and expeditious use of the highway transportation system
for the public and to provide assistance to local and county
law enforcement agencies. The Division additionally
provides services and enforcement in commercial
motor vehicle, tow truck, school bus and safety
programs and is responsible for the Department’s air
rescue and aviation services.
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highways and enforces Arizona traffic and
criminal laws.
• Investigates traffic collisions, controls motor-vehicle
traffic, conducts collision-reduction
details, assists other law enforcement agencies,
promotes traffic safety through public
awareness programs and provides specialized
training to other criminal justice agencies.
• Investigates vehicular crimes and assists other
agency personnel with expert collision investigation,
reconstruction and crime-scene support.
• Enforces commercial vehicle regulations.
• Provides training and assistance to criminal justice
personnel and to local law enforcement agencies in
commercial vehicle law enforcement.
• Responds to incidents throughout the state involving
discharge of hazardous materials.
• Provides specialized training to law enforcement
personnel in mitigating hazardous materials incidents.
• Provides an immediate, 24-hours-per-day, statewide air-support
response capability for critical occurrences and
emergency situations.
• Provides aerial and logistical aviation support for law
enforcement, highway safety and traffic enforcement
operations.
• Provides air transport services in support of
governmental operations and critical administrative
functions.
• Provides a 24-hours-a-day information clearing center
(Duty Office) to coordinate agency responses,
notifications and information to the public.
• Conducts self-inspections of district administration,
logistics and operations.
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HIGHWAY PATROL ACTIVITIES
FY 2002 FY 2003 % Change
NUMBER OF MILES PATROLLED 18,160,134 18,363,977 1.1%
VIOLATORS STOPPED 524,376 478,703 -8.7%
CITATIONS ISSUED
Hazardous Violations 197,947 189,516 -4.3%
Non-Hazardous Violations 115,681 111,419 -3.7%
Totals 313,628 300,935 -4.0%
WARNINGS ISSUED
Hazardous Violations 181,797 176,587 -2.9%
Non-Hazardous Violations 89,194 79,159 -11.3%
Totals 270,991 255,746 -5.6%
SEAT BELT VIOLATIONS
Citations Issued 26,647 23,419 -12.1%
Warnings Issued 1,103 687 -37.7%
Child Restraint Citations 5,177 4,759 -8.1%
Child Restraint Warnings 482 165 -65.8%
REPAIR ORDERS ISSUED 167,549 141,109 -15.8%
MOTORIST ASSISTS 146,683 144,590 -1.4%
STOLEN VEHICLES RECOVERED
Auto Theft Recoveries 1,235 1,065 -13.8%
Border Liaison Recoveries 430 300 -30.2%
Totals 1,665 1,365 -18.0%
ARRESTS
Felony (excludes DUI) 5,524 4,614 -16.5%
Misdemeanor (excludes DUI) 11,423 9,933 -13.0%
Warrant (misdemeanor & felony) 8,019 7,262 -9.4%
DUI (misdemeanor & felony) 7,455 7,395 -0.8%
Totals 32,421 29,204 -9.9%
ASSISTANCE TO OTHER AGENCIES
Number of Hours 31,498 24,475 -22.3%
Number of Calls 21,190 19,036 -10.2%
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL RESPONSES 247 208 -15.8%
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT
Motor Carrier Inspections 33,767 29,011 -14.1%
Vehicles Placed Out of Service 4,552 5,905 29.7%
Drivers Placed Out of Service 3,176 3,414 7.5%
Vehicles Weighed * 3,925 546 -86.1%
School Buses Inspected 7,567 7,915 4.6%
Tow Trucks Inspected 2,472 2,412 -2.4%
* FY03 data reflect an enforcement emphasis on collision-causing violations versus weight enforcement.
Source: Highway Patrol Division
Highway Traffic Facts* FY 1996 FY 1997 FY 1998 FY 1999 FY 2000 FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003 % Change
Traffic Collisions ** 18,746 19,707 20,845 22,248 24,336 25,761 27,239 29,458 57.1%
Vehicle Miles Traveled * 17,726 19,163 19,790 20,857 22,477 23,497 24,715 25,844 45.8%
Registered Vehicles * 2,945,574 3,187,080 3,393,170 3,683,891 3,731,126 3,983,860 4,037,359 4,089,622 38.8%
Patrol Officers 492 492 527 550 550 554 611 657 33.5%
* AZ Dept. of Transportation vehicle registration and VMT numbers are based on calendar year data for 1995-2002. VMT in millions for roads patrolled by DPS.
** DPS Investigated Collisions
Data may vary from previous reports due to the submission of revised information.
