Trooper Tyler Edenhofer was shot and killed after he and several officers responded to reports of a subject throwing objects at vehicles on I-10, near Avondale Boulevard in Goodyear, at approximately 10:00 pm. Three Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers and two Goodyear Police Department officers responded to the scene and attempted to take the subject into custody. The man resisted arrested and engaged the officers in a struggle that lasted several minutes. The subject was able ...

Members, Information regarding the parole hearing of the killer of MCSO Deputy Vern Marconnet, EOW 06/30/1988. I am sure many retired deputies remember Dep. Marconnet, and for those of us who attended Phoenix Regional/ALEA remember the Marconnet run at the end of the academy. His killer is up for a parole hearing on Wednesday, 0830 hours, at 1645 W. Jefferson St in Phoenix. This was an especially heinous, cold-blooded murder of an on-duty deputy. I encourage members to at...

“There’s a new sheriff in town.” That’s what Paul Penzone’s supporters chanted at his campaign headquarters Tuesday night, when it seemed inevitable that he would topple Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio from his 24-year reign as “America’s Toughest Sheriff.” The Associated Press declared Penzone, a retired Phoenix police sergeant, the victor at about 9:15 p.m. Tuesday. It was a turnaround for Penzone, who in 2012 was nosed out by Arpaio, an immigration ha...

The Fraternal Order of Police, Maricopa Lodge 5, will sponsor an event on Friday, July 17, 2015, to honor and support Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Ruben Garcia, who suffered a career ending injury in January 2013. The event will be held at the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge, 12851 N. 19th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, from 3 pm to 8 pm. Deputy Garcia and his family will be present. Light food, beverages and desert will be provided. Donation opportunities will be available, includin...

Calls on Congress to Expand Hate Crimes Law to Protect Police Chuck Canterbury, National President of the Fraternal Order of Police, has called on Congress to expand the Federal hate crime laws to protect law enforcement officers and punish those who target these dedicated public servants. “My thoughts and prayers over the past few weeks have been with the families of officers who were, with malice and forethought, gunned down just because they served as police officers,” Canterbury...