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Friday, April 3, 2009

Racism in the Phoenix PD and More Civil Rights Violations – The True Story of Phoenix Police Officers Mike Polombo (#4696) and Heather Polombo (#6237)

We are glad to see that PLEA – the Arizona Policeman’s Union - is taking up the cause to fight the rampant racism and Civil Rights violations in the Phoenix Police Department.

Here is a link that one might find interesting from the PLEA website and how they are handling the rampant racism in the Phoenix PD:
http://www.azplea.com/content.php?info_id=537



We continue to Blog about the infamous TWS report on the Mark Goudeau case. We know some of you are tired of it, but it is an important cog in the wheel. If you are fairly new to this site or want to refresh your memory about the Goudeau case, click on the link below: http://badphoenixcops.blogspot.com/2009/03/homicide-and-thier-lies-with-andrew.html



There have been massive cover-ups and fraud in the Mark Goudeau-Baseline Killer case. The DNA match was 3 out of 13 - roughly 23% on a swab that was misplaced for over a year. Mark Goudeau was not a suspect early on because his cell phone records proved he wasn't in the location on most of the murders, now those records have disappeared and Alltel can no longer search for those records. The County Attorney's office (specifically Keith Manning and Andrew Thomas) has purposefully held back evidence since August of 2008, and was recently ordered by a judge to turn the reports over to Mark Goudeau's legal team. They are now lying, stating they only recently uncovered these reports and that they were already disclosed to Mark Goudeau's attorney. This cover up runs throughout the Maricopa County Attorney's office and the Phoenix Police Department.


Here’s why this is important and how it all ties together:

On the PLEA website and in a letter to Sheriff Joe, it is mentioned that a sergeant and a lieutenant had made racist comments. One supervisor is quoted as saying, “…there would be no surprise on their part if other Violent Crimes Bureau (VCB) managers engaged in planting evidence. This same supervisor stated that when VCB management was presented on multiple occasions with potentially exonerating evidence that may have had exculpatory value to Goudeau, the response from both a VCB sergeant and a VCB lieutenant was, why would you give that nigger an alibi?”

We have heard repeatedly that the “VCB Sergeant” in this comment is Sergeant Mike Polombo (#4696). PLEA won't directly state that, but we will. Sergeant Mike Polombo (#4696) has been investigated for referring to Asst. Chief Kevin Robinson as a “house nigger” and a few years back for referring to constituents in an area adjacent to South Mountain as “a bunch of niggers” and "buckwheats." Anyone who knows Mike Polombo or has worked with Mike Polombo knows he is racist and uses the word “nigger” as often as Mark Furman.




Now here is how this story comes full circle and why the home of one of our Bloggers, Jeff Pataky, was raided:

BadPhoenixCops has been exceptionally critical of the actions of both Mike Polombo (#4969) and Heather Polombo (#6237) on this Blog – and rightfully so.

1) Heather was a subordinate of Mike’s during the Baseline Murder Investigation.

2) Mike and Heather began having an affair during the Baseline Murder Investigation and met repeatedly while on duty to bump uglies.

3) Mike Polombo kept evidence from various cases in the garage of his personal residence. He shared this home with his then wife.

4) Mike’s wife, upon learning of the affair, contacted the Phoenix PD and told them to come and collect the evidence in her garage; otherwise, the next call would be to the media/news outlets. The Phoenix police came and collected the evidence from the garage. Divorce proceedings followed.

5) Although it is against Phoenix Police Department policy to bang your subordinate (especially during such a high profile and important investigation), Mike was never written up or reprimanded for his sexual indiscretions with Heather. Why? Because his manager, Benny Pina (who was one of the leaders in the cover-up of the Baseline killer Case), was having his own affair! This is a textbook example of 'quid-pro-quo'.

6) The sordid story of Mike and Heather Polombo (yes, they married) has been detailed on the Blog. Heather was notorious for her promiscuous actions in the parking lot of the Maryvale precinct of Phoenix.

7) The Blogger whose home was raided was told numerous times to, “watch your back” and was warned by many in the Phoenix PD that, “Polombo is out to get you.”

8) It was well known that Mike Polombo was roaming the Phoenix Police Department trying to find any information on Blogger Jeff including where he lived, his income and where we was employed.

9) Mike Polombo consulted with his own attorney attempting to sue and/or shut down BadPhoenixCops - as did Assistant Chief Tracy Montgomery (#4515). They were both told about the First Amendment (we all learned this in 4th grade) and were also informed that, being police officers, they are public figures who are open to public criticism and scrutiny.