Source: Highway Patrol Division and AZ Department of Transportation
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On an average day, officers in the Highway Patrol Division
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Issued 519.22 traffic citations
Assisted 396.14 motorists
Seized 80.75 pounds of marijuana
Investigated 80.71 traffic collisions
Made 20.26 DUI arrests
Recovered 3.74 stolen vehicles
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Placed 16.18 commercial vehicles out of service
Source: Highway Patrol Division
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FY 2002 FY 2003 % Change
PERSONS ARRESTED
Drug Offenses 1,272 1,549 21.8%
Non-Drug Related 1,550 1,270 -18.1%
Total Arrests 2,822 2,819 -0.1%
COURT DOCUMENTS SERVED
Search Warrants 232 245 5.6%
Felony Arrest Warrants 585 583 -0.3%
Total Documents Served 817 828 1.3%
ASSETS SEIZED
Vehicles 135 139 3.0%
Other Items 114 85 -25.4%
Cash $6,456,096 $32,508,606 403.5%
Real Property Value $1,298,000 $20,850,000 1506.3%
Total Value of Seized Assets $9,213,176 $55,927,581 507.0%
PROPERTY RECOVERED
Vehicles 2,359 2,724 15.5%
Personal Property/Other Items 260 282 8.5%
Cash $30,369,739 $21,868 -99.9%
Weapons 99 84 -15.2%
Total Value of Recovered Property $31,843,248 $23,800 -99.9%
LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT
Liquor Warnings 53 20 -62.3%
Liquor Misdemeanors 584 250 -57.2%
Investigations Referred to DLLC * 288 160 -44.4%
Regulation Violations 51 21 -58.8%
DLLC Complaints Closed 12 54 350.0%
Covert Underage Buy (CUB) Activity
Establishment Checks 1,636 1,049 -35.9%
Establishments Cited 240 177 -26.3%
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION RESEARCH
Research Requests - DPS 5,583 4,219 -24.4%
Research Requests - Other Agencies 6,271 6,543 4.3%
Total Research Requests 11,854 10,762 -9.2%
Intelligence Documents Submitted 4,525 2,970 -34.4%
SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
DPS-Critical Incident Investigations 13 17 30.8%
Other Agency Criminal/Admin. Investigations 21 26 23.8%
Other Agency Officer-Involved Shootings 7 8 14.3%
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Source: Criminal Investigations Division
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highest quality investigative and specialized response services
to the public and the criminal justice community. The
Division is guided by three immutable values: honor, courage
and commitment while fostering a supportive and empowered
environment for our employees.
The Division mission is to protect the public by deterring
crime using innovative investigative and specialized
enforcement strategies and resources.
The Division provides statewide investigative
specialized enforcement and high-risk response
support to federal, state and local criminal justice
agencies. The Division conducts investigations
regarding narcotic trafficking, organized crime,
intelligence, vehicle theft, gangs, computer and
financial crimes, as well as major crime
investigations when requested by other criminal
justice agencies. The Division provides specialized
high-risk responses to acts of extraordinary violence
and domestic preparedness incidents.
Bureaus within the Division are Narcotics,
Investigation, Intelligence and Special Enforcement, and the
Rocky Mountain Information Network (RMIN). The
Division also oversees the Civil Emergency Task Force
(CETF) and the Governor’s Protection Detail.
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Established in the aftermath of September 11, 2001
• Centralizes all DPS terrorist response functions under
one command.
• Provides continuous link to DPS for assistance in public
information.
• Provides a secure Web site which is accessible by law
enforcement and responder agencies nationwide.
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operational plans.
• Maintains and updates the Department’s emergency
response plans.
• Contends with civil emergency and special events that
exceed the capabilities of a single district. Incidents may
include natural disasters, civil disorders, prison
disturbances, crowd and demonstration management, and
special events requiring deployment of substantial
department resources.
• Maintains CETF-related equipment and specialized
vehicles.
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• Provides security and transportation to the governor and
the governor’s family.
• Provides assistance to executive protection units from
other states and to visiting governors/dignitaries.
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• Enforces state drug laws by conducting investigations on
groups and individuals who manufacture, distribute and
sell illegal drugs.
• Enhances cooperative efforts in drug enforcement by
administering and participating in 23 federal, state and
local task forces.
• Conducts narcotics investigations initiated by Highway
Patrol officers to identify and disrupt drug-smuggling
organizations using state highways.
• Identifies, investigates and eradicates clandestine drug-manufacturing
facilities throughout Arizona.
• Provides expertise and assistance to criminal justice
agencies with the investigation and dismantling of
clandestine drug labs.
• Assists Highway Patrol officers in processing drug
seizures, felony arrests and activities that require in-depth
investigation methods.
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Vehicle Theft Interdiction, Southern Investigation and Major
Crimes Investigation. These three districts are further
divided into specialized units: Special Investigations,
Computer Forensic, Liquor, Financial Crimes, Geographical
Information Systems (GIS) and Auto Theft.
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• Investigates the Department’s critical incidents which
may involve death or serious injury and provides
investigative support to other units in the investigation of
less serious critical incidents.
• Investigates alleged criminal
misconduct by departmental
employees.
• Investigates alleged public official
and employee misconduct for
political subdivisions throughout
Arizona.
• Investigates critical incidents and
allegations of criminal misconduct
involving employees of city, county,
state and federal agencies.
Investigations may include
homicides, vehicle pursuits resulting
in serious injury or death, allegations
of sexual misconduct, employee theft
and officer-involved shootings.
• Investigates computer crimes including child
pornography, cyber stalking, fraud, homicide and
intrusions into computer networks.
• Provides investigative support to city, county, state and
federal agencies with nationally-certified detectives
recognized as experts in the field of search, seizure and
forensic imaging of computer hard drives.
• Provides a regional computer forensic laboratory
available to city, county, state and federal agency
computer crimes investigative personnel.
• Conducts computer seizure and forensic training to
criminal investigators from law enforcement agencies
throughout the state.
• Assists city, county, state and federal law enforcement
agencies by providing investigative support into serious
crimes occurring within their communities.
• Provides support to the Highway Patrol Division to
include investigations involving aggravated assault,
homicide, hit-and-run collisions and narcotic
interdiction.
• Conducts statewide liquor enforcement and youth-alcohol
details to stem the illegal sale and use of alcohol with an
emphasis on deterring underage drinking.
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The Vehicle Theft Interdiction Task Force is funded by a
grant from the Arizona Auto Theft Authority. The task force
VEHICLE THEFT INTERDICTION (VTI) SERVICES *
FY 2002 FY 2003 % Change
Stolen Vehicles Recovered 2,372 2,545 7.3%
Altered Vehicle Identification Numbers ( VINs) 304 276 -9.2%
Estimated Value $22,606,577 $27,306,291 20.8%
Chop Shops ** Investigated/Closed 41 42 2.4%
Felony Arrests 404 301 -25.5%
Insurance Fraud Investigations 62 52 -16.1%
Requests for Services 875 949 8.5%
Community Education Programs 25 37 48.0%
Law Enforcement Officers Trained 1,659 1,315 -20.7%
Agencies Participating in VTI Task Force 21 21 0.0%
* Statistics represent work of DPS and officers from 21 other agencies participating in the VTI task force.
