Overview
- A new federal lawsuit by Brianna Longoria claims Phoenix police pressure officers to make DUI arrests, citing video that captured an officer saying she could be kicked off her squad if she did not get a DUI.
- Phoenix police deny having quotas and say the Professional Standards Bureau is reviewing the case, and the department says the officers named in the suit remain employed.
- The stop that led to Longoria’s arrest began on Dec. 29, 2024 with an alleged red‑light violation that body‑camera footage later showed was a green light, and the citing officer voided that ticket after reviewing the video.
- Longoria blew 0.000 on a breath test and later tested negative for drugs, yet she was arrested after an officer claimed she failed field‑sobriety tests, which the lawsuit says were fabricated.
- Prosecutors dismissed the DUI charge in April 2025 and an administrative judge overturned her license suspension in July 2025, and Longoria says the arrest delayed cancer treatment, hurt her nursing‑school plans, and led her to seek damages, record clearance, and policy changes.