10) Mike Polombo went on “stress leave” and used the website BadPhoenixCops as his reason. This was to help build his case for “harassment.”

11) The raiding of the home and the newspaper articles are alluding to Computer Fraud with the intent to Harass, along with Petty Theft. The Harassment is of both Mike and Heather Polombo - the Petty Theft claim is of their nameplates. We also heard they were trying to include Asst. Chief Tracy Montgomery in this, too.

12) SIDs other channel and approach to this could have been to investigate Dave Barnes 1st, then try to subpoena documents via a Grand Jury for the Blogger of BadPhoenixCops. Since the name plates are a misdemeanor, they would have had a tough time selling this to a Grand Jury. So their only other option was to use the only power the Phoenix police had, and raid the residences.

13) Our inside sources tell us that the Phoenix PD already has tried to submit this to the County Prosecutor, but they won’t touch it with a 39 1/2 foot pole as they already know the problems plaguing this case.

Mike Polombo is a notorious friend of Chief Jack Ass Harris. He has personally covered up many of the indiscretions of police officers and has done countless favors for Jack Harris, both personally and professionally. He worked for Jack Ass Harris when Jack headed up the Professional Standards Bureau (more commonly known in other cities as Internal Affairs) and helped cover up the rape of the former police chief's son - who happens to be a current police Sergeant out of 900. Polombo is known as "Teflon Mike" and is one of the dirtiest, rotten cops one could come across. The good cops hate Mike, know he is dirty and refer to him as Mr. Potato Head. Mike and Heather do not like all of the Potato Head photos with copies of their nameplates. We encourage everyone to submit photos of nameplates and Potato Heads from around the globe! This Blog tells you how to get some.


http://badphoenixcops.blogspot.com/2009/03/badphoenixcops-found-some-nameplates.html

youtube.com/watch?v=YdR-i4ejBN0




On October 18, 2007, Mike Polombo was the source behind a Notice of Investigation (NOI) against Detective Dave Barnes. On February 18, 2008 (4 months later) the NOI concluded that, “No information was found which would support the allegations listed on the Notice of Investigation” and since it was no longer an “Investigation” but merely an”Inquiry” by the department, no indicia, records or materials that Mike Polombo provided to warrant the investigation would be known. Mike Polombo simply “made shit up” to have Dave Barnes investigated for no reason other than to harass him. And you're crying harassment by us, Potato Head?


So, how do all of these pieces fit together to create ONE BIG UGLY PICTURE???

The cover-up and racism in the Goudeau case; the never-ending investigations into Detective Dave Barnes; the raids of the homes of our Blogger, Jeff Pataky, and Detective Dave Barnes (who are both hypercritical of the Goudeau case as well as Sergeant Michael Polombo) - it is all directly tied to the biggest racist scum bag in the Phoenix Police Department, Sergeant Michael Polombo (#4696), and his wife Heather Polombo (#6237).

Public tax payer dollars and City of Phoenix resources are being spent for private gain and Chief Jack Ass Harris, Mayor Phil Gordon and City Manager Frank Fairbanks are allowing it to happen - all for the search and recovery of nameplates and potato heads!

We will continue to Blog at every given opportunity - about the Phoenix Police Department, Racist Sergeant Mike Polombo (#4696), his camp-follower wife Heather Polombo (#6237), or any other Phoenix public officials who abuse their positions and encourage the corruption of Jack Ass Harris.

We aren't afraid of the Phoenix Police department, nor is Blogger Jeff afraid of Potato Head Polombo.

38 comments:

Barack Obama said...

Yep! make's perfect sense. Mike Polombo is a corrupt asshole.

madmax427 said...

This is My first time here & it makes Me rather happy I do NOT live in Phoenix! I wish the Best for all those of You blogging about this corruption! Hopefully, enough Local People will hear of this site & help You to correct this travesty!

RenewedSpirit said...

Hey, I'm from Missouri and I applaud your stand. These felons-in-uniform should be prosecuted to the FULL extent of the law. Remember, these cops are responsible for their own actions, even if they are ordered to commit a crime, they are personally liable.

Anonymous said...

I'm writing from Venezuela. And it's not a surprise to me to read this kind of stuff. Dirty corrupted cops violating people freedom and abusing the law like in a dictatorship state.
What I've just read it's really rare to occur even here. Freedom of speech and the right to inform doesn't mean shit anymore it seems.
What they are doing to you it's ILLEGAL and should be severely punished. Get your freedom back!

Ross said...

