Arizona’s attorney general is standing by the state’s first responders in defense of their health care coverage. Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich wrote a letter to the executive director of the League of Arizona Cities and Towns mandating the state law requirements for first responder’s health care coverage be upheld. “The underlying issue is that our first responders have earned and deserved certain benefits,” Brnovich told KTAR News 92.3 FM on Thursday. The attorney general’s office was made aware of allegations that certain cities were not obeying recent state law amendments ensuring coverage for firefighters and police officers facing occupational cancer. “I started hearing stories of some firefighters that had contracted cancer and were having a hard time getting benefits they deserved. The cities were not following the law’s presumptions,” Brnovich said.