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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
BadPhoenixCops Receives An Email From An Ex-Wife Of Mike Frazier - Defending Him!
Meet someone who claims to be Linda Frazier; one of the ex-wives of Mike Frazier. She sent us a message, accusing us of being someone else and called us pathetic assholes. She also said we needed to get a life. Little does she realize those are endearing words to us!
Thanks Linda!!
Here is Linda’s entire message to us.
Enjoy.
~BadPhoenixCops
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I'm Linda Frazier, Mike Frazier's first wife; was with Mike 18 years. I believe you are David Hay, and if it is you, David, I am so disappointed and saddened that you would stoop this low to humiliate Mike. If Mike knew I was writing this, he w\would be pissed and not wanting anything done about it. However, I feel something needs to be said on Mike's behalf.
Even though I'm his ex-wife, I must defend him. It’s a long story about why Mike was arrested one night. His wife at the time was crazy; Mike ended up divorcing her after only two years of marriage. The bean-throwing story, as you know, was all in fun; you were there having dinner with us. You, David Hay, had many great laughs from it. Then, to turn it around like you did, sickens me and you have lost all of my respect.
No matter what goes on in Mike's personal life, Mike was and is a great cop. He worked very hard to get where he is today and to get to top rankings of the Phoenix Police Department. He spent many years working as a cop, being a father to two young children, and going to college around his work and babysitting hours, eventually not only obtaining his Bachelor's degree, but also his Master's. He did not kiss anyone's ass to get into his positions in Phx PD, El Mirage, or Surprise. He earned and deserved those jobs. He really never wanted to be that high in rank, as he hates the "politics" and he loved being on the streets. He earned and deserved those jobs. Unfortunately, there are probably a lot of officers out there who are jealous of Mike because of what he achieved. Those officers could have done the same, had they gotten off their lazy asses, settled down with one woman, not all the skanks they had, and did what Mike did. Mike is a very driven, ambitious person (and I thank God every day that our daughter has those same characteristics). At 29-years old, she is already a Manager with the company she works for, which is a very, very large company. She also is already working on her Master's degree. I am not trying to point out that one must have college degrees for any job; my point is that highly motivated, driven, ambitious people achieve these types of jobs.
Again, I believe David Hay is behind this. Even though we had our ups and downs as a married couple, of all the men I know (and believe me, I know a lot of men), Mike is the most honest, upstanding, man I know. He has integrity, which many officers do not. He would never use or abuse his position of authority to help anyone, even people in his own family. He deserves what he has now.
He is still a "street cop" at heart and throughout his career with PPD, El Mirage, and Surprise, what he enjoys most is riding with the street officers. Many times on holiday weekends, when you're probably out partying and drinking, Mike is riding the streets with an officer and doing it on his own time. Get a life and quit regretting what you didn't do and degrading and humiliating others for your own satisfaction. I'm so disappointed in you.
Linda
After our reply to her basically telling her we’re not some assclown, ex-motor cop named David Hay, nor do we know why he would know us - she comes back for more...
I am not on any expedition and am done with this. I did what I felt was right. I surely know Mike much better than you and the majority of your facts are incorrect, which created defamation of character. If you are so concerned about bad cops and trying to make things right, why don't you reveal yourselves? I know who is behind this. I have not the time to spend any more time communicating with you, nor would I if I had time. You pathetic assholes need to get a life. Good bye.
Linda
And even though she claims she “is done” communicating with us, like any typical woman who says "I'm done talking to you," she continues on her rant a few moments later with us. And she claims Mike's wife was crazy for having him arrested? How do we know she's not equally as crazy for defending him 20 years later?
And, by the way, in your blogs about Mike Frazier, you state: "Already on his third marriage to his wife Barbara (we hear Barbara is making similar accusations like Linda and Machelle– his first 2 wives made..."
I have made no accusations against Mike, nor has anyone discussed what you state with me. Mike never laid a hand on me and I'm sure not on Barbara as well, nor has she made accusations. Therefore, you are now not only defaming Mike, but me as well. Better be careful or you're going to be in court, not with Mike, but with me.
Linda
So we replied to her:
Linda: The last thing you ever want to do is threaten us with legal action. So many before you have tried, so many before you have failed. Oh and thanks for the note about Mike, your family and how you think some guy named David runs this site. It’s all going to make a great story on our blog!
...and of course she has to come back for more because she really isn't done with us and can't wait for us to reply. Typical woman. Her final reply to us:
FUCK YOU!
