Cranmer
Cranmer v. Tyconic Inc.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM *
Plaintiff-Appellant Lee Cranmer appeals the district court’s grant of summary *746 judgment in favor of Tyconic, Inc., the City of Tucson Police Department, the City of Tucson, and individual defendants (collectively, “the defendants”). We affirm.
I
The determinative question on the merits of the summary judgment appeal is whether probable cause existed for the arrest. In Arizona, a police officer has probable cause for an arrest if, under “the totality of the facts and circumstances known to police officers at the time of the arrest,” an officer has “ ‘reasonable grounds to believe that an offense is being or has been committed by the person arrested.’ ” State v. Lawson, 144 Ariz. 547 , 698 P.2d 1266, 1272 (1985) (internal citation omitted). The arresting officer is not required to be personally aware of all the facts establishing probable cause “as long as ‘probable cause exists from the collective knowledge of all the law enforcement agents involved in th[e] operation.’ ” Lawson, 698 P.2d at 1272 (quoting State v. Sardo, 112 Ariz. 509 , 543 P.2d 1138, 1143 (1975)).
The district court properly concluded that probable cause to arrest Cranmer existed as a matter…