Rabbi Pesach Lattin

The Valley 10-8

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The Valley 10-8 is a podcast for law enforcement across the Valley and the families who stand behind them. Each episode delivers clear, grounded conversations about what’s really happening on the job — from recruitment and morale to policy shifts, leadership decisions, officer wellness, and the realities of patrol in one of the fastest-growing regions in the country. No theatrics. No political grandstanding. No war-story ego trips. Just operational insight, honest discussion, and practical context for the people who live this work every day — and the people who love them. If you’re 10-8, you’r...

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Rabbi Pesach Lattin

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The Valley 10-8: Five Shootings. All Armed. And the Officers Went Back to Work. 17.03.2026 18:07

Phoenix police have been involved in five fatal shootings in two and a half months and three in five days. Every single one involved an armed suspect who refused commands. A man with a shotgun holding a woman and child hostage. A man walking at officers with a handgun after three kids were shot nearby. A man with a rifle fleeing a domestic violence call. A driver who rammed two officers while teth...

The Valley 10-8: 420 Arrests, One Bar, and the Week in Arizona Law Enforcement 04.03.2026 13:33

A man is dead after a joint DPS and Phoenix Police shooting on I-17 and we're waiting on details. Phoenix PD honors over 150 officers and civilians at its annual awards ceremony while the county attorney calls violence against law enforcement "troubling." Tempe Tavern sues the city for $9 million claiming targeted raids and a smear campaign but the numbers tell a very different story. An ASU stude...

$25 Million, One Second, and the Week That Wouldn't Stop 26.02.2026 16:29

A father disarms a home invader, pins him to the ground, and his family screams to police that it's over. An officer fires one second after shouting a command. Now the family wants $25 million and the county attorney still hasn't decided on charges. Plus a south Phoenix officer catches a bullet tackling a man who pointed a gun at his own daughters. Two cops hospitalized after a speeding driver ram...

Murder Weapons for Sale: A Widow's Fight, Broken Systems & Who's Really Wearing the Badge: Arizona Rangers Scam? 19.02.2026 22:19

Arizona law forces police to sell the guns used to kill their own officers. A bipartisan bill to fix it had everyone's support — then its own author killed it. Plus: the UA Hillel vandalism and what it means for Jewish safety on campus, why Phoenix cops clearing $400K isn't the scandal you think it is (blame the 500-officer shortage, not the officers), and the Arizona Rangers — volunteers with bad...

The Valley 10-8 Special: The Diaz Shooting. What the Bodycam Actually Shows 15.02.2026 10:52

The Valley 10-8 Special: The Diaz Shooting. What the Bodycam Actually Shows A father tackles a gunman who just fired dozens of rounds into his house. He disarms him. He pins him to the ground. His family calls 911 screaming "we got him." And then a Phoenix police officer shoots him through his own front door. The bodycam is out. The 911 audio is out. The doorbell footage is out. And the internet h...

Ranger Down: Seven Shootings, Two Dead Troopers, and the Ninety Seconds That Killed the Wrong Man 13.02.2026 30:53

The Valley 10-8: We Are In Service — Arizona Law Enforcement Podcast The only podcast covering officer safety, police shootings, and law enforcement reality in the Phoenix metro and across Arizona — in real time, with real facts, and zero spin. Fifteen officer-involved shootings in Arizona in the first six weeks of 2026. Two DPS troopers killed in a helicopter crash in Flagstaff. A Phoenix police...