No thanks Linda. Not on our worst day, with Jack Harris' junk, with Mike Polombo doing the pushing, and Ronnie Bear Snodgrass doing the grunting, sweating and groaning. Not even with a dildo left on TJ Martin's desk.
No Linda. You really should have just STFU and not started your fishing expedition defending a cop who was arrest twice in one day for DV and is now police chief of Surprise, AZ. Linda all you have right now is a pathetic bad blonde dye job and a third chin. We own a blog that excoriates bad cops and now their dumb ex-wives. Would that be a checkmate? Game over?
We adamantly agree with you. Yep! - We're assholes. Yep! - We're pathetic. We do have a life and clearly we have lots of friends on the Phoenix PD!
And you want to sue us? OK. We’re waiting... so sue us. Reading your rants defending Mike Frazier is akin to jamming a handful of forks in a garbage disposal and running it. No wonder he left you. We pity any man who is within 10 feet of you. We would cut our own throat if we were stuck with you. If the world ended tomorrow and it was you and us? It would only be you ...or maybe just us if we had to listen to your bitch and snivel.
Linda, you sound so bitter.
We have a name for that. It's called a cunt.
It's not our fault you married your highschool football hero from Globe who likes to beat women and (for whatever reason), you feel the need to defend this DV assclown. We're not David Hay, but for sure he will know how you really feel about him after reading this. We found him on Facebook too and will forward this over to him.
Linda Frazier's Public FACEBOOK Profile
But before you waste your money on lawyers, first call the Tovars, Tracy Montgomery and Mike and Heather Polombo, as they might have some pointers and some money savings ideas for you.
And folks if we get any further notices from this nimrod, we will post it here - including any notices from her lawyer, cease and desist or otherwise.
And here's Linda Frazier's public Facebook page...and yes we have everything because she left nothing private. She tried to befriend us on Facebook and kept a very public profile.
To every attorney she consults with, you're going to need to break the bad news to her and explain Internet law and her posting things in the public domain, but at least you'll be able to suck a $5,000 retainer out of this moron.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Former Police Sgt and Porno Connoisseur Ron Snodgrass gets hired as an Ethics Consultant in Minnesota. People Heard Laughing as Far Away as Nebraska!
Don’t remember Ronnie’s cameo? It was in the first 30 minute as a Gamorrean Guard. Tell us what you think…

Each and every time this movie plays, all we think about is Ronnie Bear Snodgrass and the porn found on his now infamous C drive, the nude photos on his desk and Ron trying to bed any female he could find -all while being a cop in the PPD.We Blogged about this sometime ago. Here’s the link for
you newbies:http://badphoenixcops.blogspot.com/2008/08/ron-snodgrass.html
http://badphoenixcops.blogspot.com/2008/09/ron-snodgrass-jack-harris-dan-olson-and.html
Ronnie is Jack Ass Harris’ buddy and worked for Jack while in Professional Standards (the Phoenix PD’s equivalent of Internal Affairs). So Ron Snodgrass’ job was to keep other cops honest, all while working for the corrupt and dirty Jack Harris. Kind of ironic...isn't it?
Ron Snodgrass helped cut chief of Police Jack Harris, his double-dipping pension board deal. Jack retires then gets hired back with a different title, but still collections his pension AND a salary at the same time.
(Hey Danny Boyd – maybe we can give you a fancy title like “Vice Admiral to New Recruits” to get you back in the PPD. Billy Coleman could come back as “Commandant of Relations Services” and Ronnie Snodgrass can come back as "Chief Pornography Manager of Computer Sciences")
While a cop, Ron Snodgrass held a side job with his then boss, Lt. Dan Olson. They trained other cops in a company named Preferred Training Solutions, LLC. You can Google it.http://www.preftraining.com/about.htm
Sound fishy?
Rumor has it that Ron and Dan would travel to training, get paid to train from PTS and never submit to the PPD vacation time for their “work/training” travel. Sounds like Ron Snodgrass was the master of double dipping and liked playing games with our tax dollars early on. And one wonders why Chief Jack Ass Harris went to Ron Snodgrass to cut him his Pension Board scam?
Well it turns out that the Minneapolis PD hired Ron to teach of all things – Ethics.