** Chop shop: a place where stolen vehicles are stripped of salable parts.
Source: Criminal Investigations Division
consists of city, county, state and federal law enforcement
agencies participating in a concerted effort to identify,
apprehend and prosecute individuals and criminal
organizations that profit from the theft of motor vehicles and
related crimes.
• Investigates property crimes involving vehicles, related
components and insurance fraud.
• Provides technical expertise, training and investigative
support to law enforcement agencies targeting auto theft
and related crimes.
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• Collects, analyzes and disseminates
intelligence information to criminal
investigation units, the Highway
Patrol and other law enforcement
agencies throughout Arizona.
• Reviews and analyzes evidentiary
materials related to criminal activity and
converts them into charts and reports.
• Provides graphic support capabilities to
law enforcement entities in suspect
identification.
• Publishes intelligence bulletins for
dissemination to criminal justice
agencies.
• Administers the Arizona Criminal
Intelligence Database, a component of the
Southwest Border States Anti-Drug
Information System that provides
criminal justice agencies in California,
New Mexico, Texas and Arizona a
network database of intelligence
information on narcotic violators.
• Serves as the statewide clearinghouse for the national
“Center for Missing and Exploited Children,” a
program designed to provide research, support and
referral assistance to jurisdictional agencies in the pursuit
of missing persons investigations.
• Participates in the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
(HIDTA) center. This program collects, analyzes,
coordinates and disseminates information for law
enforcement use in interdicting and investigating illicit-drug
trafficking, money laundering and associated
violent crimes.
• Participates in the Joint Drug Intelligence Group (JDIG),
a multi-agency drug intelligence task force comprised of
investigators and analysts whose purpose is to proactively
collect, evaluate, collate, analyze and disseminate
detailed and relevant source information concerning
drug-trafficking organizations.
• Identifies and completes background research on suspects
involved in criminal activity and locates subjects under
investigation by criminal justice agencies.
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(GITEM) task force is responsible for assisting criminal
justice agencies statewide in formulating and implementing
gang enforcement and investigative strategies. Consists of
nine squads located in Maricopa, Coconino, Mohave, Navajo,
Apache, Pinal, Pima, Cochise and Yuma counties.
• Collects and shares gang information with other law
enforcement agencies.
• Trains criminal justice personnel regarding identification
and interdiction of gangs.
INVESTIGATION SERVICE REQUESTS FROM OTHER AGENCIES
FY 2002 FY 2003 % Change
TYPE OF REQUEST
Auto Theft Investigations 333 387 16.2%
Criminal Surveillances 176 174 -1.1%
Drug Investigations 1,113 975 -12.4%
Explosive Incident Responses 551 394 -28.5%
Hostage Negotiations 4 11 175.0%
Internal Investigations 22 10 -54.5%
Liquor Investigations 124 67 -46.0%
Gangs 510 175 -65.7%
Tactical Operations 188 157 -16.5%
Technical Surveillance 45 36 -20.0%
Training 279 223 -20.1%
Other 1,060 1,071 1.0%
Total Number of Agencies Served 459 416 -9.4%
Total Hours 202,801 120,454 -40.6%
Source: Criminal Investigations Division
• Educates the public through community-awareness
programs and presentations.
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• Conducts high-risk search warrant entries for the
Department and other law enforcement agencies.
• Provides specifically-equipped and specially-trained
personnel for response to barricaded suspects and
hostage situations.
• Provides personnel equipped, trained and certified to
conduct clandestine lab entries.
• Provides expertise nationally in high-risk search warrant
entries involving tactical, hostage/barricaded and high-violence
situations.
• Provides 24-hour tactical
and technical assistance
statewide to law enforcement
agencies involving potentially
life- threatening situations,
explosives and hazardous
devices and civil emergencies.
• Provides training to other
criminal justice agencies
regarding tactics and
specialized skills.
• Provides specialized assistance
on a 24-hour basis in
disposing of explosives and
explosive chemicals, rendering
safe explosives devices,
investigation of explosive-related
incidents.
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hour basis to hazardous-materials
incidents.
• Protects life, property and
environment by coordinating
the mitigation of emergencies
pertaining to hazardous
materials.
• Works in concert with
industry, the public and other agencies to achieve the
goal of a safely-controlled incident.
• Provides technical hazardous-materials expertise to all
agencies requesting assistance.
• Establishes personal protective protocols and maintains
viable atmospheres for investigators dismantling
clandestine drug labs.
• Participates in the state’s Domestic Preparedness Plan
used in establishing crime-scene management.
• Consists of three units geographically located in
northern, central and southern Arizona.
• Participates in highway drug interdiction by conducting
canine searches on motor vehicles.
GANG INTELLIGENCE TEAM ENFORCEMENT MISSION (GITEM) SERVICES *
FY 2002 FY 2003 % Change
DRUGS SEIZED (by weight)
Marijuana 286.0 lbs. 909.0 lbs. 217.8%
Heroin 0.3 oz. 1.6 oz. 515.4%
Cocaine 286.3 lbs. 1.7 lbs. -99.4%
Methamphetamine 5.0 lbs. 13.0 lbs. 160.0%
PERSONS ARRESTED
Adults 2,392 950 -60.3%
Juveniles 282 92 -67.4%
Curfew Violations 10 4 -60.0%
Total Arrests 2,684 1,046 -61.0%
ASSETS SEIZED
Vehicles 5 3 -40.0%
Currency $14,927 $26,531 77.7%
Weapons 7 9 28.6%
OTHER
Community Contacts 61,522 9,535 -84.5%
Citizen Surveys Received 1,160 500 -56.9%
Field Interrogation Cards 5,143 1,152 -77.6%
Gang Member Identification Cards 1,225 73 -94.0%
Traffic Citations 1,575 406 -74.2%
* Statistics represent the work of the GITEM task force which includes DPS officers and officers from other agencies.
