The heightened enforcement comes amid ongoing concerns about an understaffed and underfunded Arizona Department of Public Safety. Last summer, Jeff Hawkins, president of the Arizona State Troopers ...
Though DPS troopers are the designated first responders on state highways, sworn officers can offer 24-hour coverage in just two of Arizona’s 15 counties. The ranks of DPS are so thin that the ...
Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this article should have said the DPS traffic stops took place in the East Valley. The Arizona Highway Patrol carried out a major enforcement ...