Sound just about as funny as Jack Harris being mentioned as a strong proponent for Civil Rights or being flown to Tel Aviv by the Anti Defamation League as a guest. (By the way...we have a great story coming about Jack's trip to Isreal...stay tuned)
Ronnie Snodgrass created quite a disturbance in the force in Minneapolis. The Union up there commented that they wouldn’t even hire Ron Snodgrass as a cop, with his dysfunctional background and unresolved claims of sexual harassment against a fellow female cop. One can only wonder if Ron Snodgrass is showing his Ethics class some of his favorite porn he kept on his work computer. One can assume that somehow, someway Ron Snodgrass manipulated the system to get his travel paid to Minnesota.
You can read more here and see what Minneapolis has to say and see the story locally here in Phoenix on Channel 5.
http://wcco.com/crime/minneapolis.police.ethics.2.1285236.html
http://www.kpho.com/video/21495995/index.html
Rumor has it that 2 of Ronnie’s favorite porn sites were www.tube8.com and www.porntube.com – but of course since we have never been to such sites, we couldn’t comment
Just Looking at Princess Leia is good enough for us!
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Why We All Call Jack Harris - Chief Jackass and the Biggest Horses Ass in Phoenix (Phil Gordon And Andrew Thomas Are Close In 2nd Place)
BPC was sitting around with few of our Phoenix PD friends the other night discussing your Chief Jack Ass and why we think he is worthless. This was on the heels of the Channel 5 /CBS story on Ron Snodgrass and how Jack Ass Harris only gave him a written reprimand for having porn on his computer and showing it Linnea Knowles. This story is all over the place.Here are a few links to bring you up to speed.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/2009/01/07/20090107phxsnodgrass0107.html
http://badphoenixcops.blogspot.com/2008/09/ron-snodgrass-jack-harris-dan-olson-and.html
This also made it to the Joe Crummy Show on KTAR (January 6th) and he states how it's a "self inflicted wound and will only make it harder for you to get support for the Phoenix PD."
http://ktar.net/blogs/crummey/
(Fast forward the audio player to 1:28 and 45 seconds to get right to the discussion)
And it was on JD Hayworth's show on KFYI
http://kfyi.com/pages/podcast-archives.php?pname=jdhayworth.xml
(Scroll down to January 6 4:00PM and the story titled "A police Sergent gets a slap on the wrist for showing an adult entertainment website to a co-worker."
So after a little wine and thinking things through, this is what we came up surmised. We hope Chief Ass Harris reads this:1) Jack, one would think having served in the Marines, you might have learned something about integrity, respects, scruples, discipline or leadership. It is clear the Corp taught you none of these things. Your lack of leadership and discipline is so apparent. You either don’t have the balls or the brains to do what needs to be done in the PPD. It's not about "protecting your boys" Jack, it's about doing a job for all citizens and to be fair and impartial doing it.
2) The recent story on Channel 5 about Ronnie Snodgrass is a testament to your ineptitude and bad judgment. Your own internal investigation found that Ronnie had porn on his computer. Your own folks recommended – albeit a weak suspension - of 8 hours of pay for Ronnie. You overruled this while at the same time recommended that a 20+ year Scottsdale officer be suspended for 8 months and forced into resigning from the Scottsdale PD. How do you sleep at night and justify this decision?
3) The story had the MAC committee noting your wrong doing. You can read the link here with what Alton Washington wrote to you
http://www.azplea.com/docs/Letter_of_Expectation.pdf
and what the City Auditor, Randy Spenla's commentary was one your favoritism towards Ron Snodgrass
http://www.azplea.com/docs/Appearance.pdf
Your job is to lead and set examples. You did neither of these with Ron Snodgrass.
4) Now we hear that Ron Snodgrass has applied to be a Reserve Officer. God knows he couldn’t fit into any uniform, handle Patrol, fit behind a driver's seat nor write a report - so we assume this is more on Ronnie’s greed and boondoggle to extort money from the City. We also know that since Ronnie retired in the middle of this investigation, that your rules state if you leave midway of an investigation with no closure, one forfeits their right to become a cop or a Reserve Officer. Ronnie’s application would hence be denied.
Even though Alton Washington made it very clear to you that you need to be impartial and should stay away from this case. We heard Jack that you personally called up Scott Finical (Chief of the Reserves and attorney at Fennemore Craig) and told him that you wanted Ronnie to be a Reserve Officer, regardless of Ronnie's open, non-finalized investigation. We have heard this from several cops in the PPD. This action will send such ripple throughout your department, you are simply too stupid to realize the harm you will do. Any officer in the past who was denied admittance to the Reserves for an open investigation, can now sue the City of Phoenix. Any officer who resigned in disgrace can now become a Reserve Officer because Ronnie will set the precedence.