I don't know if this cop was from Pheonix (the cop is from Tempe but I have no idea where that is), but he was from Arizona:

http://www.topix.com/forum/city/north-wales-pa/T290N1SCV4V5L70J3

Jeremy said...

As a Canadian, I find this rather disturbing, especially given that we have stricter privacy laws than the US does. Have you considered using Canadian-based remote backup services to store your data? it would NOT then be subject to search and seizure by US-based enforcement authorities (in the inverse manner that Canadian-owned information parked on US servers is in fact subject to US law)

Anonymous said...

Is there any canadian email servers that can be used that are not subject to US subpoena laws?

Anonymous said...

I'm pleased to see that a site like this one is able to exist. I wouldn't have thought that it was possible. Keep up the good work.

Anonymous said...

So you Phoenix people have to deal with these assholes AND Sheriff Joe? Move, people, move!

Tracy Montgomery said...

BPC:

You did it again! You called it exactly the way it is. Thank you so much for this site. You are gutting the Phoenix PD from the inside and this all may be the final nail in the coffin of Jack.

We all hate Mike Polombo. IF you do like him, you like him the way the Germans liked Hitler, for fear of being collateral damage. Heather was sweet, but when she began sleeping with Mike, her stock lost value and she is viewed as a skank

Polombo is as dirty as cops come. He hates anyone that has a hint of brown in their skin and it is systemic with Jack and Mike's old boss in PSB.

When Polombo worked in PSB he worked for not only Jack Harris, but a guy named Ken Johnson (#2941) who was a lieutenant.

Ken hated Mexicans and referred to Hispanics as "Luttuce Pickers" and "Garcias." It all happened back in the early 90's. I will email you the reprimand, date July 5, 1995.

Thank you Thank you for exposing the corruption with Jack Harris.

You have many faithful followers. Keep up the good work.

Disbeliever said...

Every encounter I've had with the Phoenix PD has been positive. Scanning this blog, I find much here to disbelieve. Sounds like a one man witchhunt to me.

Connie Harris said...

Jack couldn't shut down your blog, so he is illegally trying to shut it down and helping out his racist friend at the same time Mike Polombo.

Glad to see my tax dollars at work.

Fuck you Jack Harris.

Anonymous said...

Can't wait for that memo that was promised from back in the 90's. Hope to see it posted in it's entirety here real soon!!!! Don't forget the "buckwheat" comment Polombo made to the black's down on Buckeye road in the 90's.

B. Batard said...

Glad to see you have a national following now. Keep the sunlight shining on the forces of darkness. No matter how much they shine the klieg lights on you, nationally, we can focus a beam so bright that their tiny little boy's toy lights won't turn the forces of light away from bringing sunshine and good government to places where it is needed most. Also glad to see that good law enforcement cringes at the grossest dark abuses and may you continue to stand with those for whom the national murals were created to inspire. See:
http://www.npr.org/multimedia/2008/12/murals/index.html

Anonymous said...

www.timespublications.com Great story on the Phx PD Crime Lab. Check it out!!

Porcupine said...

You should move to NH with the Free State Project if you want to get away from your police state.

http://freestateproject.org/

Romius T. said...

I have an idea for a fund raiser, how about "I hate Mike Polombo" t shirts? I'd buy 2~

Amos Anon said...

I mentioned your blog here
Is the police state poster on your blog copyright. I would like to use it.

Anonymous said...

The story made the Drudge Report. This has now gone national: good job.

Anonymous said...

Id buy a I hate Mike Polumbo Shirt.

You should also have shirts made that say "Free (whatever your name is)"

I cannot for the life of me understand why the Mayor or City Manager are not investigating these serious and what appear to be are true allegations of misconduct.

Doesnt the Mayor understand hiding (ignoring) corruprtion is as serious as the corruption itself? I will personally make this a issue when Mayor Grodon runs for any public office.

Anonymous said...

Grow up dude.

Anonymous said...

It's funny how dirt bags who accuse police officers of wrong doing are taken so seriously. Please don't be so quick to believe someone on the internet. Just because it's on the internet does not make it true. I can take a guess that most of the naysayers on this blog will still be begging cops for help when they are in trouble.

Anonymous said...

I commend you for fighting back. I would do the same,but am afraid the corrupt city would have me murdered.

Christian & Claire said...

GO GET THEM !
We are mad as Hell and not gonna take it anymore !

