Constable Ethics News Today

With incumbent George Camacho failing to make the ballot for Pima County constable in a South Side precinct, write-in candidates have a July primary opportunity to earn a spot in the November election.

Oscar Vasquez, one of ten constables tasked with serving eviction notices, is accused of missing months of work that he says is due to complications from a minor car crash.

The Arizona Republic won five awards for investigative pieces about Arizonas prison labor, the stolen de Kooning painting and more.

Constables omitted the fact that they shot Marcus Mungeam when evicting him from his apartment. A medical examiners report shows one of their bullets entered his neck.

Douglas Clark was placed on probation. The constable has been at the center of two Republic investigations this year.

In July, Marcus Mungeam lost his life after one of Constable Doug Clarks eviction attempts. A month later, Clark held Giovani Markovich at gunpoint.

Metro Phoenix eviction filings hit a 13-year high in August. The increase corresponds with deadly Arizona eviction incidents this summer.

Maricopa County Constable Carl Seel resigned his post this month, two months after a report that he failed to serve 80 orders of protection and didn’t know the basic functions of the job.

County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry said Pima County’s constables operate in “a fragmented and inconsistent manner” and wants the elected position phased out and replaced by county employees who can be

Screenshot A host of local and national organizations demanded the firing and prosecution of Phoenix police officers involved in the death of Muhammad Muhaymin Jr. in 2017. They also claimed that the officers mocked Muhaymins religion — Islam — shortly before he died; a spokesperson for the Phoenix Police Department disputed this characterization. Muhaymin was killed as officers tried to arrest him for having an outstanding warrant for not showing up to court over a misdemeanor drug paraph...