Don't you see this Jack or are you too busy polishing your fifth star in Hawaii? The rumors are flying that your visit to Hawaii coincided with Obama's visit too, and that you are cooking a deal under Napolitano in Homeland Security. Is it that you just don't give a shit about Phoenix and the PD anymore?
5) How about Steve Soha? This guy has disappeared and must be in hiding. He pled guilty to DUI and served a day in jail…Did he bother telling anyone this, including his boss? Nope he didn’t. We are facing budget cuts and layoffs…Steve Soha should be the first on your list to be shit canned. He is worthless and should never be cop. He can’t go back to Iraq with the Corp because of his DUI, so his best job will be Target security with Little Louie Tovar. This is another example Jack of how you protect someone that hurts the moral of the entire department. No one ever taught you about cutting your losses and moving on.
Jack Harris: Plain and simple – you suck and are a horses ass. You lack experience, leadership, and decision making. If this were the 17th century, you would have been thrown overboard, set adrift in a long boat or tarred/feathered and run out of town. You can’t lead, no one likes you and no one respects you. Any good sergeant, lieutenant and officer worth their salt gives us everything on the inside to help sink your ship and the ship of all your FOJs. The only people who support you are your Asst chief’s who have their head up your ass or because you all have dirt on each other. It is truly an honor among thieves with you and the entire 4th Floor. You are your leadership team are one big snake...A snake that needs it's head cut off by the Department of Justice with a Consent Decree.
6) And finally take a long hard look at the photo of a pompous, greedy , slob:
This is what you are protecting. Doesn’t this photo alone tell you enough?
Don't they kinda look the same?
Thursday, December 4, 2008
After 37 and ½ Years on the Phoenix Police Department, Lil Ronnie Snodgrass Can’t Spell the Word “Retiring”
We just got a hold of Lil Ronnie’s Retirement flyer.WTF?
Lil Ronnie: One spells the word "retiring" not "retireing"
Can you spell "AssClown?" Maybe you might spell
it "H-a-r-r-i-s" or "H-o-o-v-e-r"
We at BPC can't believe the fine fellows on the PPD actually had to put up with a guy like this - for 37 1/2 years! Sweet Jesus, Ronnie became a cop when Nixon was President. That's a long time to deal with an AssClown.
Ronnie steals money from PLEA, works a boondoogle for Jack Ass Harris with the pension fund, and tries to bed anything with a hole and a grip...Yeah we want to go to this party!
The invitation shouldn't read, "Why is this man so happy after 37 1/2 years" - but rather "Why is every woman in the PPD so happy they won't be sexually harrassed anymore?"
We heard through the vine that your buddies were purposefully delaying the investigation and complaint from Ms. Knowles, so that you could retire with a clean record. It's nice to have friends in low places Ronnie Bear.
This just goes to show, what a dirtball you really are!
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Our City is in a Deficit, People are Losing Their Job and 75 Phoenix Cops Are Going to the Obama Inauguration!
Imagine this.Thanks to the administration of Chief Jack Ass Harris and Phil Gordon.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Bad Phoenix Cops, the 4th Floor and Our Public Records Request
We have been hearing so much about BadPhoenixCops from the 4th Floor, and how your leadership team continues to mention us and talk about us. We also hear how they continue their covert internal investigation on how we get our information and who is providing it to us. Keep up the good work folks! We love the data you are providing and don't forget to send us more photos of your AssClowns in Action!City of Phoenix
Phoenix Police Department
Office of Public Records
620 West Washington Street
Phoenix, AZ 85003
ATTN: Patty Scofield and Andy Anderson
1. SEARGEANT MIKE POLOMBO,
2. HIS WIFE HEATHER POLOMBO,
3. SEARGEANT RONALD SNODGRASS,
4. LIEUTENANT STEVE SOHA,
5. ASSISTANT CHIEF TRACEY MONTGOMERY,
6. LISA COOMBS – ASST TO – JACK HARRIS
7. TRACY FEMENIA
FOR ALL EMAILS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED ATTACHMENTS
Under Arizona's Public Records Law (A.R.S. § 39-121),
All Emails and their Associated Attachments for the past 60 days (from July 30, 2008 – September 30, 2008) for:
1. SEARGEANT MIKE POLOMBO,
2. HIS WIFE HEATHER POLOMBO,
3. SEARGEANT RONALD SNODGRASS,
4. LIEUTENANT STEVE SOHA,
5. ASSISTANT CHIEF TRACEY MONTGOMERY,
6. LISA COOMBS – ASST TO THE WANNABE CHIEF – JACK HARRIS
7. TRACY FEMENIA
FOR ALL EMAILS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED ATTACHMENTS
GEORGE RICHARDS
STAN HOOVER
Thursday, September 11, 2008
The Code of Silence is Broken
Jack, his Assistant Chiefs and all the FOJs are like long-tailed cats in a roomful of rocking chairs.
