In December 2022, Sergeant Ricardo Garcia was accused of sexually assaulting a female deputy at his house during a department holiday party. The victim was reportedly too intoxicated to consent. Garcia was terminated from the department and faces two counts of sexual assault in Pima County Superior Court. The trial is scheduled to begin in December 2024. The incident prompted scrutiny of the department’s handling of the case, leading to an investigation by the Arizona Attorney General’s office, which identified potential policy violations by command staff but found no criminal wrongdoing in the investigative process.
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