Phoenix Police Chief Michael Sullivan sits down with ABC15 amid series of police shootings

According to Phoenix Police Department, its officers have fired their guns during ten incidents so far this year, which outpaces where we were by mid-March in any other year since 2017, the first year the City of Phoenix kept a database on police shootings.

You can hear more of our conversation with Chief Sullivan on Monday. He opens up about the status of the DOJ investigation, how his department is tackling the growing fentanyl problem, and what his thoughts are one day becoming the official Chief of Police. "We are taking a deep dive into our use of force policy, making sure we have the best use of force policy in the nation," explains Chief Sullivan."I also said we would bring in training from around the country. The trainers trained our folks - the entire department is getting ready to go through that training. It's scenario-based training to teach us how to deal with these situations, to increase the number of less lethal tools that are out there.

"You have to look at each situation individually and we will, but the armed individuals that our folks are confronting on the streets, I'm proud of the work that they do every single day," Sullivan said."Some of the situations we've been involved in was after a violent attack on a citizen of this community. Officers are engaged and will continue to be engaged. But we are going to continue to make sure we have the tools and training we need to be successful and to be safe.

Easy summary. Criminals don’t follow gun laws.

You should be asking why is he interim and why we need 2 chiefs…..

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