Source: Criminal Investigations Division
• Provides assistance to the Department’s Explosive
Ordnance Disposal detail and other law enforcement
agencies with the utilization of two bomb-detection dogs.
• Assists criminal investigations and federal/local law
enforcement personnel with canine-related drug searches.
• Assists Highway Patrol personnel in the investigation of
traffic collisions and DUI enforcement.
• Provides training to other agency personnel regarding
canine-related duties.
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The Rocky Mountain Information Network (RMIN) is a
federal-grant project administered by the Bureau of Justice
Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice. The Department
serves as the grantee for the RMIN program.
RMIN is one of six federally-funded
regional projects that form the Regional
Information Sharing System (RISS).
• Serves more than 10,900 law
enforcement officers from more than
870 agencies in the Rocky Mountain
region based in Arizona, Colorado,
Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New
ROCKY MOUNTAIN INFORMATION NETWORK
FY 2002 FY 2003 % Change
Investigation Research Activities
Inquiries (requests) 34,493 66,531 92.9%
Submissions (intelligence documents) 25,014 37,913 51.6%
Hits in RMIN Intelligence Database 9,610 9,994 4.0%
Source: Criminal Investigations Division
TACTICAL OPERATIONS AND SPECIALIZED ENFORCEMENT SERVICES
FY 2002 FY 2003 % Change
Special Operations
Service Requests 181 146 -19.3%
Other Agencies Assisted 52 45 -13.5%
Explosive Ordnance Detail
Service Requests 536 400 -25.4%
Chemical/Explosives Disposal (# of pounds) 6,847 3,315 -51.6%
Hazardous Materials/Clandestine Laboratory Safety
Clandestine Lab Responses 453 314 -30.7%
Hazardous Materials Responses 760 469 -38.3%
Fugitive Detail
Fugitives Arrested 184 359 95.1%
Canine Operations
Searches Conducted 1,847 1,311 -29.0%
Assists to Other Agencies 132 68 -48.5%
Source: Criminal Investigations Division
Mexico, Utah, Wyoming and
Canada.
• Supports law enforcement agencies
in the detection, enforcement and
prosecution of multi-jurisdictional
criminal activities that traverse
local, state and national boundaries
within the RMIN region.
• Provides members an on-line,
state-of-the-art network of criminal
intelligence databases that can be
queried 24 hours a day using a
secure link via the Internet.
• Assists officers with analytical
resources for case preparation,
charts for courtroom display,
computer forensics, financial
analysis and other analytical
products.
• Publishes a monthly law
enforcement bulletin consisting
of suspect identification, crime
information, officer safety issues,
training opportunities and relevant law enforcement
articles sent to member agencies.
• Assists member agencies in obtaining intelligence and
investigative-related training by providing individual and
co-sponsored training support for conferences and
workshops.
• Loans technical surveillance, investigative and
communications equipment to RMIN members.
• Provides investigation and confidential funding
assistance to member agencies.
• Provides special support services to designated member
multi-agency task forces.
• Provides on-site criminal intelligence and analytical
support.
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DRUG SEIZURES *
FY 2002 FY 2003 % Change
DRUGS SEIZED (by weight) **
Marijuana 45,532.0 lbs. 62,356.0 lbs. 36.9%
Heroin 0.9 lbs. 2.1 lbs. 130.8%
Cocaine 2,180.0 lbs. 889.0 lbs. -59.2%
Methamphetamine 179.0 lbs. 92.0 lbs. -48.6%
Crack 5.0 lbs. 3.0 lbs. -40.0%
OTHER DRUGS (by dose unit) **
LSD 0 units 83 units 8300.0%
Narcotic Drugs 740 units 757 units 2.3%
Prescription Drugs 4,455 units 1,745 units -60.8%
Non-Narc. Controlled Substances 0 units 81,029 units 8102900.0%
MISCELLANEOUS SEIZURES
Marijuana Fields/Greenhouses 3 item 1 item -66.7%
Marijuana Plants 3,821 plant 320 plant -91.6%
Clandestine Laboratories 28 item 22 item -21.4%
* Highway Patrol drug seizures are listed in the table for that program.
** Drugs are reported either by weight or unit. Each category excludes the other.
Units include various measures such as "hits," doses and tablets.
Source: Criminal Investigations Division
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agency operations by providing crime-victim services,
advanced basic and continuing training, management services
promoting efficiency of government, proactive media
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investigation of employee misconduct, internal and external
management audits, coordination of financial and human
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• Develops and coordinates basic, advanced and
recertification law enforcement training
programs.
• Provides advanced basic and field training of
officers.
• Coordinates and provides Drug Recognition
Expert (DRE) and Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus
(HGN) training to commissioned personnel.
• Develops and coordinates civilian training.
• Coordinates with local governmental agencies
to provide enhanced training opportunities for all
employees in areas of concern.
• Trains law enforcement and civilian instructors.
• Provides firearms training, weapons maintenance and
other armory services.
• Develops and coordinates basic and in-service
supervisory training.
• Administers the Department’s health and wellness
programs.
• Develops and coordinates primary and in-service
management training.
• Administers the Department’s Tuition Reimbursement
Program.
