On Monday, Matt Giordano officially started as chief of the Phoenix Police Department, one of the largest and most scrutinized forces in the nation. In a press conference held on his third day on the job, he struck a tone that was noticeably different from his predecessor's.

Giordano, a retired Phoenix police commander who spent 20 years with Phoenix police, was selected by City Manager Jeff Barton to lead the force that has been mired in controversy for years, culminating last year with a brutal 126-page report by the Department of Justice documenting patterns of discrimination and excessive force by Phoenix cops.

Giordano replaces former chief Michael Sullivan, who was hired to lead the department on an interim basis in September 2022 as the DOJ began its probe into Phoenix police. B

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