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Information obtained by the Arizona Daily Star through a public records request shows Jorge Espinoza was driving at 65mph on cruise control when the crash occurred on the Yuma County highway.
The 33-year-old, who escaped unhurt, initially claimed he did not see the police vehicles because he was looking in his mirror at a passing lorry.
He also told investigators he never used his phone while driving because it was against company policy.
But dashcam video and information taken from the mobile shows he was on the internet looking at "photographs of several women in provocative positions, wearing little clothing".
Espinoza used his mobile phone to look at Facebook, YouTube, female escort sites, porn sites and social networks on other occasions while driving, according to investigators.
Public safety officer Tim Huffman died when Espinoza ran into three stationary police cars and two fire department trucks on Interstate 8.
Huffman, who was 47 and had been in the job for 14 years, was in his patrol car writing a report at the time.
He was declared dead at the scene.
Espinoza, from Yuma, has pleaded not guilty to 20 charges including one count of second-degree murder, endangerment and criminal damage.
He was on his way to Phoenix when the crash happened on May 6 this year.