This national exposure ( another stupid thing they did ) is like having an ace in your hand with one on the table. All they know is you are not bluffing and this will cause them to make mistakes.
ironically I call is " self policing " meaning life has a strange way of working out. The cream always rises to the top when they stop stirring the pot. They put all the Ingredient in the pot themselves and together this soup will destroy them all.
So be patient, show confidence and they will surely make more mistakes !
The national media attention will keep them busy and has got them cussing behind door right now. BRAVO !

Anonymous said...

I'm white and being stepped all over by white corrupt city thugs.
I don't have a leg to stand on. No one cares if it's white against white. Cliques rule this town. If you aren't in, you are out.

Anonymous said...

Its the same here in CA as it is anywhere. This site has given me "hope" for some "change" in other aspects. We need a site like this for the judges too. I think all of the public officials need to keep themselves in check. Someone on one of your other blogs said these cops need to watch out when the rioting starts. I would not personally say that (ahem) but I definitely understand where he was coming from.

Anonymous said...

Unfortunately, the Polumbo's are becoming an expanding anomaly in law enforcement. When an individual obtains a position of power, they have the opportunity to bring more like them into their organization and the problem spreads like cancer. I have personal experience with this kind of activity because I am a former police officer in California. I bailed when I saw the "fair haired boys" of my department being given a pass for things like drunk driving, embezzlement of POA funds, threatening their family members with firearms while they were drunk, accepting gratuities from individuals that were targets of federal investigations, while good cops are chastised for actually having standards and a moral compass that kept them focused on doing the right thing. After getting out of law enforcement, I decided to go into healthcare, and I am personally and financially far better for having done it.

The internet is an incredible tool to disseminate information. Apparently, a group of talk show people from KFI 640 AM in Los Angeles learned about this website and spread it around their broadcast area that covers several thousand square miles and millions of people. I personally live in San Bernardino County and I'm sorry to hear that resident's of Phoenix have to endure this type of behavior. Obviously the Polombo's are meant for each other. It's unfortunate though that these two didn't find each other before Mike's ex was lured into a relationship with him. Heather doesn't seem like much of a prize. She doesn't seem to care who she hurts so long as she satisfies her urges and desires. It will be interesting to see what happens when the new wears off of the relationship the Polumbo's now have. Who will be the first to seek another affair? I place my money on Heather, after all, if the allegations are accurate, she was actively promiscuous when she snagged Mr Potato Head.

Anonymous said...

I'm so thankful for this site. I know now that I'm not alone.

nick from Georgia said...

So what happens if you folks that do this site have to call 911?? Just a thought. Perhaps you should spend some time thanking some of the good guys out there for their service. I think it's pretty messed up that you spend this much time knocking guys that don't get paid that much and who are in some sort of danger every day. I get that corruption exists and that it needs to be stopped but why put a bad name on all of them?? Just something to think about.

Amos Anon said...

If you are call yourself a good cop and you know about bad cops and you do nothing then what are we paying you for. You are actually a bad cop for doing nothing.

badphoenixcops (at) gmail.com OR badphoenixcops(at)hushmail.com said...

To "Nick from Georgia" we will say again that this site is about the command and leadership structure under Chief Jack Ass Harris and those that work on the 4th floor of the 602 building in Phoenix, AZ. The 4th floor is where most of police management resides.

We know there are many good cops out there (we met them, know them and they provide information on this site) and when we find good cops, we Blog about them here, like we did for Commander Tim Hampton out of Maryvale.

This site is never about the good cops, this is about the dirty cops like Jack Harris and Mike Polombo who we will continue to expose on this site.

This site is for those loyal cops, who want to do a good job and put their lives on the line each day. Good cops have no voice and no outlet for the corruption under Jack Harris. This site provides them that ‘voice” and a place to expose Jack, all the Friends of Jack (FOJs) and all their misgivings.

We would like nothing more then to shut this site down and discuss all the “good” in the Phoenix PD.

That can only happen when Jack Harris is fired, in jail (or both) and 100% of the assistant chiefs are sacked by the DOJ.

kuato said...

The bad cops do drugs, murder, and disappear people, but law abiding citizens should look the other way. I support the Phoenix PD's right to be as dirty as New Orleans, NYC, or Chicago. A little corruption never hurt anyone. [/sarcasm]

Anonymous said...

Saw the link from DrudgeReport.com to the article about the retaliatory and illegal search. Keep doing what your doing and keeping them honest!

Will be back to read more.

guyfox said...

"So you Phoenix people have to deal with these assholes AND Sheriff Joe? Move, people, move!"


The corrupt will follow the people they victimize wherever they go. Predators need prey after all. Might as well fight them now. It'll only get harder if we wait.

David said...

you made drudgereport
i wish you well

Anonymous said...

