Kingman PD celebrates National Volunteer Week, 20th Year of VIPS Program
Kingman PD celebrates National Volunteer Week, 20th Year of VIPS Program
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Kingman Police Department is seeking applications for Junior Police Academy
KINGMAN – The Kingman Police Department is seeking applications for this years Junior Police Academy. Eligible grade levels are current 6th, 7th and 8th graders.
Kingman Police awarded GOHS funding
KINGMAN – The Kingman Police Department has announced that it has been awarded a $34,502 grant from the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety for DUI/Impaired Driving Enforcement. The grant funds will be used to pay for officer’s overtime costs for enhanced targeted DUI and impaired driving enforcement throughout the City of Kingman from October 1, 2024 – September 30, 2025. The goal of the Impaired Driving Program is to reduce alcohol and drug related driving fatalities and injuries through enforcement, education, and public awareness throughout the State of Arizona.
Rumors of Threat to Kingman Schools
KINGMAN – The Kingman Police Department took reports of rumors of a threat of a school shooting targeting Kingman Middle School. Kingman Police School Resource Officers conducted a thorough investigation to determine the source of the rumors and determined that the threat is not credible. Mohave County Sheriff’s Office also received a report of rumors of a school shooting targeting Kingman High School. Mohave County Sheriff’s Office Investigators investigated the threat to its fullest
Officer spat on following arrest
KINGMAN – A Kingman man spit on a police officer following his arrest over the weekend. Deputy police Chief Joel Freed said officers responded right about midnight to a report of a man screaming profanities while walking in the vicinity of Rutherford Street and Beverly Avenue.
Freed said 38-year-old Justin Welch refused to exit the roadway and was placed in custody early Saturday, Sept. 14.
“While completing paperwork Welch spat at one of the officers, striking him in the face,”
