Highlights
- Former Phoenix officers Antonio Felix and Luis Vasquez were arrested on kidnapping and aggravated assault charges tied to an unreported Aug. 5 traffic stop.
- Newly released personnel files show Felix accumulated seven disciplinary actions over nine years; Vasquez had four over eight years, plus a 2025 officer-involved shooting found within policy.
- Phoenix PD's Organizational Integrity Bureau and Professional Standards Bureau are auditing the officers' full case histories and the South Mountain Precinct for systemic issues.
- Both men were added to the Brady list and the Maricopa County Attorney's Office is reviewing all open and closed cases connected to them.
Two fired Phoenix police officers charged with kidnapping and aggravated assault have had their full disciplinary histories made public, and the city is now auditing their squad and precinct to determine whether the conduct reflects broader problems inside the South Mountain Precinct.
Former officers Antonio Felix and Luis Vasquez were arrested on charges including kidnapping and aggravated assault stemming from an off-the-books traffic stop on Aug. 5, according to Arizona's Family, which first reported the release of the personnel files. The arrests were also confirmed by ABC News and NBC News.
State prosecutors alleged that the two men held a man and a woman against their will during the unreported stop. Vasquez reportedly held a man at gunpoint, causing damage to the car's driver's side window and hurting him when he was unable to fight back. Felix is accused of physically injuring the woman while she was unable to resist. Prosecutors also alleged that the two destroyed or concealed a cellphone to keep it from being used as evidence in subsequent official proceedings. Detectives said Vasquez and Felix admitted to the crimes.
Vasquez served eight years with Phoenix police and was assigned to the South Mountain Precinct. His disciplinary record includes a failure to issue a citation from a 2021 collision, four missed court appearances between 2021 and 2025, a failure to thoroughly investigate a collision and activate his body-worn camera in 2025, and an officer-involved shooting in 2025 that was found to be within policy after review. He received 14 commendations between 2019 and 2026.
Felix served nine years with Phoenix police, also at South Mountain Precinct, and carried a longer disciplinary file. As an officer in training in 2018, he failed to notify his field training officer of a use of force until they returned to the precinct to write the report. He accumulated three missed court appearances between 2018 and 2023, three minor police vehicle crashes between 2018 and 2022 all found to be out of policy, a community complaint about rudeness in 2021 that resulted in communication coaching, a failure to complete two annual AZ Post requirements in 2024, a failure to complete a report on a 2025 theft and threatening-messages call, and a failure to complete an incident report in 2026 for a call involving a missing juvenile by end of shift as required. That last item would have resulted in discipline, but the case was pending when he was terminated. Felix received five commendations between 2020 and 2022.
As part of its transparency policy, the city released personnel and disciplinary files for Vasquez and Felix. The city announced that the department's Organizational Integrity Bureau and Professional Standards Bureau have launched an audit to review the former officers' reports, body-worn camera footage, previous calls for service and community interactions. The department is also reviewing their squad and the South Mountain Precinct to investigate any systemic issues.
Why is Phoenix auditing the entire precinct?
City officials said in a statement that both the community and the Police Department deserve confidence that this conduct is not widespread, prompting the review to extend beyond the two individuals to their squad and the South Mountain Precinct as a whole.
Phoenix Police Chief Matt Giordano previously told Arizona's Family that there were no prior red flags involving the two former officers. "There was an added policy, you know, collision, I think for one of them, but nothing that would have given me any indication that they would do something like this," Giordano said.
The Maricopa County Attorney's Office is reviewing all open and closed cases against the two men, who were added to the Brady list, a database of law enforcement officers with credibility problems. Both men have bonded out of jail while they await their next court appearance.
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- AZ Family (3TV/CBS5) retrieved 02/09/2026 18:59
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