This article is part of a package of stories and videos that illuminate the challenges extreme heat poses in Phoenix and the Valley to politicians, policymakers, frontline emergency workers, residents – and the people living on the streets who are most likely to die from it. It is written from the body camera footage of two Phoenix police officers and the audio recording of a 911 emergency call.
The man on the ground was acting exactly as the 911 callers had described.
Phoenix police officer Danny Olmos found him at the Bank of America parking lot at N. 44th Street and Thomas Road…