There is more to this racism thing that was on the news.



BPC, I feel compelled to tell you this information because there are many wonderful officers who willingly lay their life on the line daily, who have incredible work ethics, and who believe in what they do, and "walk the walk and talk the talk" of ethical law enforcment officers. They are being overshadowed by liars and crappy managers. Truely, 90 of the PPD is good. I cannot stand by and allow the public to hear these lies that was on the news and in the paper.

What has happened is this officer Pat Nelson has got himself in a world of shit at work and is trying to pull the race card to get out of it.

He is notoriously lazy and many years a go when an officer was badly shot on his squad, instead of responding he went code 6 (pulled someone over on a traffic stop). This was clearly on the tape that recorded the shooting incident. This is unthinkable and inexcusable behavior.

An officer working the front desk recently had to subdue and individual in the lobby who was out of control. A second officer at the desk rushed to assist the officer. The individual requested to go to jail, he wanted someplace to stay for the night but they sent him on his way, no need to jail him for just being dumb. Pat watched this happen and didn't get up to help. One of the officers was annoyed by this and sarcastically said something about thanks for helping. Pat got in his face and threatened to take him out (several times). Then, later, after getting supervisors involved, Pat said that they used excessive force because he realized he was in a world of shit for making threats to another officer in front of people.

Later, when he was interviewed by PSB, the PBS investigator wanted to know why he witnessed excessive force and did not intervene (policy says you are supposed to do something) so he is trying to get PSB in trouble for not giving an NOI before questioning him about his wrong-doing. It is all about deflection from his wrong-doing. After seeing the thing on the news I looked at PLEA's website and found a document that was mailed out from PLEA that had this incident listed.

"Officer Pat Nelson (B/M) was a witness officer reference an on-duty incident involving the use-of-force used by two officers against a black male at the main police station. On Wednesday March 11, 2009 PSB Sgt. Bob Griffith (W/M) interviewed Pat and the questioning became accusatory. Misconduct allegations were made by Sgt. Griffith that Officer Nelson had violated
policy by alleging that Pat did not intervene in stopping the use-of-force misconduct that he witnessed (listen to attached audio). Our contract (MOU: Rights of Unit Members Section 1-4.G) clearly dictates that questions in regards to alleged misconduct that could lead to discipline require a NOI (notice of investigation). Pat did not receive one. Police management at PSB was notified the same day of this contract violation."

I think most of us can read between the lines here. Pat is grasping at straws... He is trying deflect PSB by using a contract violation and he is developing with a laundry list of supposed infractions spanning over 10 years to try and take the focus off his committing a crime of threatening and intimidating another employee with bullshit allegations of racism situations in the past.

He is and always will be a lazy coward. The fact that he said he "laid his like on the line" in his job makes me ill. Especially when I have heard the tape and seen that officer's bloody vest.

What really sucks about this is that the only real bias on the department is between management and officer. Most often people of color are sought out to make sure affirmative action is not neglected. What is also very wrong about this situation is that numerous real infractions are ignored because people like this misuse the system. It is like the boy who cried wolf. No one believes anyone and they (city/PD) are slow to move because they figure it is false anyway. People who are in real, uncomfortable situations, suffer for liars like this guy who iuse minority status to intimidate and try to get out trouble.

Anonymous said...

Not only is Asst. Chief Montgomery trying to cover up things within the crime lab but she is also trying to cover up issues the 911 communications center is dealing with. A couple of years ago a person worked there that was very racist towards the Spanish speaking community. He would hang up on them instead of getting a translating service. This got brought to the attention of his supervisor and some how it got lost on their desk for who knows how many months.
One incident finally occurred where this mother called in because she could not find her child. She hung up on him because he didn’t understand what she was saying to him in Spanish. He called her back and continued to ask her what was wrong, in English mind you, while she still couldn’t find her child. When the police finally got out there a half hour later, after she got someone in communications to actually help her, they found her boy dead in the pool.
This sparked an investigation into pulling his calls and found out that he had been doing this the entire time he was employed and was never dealt with because it got “lost” on the supervisors’ desk. When it got to Montgomery she decided the best way to deal with it was “ask” the guy to leave (which he did) and make sure this didn’t get national attention so they are not made an example out of like Detroit. Wait isn’t that the same thing she did with the Baseline case and the q-tip swabs…..hmmm…….
Sounds like to me when things get a little tough and big decisions have to be made she just hides and hopes that everyone will forget.
(The police department later determined that if they would have got out there on time the boy would have had a chance of surviving.)

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