City Manager Jeff Barton named Matt Giordano, executive director of the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board, as police chief.

Matt Giordano will be the Phoenix Police Department's new chief. Why it matters: Giordano will oversee a department in the midst of reforms following a U.S. Department of Justice investigation that found patterns of civil and constitutional rights violations last year.

Newly picked Phoenix Chief Matt Giordano recalled how SB 1070 sowed fear in the community, and he said there is no room for immigration enforcement in municipal policing.