• Maintains and manages department training records for
all employees.
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• Originates and maintains programs and records to
recruit, hire and manage the Department’s human
resources.
• Develops and maintains a comprehensive classification
and compensation plan.
• Coordinates employee benefits, provides guidance on
retirement planning, maintains personnel records and
administers the Employee Assistance Program and the
Drug-Free Workplace Program.
• Provides expertise with polygraph services in the
determination of truth in criminal and administrative
investigations along with applicant backgrounds.
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• Procures and issues vehicles for enforcement and
support.
• Provides vehicle maintenance, repairs and services
statewide.
• Fabricates and installs police, emergency and specialty
equipment in departmental vehicles.
• Establishes contracts and provides automotive parts and
supplies to field offices and fleet maintenance shops.
• Provides fuel through departmental fuel sites, Arizona
Department of Transportation (ADOT) fuel sites and by
means of a statewide credit card system.
• Issues and tracks gas credit cards.
• Maintains the Fleet Management System for tracking the
Department’s vehicle inventory.
• Conducts the registration,
titling and licensing of all
departmental vehicles.
• Assists other law enforcement
agencies by providing surplus
equipment, buildup services
and technical information.
• Provides expertise to collision
investigators by performing
extensive mechanical
inspections of vehicles
involved in homicides and
fatal crashes.
• Establishes contracts for the
purchase and provision of
first-aid supplies, office
supplies, field supplies, and
duty gear to enforcement and
support staff through the main
supply warehouse.
• Maintains the Consumable
Inventory System for tracking
the Department’s stock item
usage.
• Prepares and issues billing to
below-the-line funding
agencies for fuel,
maintenance, postage and
supplies.
• Tracks capital and accountable equipment using the
Capital Outlay System for departmental inventory and
the Uniform Statewide Accounting System.
• Develops, modifies and maintains departmental forms for
use by the Department’s employees.
• Provides mail service for the Department.
• Provides printing services for the Department.
• Coordinates disposal of surplus departmental equipment
through auction, sale, trade-in, transfer to other law
enforcement or criminal justice agencies, and general
disposal via the Arizona Department of Administration
state surplus property system.
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preventive maintenance through
a work-order system. Technical
personnel are on call 24 hours a
day, seven days a week.
• Provides custodial and
landscaping services for the
Phoenix headquarters complex
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• Directs the design and
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existing facilities statewide.
• Monitors space utilization and
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the Department’s space
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• Responds to facilities issues for
new space or functional needs.
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• Negotiates, prepares and
manages the Department’s
building/land leases and
purchases.
• Develops and implements the
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control.
• Coordinates utility services for
the Department’s facilities
statewide.
• Provides security for departmental personnel and
facilities.
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and professionalism of the Department.
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effectiveness and efficiency.
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agencies.
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enforcement agencies regarding criminal and traffic
laws, principles of search and seizure, and a broad range
of civil legal issues.
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Department with other entities and stores
copies.
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Employment Opportunity and Affirmative
Action programs. Prepares and files
formal written responses to charges filed
with the U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission.
• Publishes law bulletins on a variety of
case law affecting operational personnel
and a legal review of all new legislative
changes for employees each year.
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issues, benchmarks the best practices of
other organizations, designs and
administers surveys, and publishes special
reports and studies.
• Documents agency policy and procedure
through systematic development and
publication of department directives and
coordinates development of the
Department’s strategic plan.
• Performs research and planning
functions, setting the foundations for
department goals and future programs.
• Furnishes preliminary program design
and implementation strategies for selected
departmental programs.
• Provides graphic art and design service to
the Department and other law
enforcement agencies.
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newsletter that is distributed to
departmental employees and retirees,
citizen groups and other governmental
agencies.
• Assists in the development and publication of the
Department’s annual report.
• Educates the public through its Public Affairs and
Community Education (PACE) Unit about current safety
issues with an emphasis on traffic safety. Programs are
given to schools, private businesses and civic
organizations throughout the state. Additionally, the
PACE Unit assists with planning and coordinating other
department functions.
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training tapes, public service announcements and other
types of programming as requested. Programs are
produced not only for the Department but also for other
local, state and federal agencies and nonprofit
organizations as well.
• Serves as the Department’s primary media liaison and
central source of information.
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documents.
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department records. The custodian of records
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the Department’s budget
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• Monitors fiscal processes
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budgetary control within the
Department.
• Manages the Department’s
payroll, purchasing and
accounting services.
• Provides administrative and
accounting services for the
Department’s grant
program.
• Administers the Victims of
Crime Act federal block
grant.
• Administers the Criminal
Justice Enhancement Fund
grant program.
• Administers the Department’s asset forfeiture program
pursuant to Arizona’s Racketeering Influenced Crime
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The Criminal Justice Support Division (CJSD) at the Arizona
Department of Public Safety is responsible for developing and
coordinating scientific, technical, regulatory and support
services essential to the promotion of public safety in
Arizona. Special attention is given to providing scientific
analysis and criminal justice support to Arizona’s criminal
justice agencies. CJSD further develops, operates and
maintains the data processing and data/voice communications
systems that operate statewide.
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• Manages the day-to-day Arizona Automated
Fingerprint Identification System (AZAFIS)
operations in support of the automated
fingerprint identification needs of Arizona and
other criminal justice agencies.
• Identifies criminals through the processing of
fingerprints as the central site for the statewide
AZAFIS.
• Operates the central fingerprint repository for
the state.
• Provides fingerprint identification assistance
during the processing of criminal justice and
non-criminal justice employment and licensing
applicants.
• Coordinates requests for access to the AZAFIS network
and databases.
• Provides training for AZAFIS workstation operators.
• Directs the statewide AZAFIS operator certification
program.
