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Mesa: Infant found in hot car at Mesa mall dies, becoming first Arizona hot-car death this year

Mesa: Infant found in hot car at Mesa mall dies, becoming first Arizona hot-car death this year

Miguel Torres | Monica D. Spencer | Arizona Republic Troy Warren for MesaNewsAndTalk.Com   An infant died after being left in a hot parked car outside a Mesa mall on Saturday afternoon, said police. At approximately 1:30 p.m., officers responded to a call about a 7-month-old boy not breathing outside a JCPenney at Superstition Springs Center, located near the U.S. 60 and Power Road. When they arrived, they discovered the infant had been left alone inside a parked car that was not running, according to authorities. Fire crews attempted resuscitation and transported the infant to a local hospital, but he later died. Officers learned the boy's…
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Mesa: 3 years later, no word on Justice Department inquiries into Mesa Police Department

Mesa: 3 years later, no word on Justice Department inquiries into Mesa Police Department

Joshua Bowling | Arizona Republic Troy Warren for MesaNewsAndTalk.Com   Three years before the U.S. Department of Justice would open an investigation into the Phoenix Police Department, the feds launched a pair of probes into a fatal shooting and three use-of-force cases in the Mesa Police Department. There's no word on where those investigations stand. The probe in Phoenix — much like recent ones opened in Minneapolis and Louisville, Kentucky — is focused on systemic issues, investigating a "pattern or practice of violations of the Constitution or federal law." The Mesa investigations were much more narrow, focused on specific officers and use-of-force cases, Arizona Police Association Executive…
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