Back in January (January 14th to be exact...), we submitted two requests for investigations into Phoenix police commander Benny Pina. Benny loves using the word “nigger” and made some racist comments against Terry Yahwey an African American cop. Benny was also caught working out with a young female, on duty outside of his precinct which is a significant liability for the city. Benny is obese, and he needs to exercise in pre-approved areas should he hurt himself coughing or dropping a deuce.
Nine months later, we have heard nothing on where this investigation stands, why it is taking so long or what the results were. This is typical of the city of Phoenix.
Their own Ops orders (Ops order 3.19.1.A) has them providing us with an initial complaint control number, the results of the investigation and whatever punishment was doled out.
You know and we know investigations don’t take nine months, especially with the level of details we provided.
You know and we know the last people on the planet the City of Phoenix and the Phoenix PD want to be accountable to is us.
You know and we know that they don’t want to provide us the results of any investigation as we will post them here for the public to see.
What you don’t know (but we do) is that an investigation was completed, punishment was administered but the City of Phoenix and the Phoenix PD conveniently “forgot” to let us know.
A mistake? An oversight? An administrative mistake?
It’s doubtful.
It’s the problem we rant about. Phoenix police (all police departments) do not feel accountable to citizenry. They don’t respect citizenry. They have no regard for citizenry but they love to let us know that they will lay down their lives for the same citizenry and expect special treatment and special conditions for doing so. Painful as it sounds, a job is a job. You choose the job and all the risks that go with it and one shouldn't get special treatment for doing so!
So here is our follow up letter along with our original requests requesting an update. We will post their replies.
Benny Pina Follow Up - What Happened to Our Investigation Request?