• Researches, plans and implements technological
enhancements to meet AZAFIS system users’ evolving
automated fingerprint identification requirements.
• Processes criminal history checks for criminal justice
employment, non-criminal justice employment, licensing
and other authorized purposes.
• Issues fingerprint clearance cards to eligible applicants.
• Processes applications for Fingerprint Clearance Cards.
• Processes fingerprint-based state and federal criminal
record searches for authorized governmental agencies,
Indian nations, municipalities and private/nonprofit
entities located in this state.
• Processes requests for state warrant searches.
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• Maintains criminal history records as the central state
repository for Arizona.
• Maintains department warrants, motor vehicle accident
reports and offense reports.
• Serves as the focal point for the criminal justice
community on issues regarding convicted sex offender
registration and community notification requirements.
• Serves as a liaison statewide between law enforcement,
county probation, Department of Corrections and county
attorneys.
• Ensures that Arizona law
enforcement agencies
comply with sex offender
community notification
statutes.
• Provides training statewide for
criminal justice agencies
involved with sex offender
registration and notification.
• Conducts annual address
verification on the state’s sex-offender
population and
maintains the Sex Offender
InfoCenter web site.
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science laboratory capability from
four crime laboratories: Central
Regional Crime Laboratory,
Phoenix; Northern Regional Crime
Laboratory, Flagstaff; Southern
Regional Crime Laboratory,
Tucson; Western Regional Crime
Laboratory, Lake Havasu City.
• Provides complete crime
laboratory services to 295
criminal justice agencies in
Arizona including municipal,
tribal, county, state and federal
users.
• Provides state-of-the-art
scientific examination and
evaluation of evidence and
expert scientific testimony in
superior courts, federal courts,
municipal courts and justice-of-
the-peace courts.
• Provides the most modern
DNA scientific services for the
examination of violent crime
evidence to identify or
exonerate suspects.
• Maintains the Arizona DNA
Identification System
established by statute, which is
a database of DNA profiles
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against which an evidence DNA profile can be searched
to identify a previously-unknown assailant.
• Provides complete toxicology services including the
analysis of body fluid samples, primarily blood and urine,
for drugs and metabolites, and provides expert testimony
on drug effects and driving impairment.
• Provides comprehensive forensic alcohol services
including the analysis of blood for alcohol concentration;
the maintenance and repair of more than 250 alcohol
breath test instruments; and expert testimony on alcohol
effects, impaired driving, and alcohol metabolism.
• Analyzes a variety of specimens such as bricks, powders,
liquids and pills for the presence of illegal drugs,
including marijuana, narcotics, cocaine,
methamphetamine and LSD.
• Responds to clandestine drug laboratory manufacturing
sites to assess type of drugs being produced; assesses
hazards of toxicity, fire and explosion; collects samples
for transport to the Crime Laboratory; analyzes the
samples for precursor chemicals, reaction intermediaries
and drug products.
• Examines documents for authenticity of handwriting,
determination of obliterated writing and identification of
typewriting.
• Performs examinations on a variety of trace evidence
materials such as hairs, fibers, glass, paint and soils to tie
crime scene items to a suspect’s clothes or car.
• Examines firearms to identify a particular weapon as
having fired a bullet removed from a victim or scene; to
determine the distance from which a firearm was fired at
a crime scene; and to reconstruct a shooting scene.
• Compares footwear and tire track impression evidence
from a crime scene to shoes or tires to establish their
involvement in a crime.
• Analyzes fire and explosion debris to identify ignitable
liquids such as gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel or
explosives such as gun powder and dynamite.
• Processes evidence to visualized latent prints, and
compares to known fingerprints, palm prints, or
footprints to identify suspects or searches against the
Arizona Automated Fingerprint Identification System to
identify unknown suspects.
• Photographs accidents and crime scenes to provide
documentation and then develops and prints scene
pictures.
• Stores evidence and personal property, releases property
to lawful owners, and disposes contraband once criminal
cases are adjudicated.
• Provides instruction to investigative officers in the proper
identification, collection and packaging of evidence.
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• Provides information services to internal and external
customers in support of public safety and improves
department efficiency through automation and
application of new technology.
• Provides data processing and computer programming
services to meet the administrative, enforcement and
investigative needs of the Department.
• Provides on-going maintenance and support of
mainframe operating system software that supports the
Arizona Criminal Justice Information System and
Management Information System. These departmental
information systems and the statewide criminal justice
computer network are operational 24 hours per day,
seven days a week.
• Develops and maintains computer programs for an on-line
statewide criminal justice network that permits more
than 100 state and local jurisdictions to access criminal
justice information nationwide.
• Provides technical assistance to federal, county and local
criminal justice agencies regarding current or planned
linkages to the statewide criminal justice computer
network.
• Maintains access through the Department’s computers to
Arizona counties and city computers, the FBI Crime
Center, and the other 49 states’ computer systems via the
National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System
(NLETS).
• Provides data processing support for the Department’s
electronic mail system, Internet access and information
system support of the office automation needs of the
Department.
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• Designs, coordinates and installs enhancements to the
EMSCOM (Emergency Medical Services
Communication) System which provides radio
communications between field emergency medical and
hospital personnel.
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• Provides technical audits
and assistance to county and
local law enforcement
agencies experiencing radio
system problems.
• Provides engineering
support for radio equipment
and state-term contracts
generated by the state
Department of
Administration.
• Installs and maintains
buildings, towers and
antenna systems at remote
DPS radio sites.
• Maintains a statewide radio
system for the Department
and other state agencies.
• Designs, constructs and
coordinates a statewide voice
and data
telecommunications system
for the Department and
other state agencies.
• Designs, installs and
maintains data
communications equipment
and networks for the
Arizona Criminal Justice
Information System (ACJIS)
community.
