In his role as chief, the department says Chris Briggs steered the successful implementation of Arizona’s first “Real Time Crime Center.” ...

The longtime lawman started at the department in 1992 and was previously a patrol officer, a criminal investigator and served in special operations.

Scottsdale Police Chief Jeff Walther, who started with the department in 1994 before his eventual promotion to chief in 2020, is now taking on a new challenge as interim assistant city manager.