Phoenix police sergeant under investigation for off-duty actions at student ICE protest [View all]

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Phoenix police sergeant under investigation for off-duty actions at student ICE protest

The report goes on to say that Mullen confronted students and that despite recommending he move to avoid further escalation

By: Lillian Donahue
Posted 1:02 AM, Apr 09, 2026

CHANDLER, AZ — The Phoenix Police Department is investigating the involvement of an off-duty sergeant in a late January high school walkout, which escalated to the arrest of one teenager.

A Chandler police report revealed that Sergeant Dusten Mullen showed up to the ICE protest run by Hamilton High School students fully armed and masked.

The report goes on to say that Mullen confronted students and that despite recommending he move to avoid further escalation.

"The other officers advised the male did not wish to leave the area and was in fact calling other armed persons to respond to the area,” the report said.

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