• Provides continuous radio
communication services for
the Department and the law
enforcement personnel of
other agencies.
• Designs and maintains a
statewide microwave carrier
system for the Department
and other state agencies.
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concealed-weapon permits to
Arizona residents and U.S.
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concealed-weapon training
organizations and instructors
who provide applicants with a
minimum of 16 hours of training
as required by the state statute.
• Conducts administrative and
criminal investigations of
concealed-weapon permit laws
and rules involving applicants,
permit holders, instructors and
training organizations.
• Conducts assessments of other
states’ concealed-weapon
programs and enacts reciprocal
agreements with states having
substantially similar programs.
• Processes private investigator
and security guard industry
applications to conduct business
in Arizona.
• Conducts administrative and
criminal investigations involving
violations of state security guard
and private investigator statutes
and rules.
• Conducts federally- and state-mandated
training for employees
from Arizona law enforcement
and criminal justice agencies on
the use of the Arizona Criminal
Justice Information System
(ACJIS).
• Coordinates requests for ACJIS
terminal access.
• Conducts federally- and state-mandated operational
audits of ACJIS network user agencies to verify
adherence to privacy and security regulations and to
ensure data integrity of criminal justice information.
• Coordinates the statewide terminal operator certification
program for ACJIS network users.
• Maintains the statewide Uniform Crime Reporting
(UCR) program by collecting crime statistics from all law
enforcement agencies in the state and producing an
annual Crime In Arizona publication.
• Provides training to Arizona criminal justice agencies on
requirements of arrest/disposition reporting to the state
repository and ACJIS.
Many describe Sept. 11, 2001, as the 21st century’s “Day of
Infamy,” a day in which terrorists killed thousands in the
United States by crashing hijacked jet airliners into the World
Trade Center in New York City and into the Pentagon in
Washington, D.C.
Shortly after another jet airliner crashed into a field in rural
Pennsylvania later that same fateful day killing hundreds of
passengers, President George W. Bush said the United States
in its retaliation would not make a distinction “between the
terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbored
them.”
Eventually, this cross hair of justice began to focus on Middle
Eastern countries known for their hatred toward the western
world and for maintaining an apparent willingness to
sanction and harbor terrorists and their violent activities.
Immediately after the attacks, little was known how these acts
of terrorism would effect manpower and resources at the
Arizona Department of Public Safety. But, the agency would
eventually learn through an ensuing chain of events following
9-11-01 that these despicable acts would impact DPS
probably as much if not more than any other state agency in
Arizona.
As war plans targeting Iraq began to formulate, more than 20
officers and civilian employees were summoned into active
military duty, some as reserves others as members of the
Arizona National Guard. Although some DPS employees
returned shortly after Saddam Hussein was overthrown, most
of these employees expected to be on active military
assignment for at least a year.
When the war began on March 20, many of these DPS
employees were either in the heat of battle or close by in
supportive roles. Fortunately, as fiscal year 2003 came to a
close, there were no reported casualties involving a DPS
employee during the Iraqi operation.
At home, the war also had an effect on the Department.
On several occasions, the Emergency Operations Center
(EOC) at DPS was activated. Staffing the center were sworn
and civilian personnel from DPS along with staff from the
FBI, the U.S. Marshal’s Office and the various branches of
the U.S. military.
When activated, EOC personnel responded to domestic
preparedness calls ranging from suspicious activities to
information on the nearest available shelter.
EOC personnel provided concerned citizens with contact
information and phone numbers for numerous entities,
including Homeland Defense and other appropriate law
enforcement agencies. Web sites were also provided for
citizens to obtain information on various topics such as
preparing for an emergency, collecting supplies to have on
hand and storing such supplies.
In addition, media coverage included live radio and television
broadcasts from the EOC in which vital information was
provided to the public.
The center, staffed and operated primarily by personnel
assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division, opened just
prior to the outbreak of the Iraqi war and remained
operational 24 hours a day for several weeks. During the
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course of operation, personnel from the Department’s three
other divisions were also deployed in an administrative
capacity.
In the Highway Patrol Division, many officers assisted other
law enforcement agencies during various local
demonstrations that were conducted in support of or in
opposition to the Iraqi war. Highway Patrol officers were also
used at various times to assist in the security at the Palo
Verde Nuclear Power Plant west of
Phoenix, and at the Hoover and
Glen Canyon dams in northern
Arizona.
Not only did the war translate into
a loss of manpower for the
Department, it also effected the
Sworn Selection Unit within the
agency’s Human Resources
Section.
At one time 5 percent of the those
on the cadet officer/officer
eligibility list requested a bypass
from the process because of
commitments to the U.S. military.
One cadet officer was called to
active duty the day before he was to
report to the Arizona Law
Enforcement Academy.
Overall, about 50 of DPS’ sworn personnel were eligible for
military call-up as enlisted military reserves or as members of
the National Guard which, on a national level, was about
average.
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The Arizona Department of Public Safety’s investigative
involvement followed by its proactive approach to lessen the
potential of post-impact fuel leakage and fire risk in collisions
involving Ford’s Crown Victoria Police Interceptor (CVPI)
captured national attention during fiscal year 2003.
The Department unwittingly entered the national spotlight
surrounding the Police Interceptor about five years ago
following the tragic deaths of two veteran DPS Highway
Patrol officers, Juan Cruz and F.J. “Skip” Fink. Both officers
lost their lives within 15 months of each other in similar but
separate high-impact rear-end collisions. In each crash, the
Police Interceptor burst into flames within seconds after being
struck from behind.
