Alert: Cartels are recruiting your children!

Troopers have seen an increasing trend of cartels using social media to recruit youth for human smuggling operations. These actions endanger not only the youth involved, but also the smuggling victims and our local communities.

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On Monday, June 5, 2023, an Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) trooper stopped the driver of a Toyota Camry for moving and equipment violations on northbound Interstate 17 in Anthem. During the traffic stop the suspect drove away, leading to a pursuit on northbound Interstate 17. The -

On Wednesday, June 7, 2023, shortly after 5 a.m., troopers with the AZDPS Aviation Bureau assisted Highway Patrol District 6 troopers in tracking and stopping a motorcyclist who was repeatedly observed traveling at extremely high speeds on Interstate 10 in the Casa Grande area. The motorcyclist’s -

On Thursday, May 25, 2023, at approximately 7:40 p.m., a Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Task Force (CVETF) trooper initiated a stop on the driver of a tractor-trailer on northbound Interstate 19 near kilometer 42, in Sahuarita.

While conducting a routine commercial vehicle inspection, the trooper -

On the morning of Friday, June 2, 2023, an Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) Drug Enforcement and Investigations Bureau trooper initiated a traffic stop on a 2015 Honda Accord passenger car on northbound Interstate 19 at kilometer 54 near Amado, Arizona. During the traffic stop, the -

--Update: Friday, May 26, 2023-- 

On May 25, 2023, around 12:40 p.m., an Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) state trooper was conducting an investigation in the area of 19th Avenue, just north of State Route 101, when he was fired upon and returned fire with a suspect, later identified -

On Thursday, May 11, 2023, at approximately 1:57 a.m., Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) troopers were finishing an investigation at an earlier collision scene when they observed a wrong-way driver in a white Honda Civic pass them traveling southbound in the northbound HOV lane of State -

On Thursday, May 11, 2023, at approximately 9:27 p.m., Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) troopers responded to reports of a pedestrian in the roadway on westbound State Route 202 near the Scottsdale Road off-ramp.

When troopers arrived at the scene, the female pedestrian had been struck -

From Tuesday, May 16, 2023, through Thursday, May 18, 2023, the Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Task Force (CVETF) will participate in the annual operation “International Roadcheck” on Interstate 17 and Interstate 40 in northern Arizona.

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Phoenix, AZ — The Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) has awarded the Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) a $20,000.00 grant to fund overtime and other expenses for the upcoming “Buckle Up Arizona” enforcement campaign. The two-week campaign is set to begin on Monday, May 22nd -