The Department began its search for answers as to why the
Police Interceptor erupted into flames within days after
Officer Cruz’s death on Dec. 9, 1998. This investigation
intensified with the death of Officer Fink on Feb. 18, 2000,
and eventually led to some significant changes to the large
police cruiser manufactured by the Ford Motor Company.
While DPS continued to investigate its own tragedies, the
Phoenix Police Department suffered one of its own when
Officer Jason Schecterle was critically burned after his CVPI
erupted into flames when rear-ended by a taxi traveling more
than 100 mph.
The Phoenix police officer survived the March 21, 2001,
crash, but today continues his recovery after spending more
than seven months in the hospital for treatment of burns that
have left him permanently disfigured.
Another high-profile crash in Arizona involving the CVPI
occurred on June 12, 2002, and took the life of Chandler
Police Officer Robert Nielson. Nielson’s collision was
slightly different than the other three in that it was more of a
side-impact crash.
Officer Nielson was responding at “Code 3" high speed to the
report of a collision when his patrol car was hit by another
car forcing it into a counter-clockwise skid. The officer’s car
came to a stop when it struck a large steel utility pole. The
rear axle area of the patrol car struck the pole, crushing the
fuel tank in the process. After striking the pole, a fire
erupted, destroying the police car and claiming the life of
Officer Nielson.
Within days of Officer Nielson’s death, Gov. Jane Dee Hull
issued a moratorium on DPS’ upcoming plans to purchase
more Crown Victoria Police Interceptors. At about the same
time, Arizona Attorney General Janet Napolitano announced
that she would meet with Ford officials to discuss safety
issues in regards to the Police Interceptor.
Many of the attorney general’s concerns were based on
investigative work completed by DPS personnel.
While dismantling, inspecting and analyzing the wreckage of
Officer Cruz’s vehicle, the DPS investigative team, consisting
of personnel assigned to the Vehicular Crimes Unit, the
Special Investigations Unit and Fleet Management, found
that a single bolt, used to secure a brake line bracket to the
rear axle just above the right sway bar mount, had penetrated
the fuel tank.
This investigative team also was able to confirm that no other
penetration or perforation had occurred to the rear of the tank
from other objects in the trunk or the rear-axle assembly.
After DPS and the Phoenix Police Department exchanged
information, it was determined that the fuel tank in Officer
Schecterle’s patrol car also had been punctured by this bolt.
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DPS representatives then approached Ford with this
information before contracting with an independent
engineering firm to recommend an alternative fastener as a
replacement to the bolt on the rear-axle housing.
In June 2001, DPS Fleet Management began modifying its
Crown Victorias with the recommended replacement rivet.
Ford later released a Technical Service Bulletin which
recommended that the bolt in question be replaced.
The DPS investigators also took into account that the two
patrol cars involved in the crashes belonged to different
model-year groupings. Officer Cruz’s vehicle was in the
1992-97 model group while Officer Fink’s patrol car was a
redesigned 1998 model. In these two collisions, the
investigators determined the integrity of the fuel tanks were
breached by different items.
While it was a bolt in Officer Cruz’s vehicle, investigators
discovered that the shock towers in Officer Fink’s Police
Interceptor had sharp exposed edges that most likely
punctured the fuel tank.
This discovery eventually led to the designing of shock tower
covers that when installed encloses the mounting brackets,
thus reducing the threat of fire should a collision occur.
To accomplish this, an aerospace injection molding company
was contacted by DPS to take a prototype developed by Fleet
Management and mass produce it for all departmental
vehicles.
In July 2002, DPS began installing rubber covers for the rear
shock towers on all 1998-2002 Crown Victorias in its fleet.
By September, all applicable vehicles had been modified.
All such information was shared with other law enforcement
agencies and with the Ford Motor Company. Shortly
thereafter, Ford issued a recall to provide similar plastic
covers for the rear-axle components.
Shortly after Officer Nielson’s fatal crash, Attorney General
Napolitano met with representatives from Ford Motor
Company. The two parties agreed to jointly form a Blue
Ribbon Panel which would consist of law enforcement
personnel along with representatives from the Ford Motor
Company.
The eight-member panel began meeting in late June 2002 to
review ideas and practices aimed at improving officer safety.
Ford agreed to review technical developments to improve
officer safety and developed a protocol for improved
communications between law enforcement and the Detroit-based
motor company.
In late September, after several meetings of the Blue Ribbon
Panel, Ford agreed to provide and install fuel tank shields
and upgrade kits.
The motor company also agreed to offer an optional trunk
package, make available a trunk template, create and manage
a Web site for improved communication, investigate bladder
technology for fuel-tank applications, and investigate on-board
fire suppressant systems.
The panel also published its findings on Ford’s CVPI.com
Web site.
The Web site also contains information pertaining to research
on the best practices for parking and officer positioning
during a traffic stop, equipment storage in the trunk
compartment, recommendations of vehicle color, emergency
lighting color and population, and increased rear-end crash
standards for police vehicles.
Shortly after Ford Motor Company announced that it would
welcome some changes, Gov. Hull rescinded her moratorium.
In January, DPS began purchasing the first of some 250
budgeted patrol cars.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also
conducted its own tests and closed its investigation by
reporting that the performance of the Crown Victoria Police
Interceptor satisfied its safety standards.
Also, at the request of the Blue Ribbon Panel, the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the International
Chiefs of Police Association formed a partnership to further
address this issue with a goal of improving officer safety.
DPS, the Florida Highway Patrol, and the Phoenix Police
Department have now been joined by New York State Police,
Pennsylvania State Police, California Highway Patrol,
Washington State Patrol, Colorado State Patrol, Ohio State
Highway Patrol, North Carolina Highway Patrol, Missouri
Highway Patrol, and the Alabama Department of Public
Safety in a cooperative effort aimed at improving the working
environment for officers nationwide.
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