Want proof of that? Have you spoken to or seen Polombo lately? The man is frazzled and coming apart at the seems. His big book deal he was hoping for is over. The investigations are coming. It's going to be like a freight train going up his ass. The man can't probably pee straight at this point. This Blog has rocked his Foundation! You better send this guy on a forced medical leave before he snaps.And it’s growing. Each week it grows.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Application for a Position with Sandra Renteria
We heard that Sandy sacked two officers recently, so we thought we might apply for a position with her. We loved watching Adam12 and Emergency! as kids. Here is why Sandy and the PPD should hire us:1) We heard Sandy in the voicemails with Louie Tovar. This cackling hen saying “Yeah” is nothing short of sexy. Nothing is finer then to hear a woman agreeing with and supporting a boss with a Napoleon complex, like Louie Tovar.
2) We are civilians just like Jack Harris. That ought to qualify us for at least a Sergeant or Lieutenant position – and we might even consider testing for it! Perhaps you could offer us an honorary Colonel position – like Colonel Sanders or Colonel Tom Parker? We bet we could swindle our way into a Board position with AZ POST with a fancy title like that!
3)We don’t drink and drive, we don’t lie, we won’t cover things up, we don't sexually harass, and we promise to investigate and be honest – can we be Phoenix Cops if we have scruples?
4)Our nephew has Autism. It’s very tough, be we handle it well and it tests our strength daily. Any person with a special needs person in their family understands what we are going thru. It gives us great experience for working with utter morons like Brandon Huntley, Anthony Brokaw, Steve Soha, and Jack Harris.
5) We like to think we coined the phrases “Fucktard” and “Assclown.” Perhaps we can integrate these 2 words in the daily life of the PPD and all their reports. EX: “That fucktard Kevin Robinson failed - yet again - with another EEO complaint,” or “Andy Anderson is such an Assclown for creating a road rage incident with his daughter in the car...”
6) We can throw wilder more outrageous parties than Tracey Montgomery and everyone gets to keep their clothes on!
7) We think what Dave Barnes did was commendable, as a matter or record, downright ballsy! We would be doing this E-V-E-R-Y-D-A-Y!
8) Unlike sergeant Polombo we never like taking work or evidence home – so you have no worries there and no cross contamination to worry about.
9) We could bring some fun to the department…Bring your pets to work on Mondays, Flip-Flop- Fridays, Ron Snodgrass Hawaiian shirt Wednesdays, Dildo Thursday Nights with Martin, Tequila Tuesdays with Soha, Pin the Tail on the Jack Harris, sumo wrestling with Kevin, Gladiator nights with Blake http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHEivPHjimw an Assclown of the Week Award– the possibilities are endless!
10) We could also moonlight as writers for PLEA and THE RECAP. I understand that a few of your sergeants and lieutenants have a side business training other officer on company time and at the tax-payers expense, so our writing shouldn’t be a problem.
Won’t you please hire us? We think we could make a wonderful addition to the Phoenix PD.
(If the cops who were sacked by Sandy want to reach out to us and tell their story, then please contact us. We would love to hear from you!!!)
If Jack Harris is a Reserve Officer – What Test Did He Take To Be The Chief of Police?
The Jack Harris boondoggle had him hired back after his retirement, as a Phoenix Police Reserve Officer at a rate of $4,000 per week. So we don't even have a "real" Chief on Police, just a regular guy with a gun who is our "Public Safety Manager." He also sits on the Board of AZ POST as the Chief of Police when he isn't. This reminds me of the guy who owns a boat and wears a blue yachting jacket with a captain hat, and thinks he is an admiral in the Navy.There already appears to be an Asst. Chief above the Reserve Officer division so does Jack work for this Asst. Chief? If not, then how does a Reserve Officer have an Asst. Chief reporting to him?
I also understand that in order to hold any supervisory position in the Reserves, you need to be tested. Did Jack take these tests?
So what test did Jack exactly take or was this another pension cover up by his buddy Snodgrass?
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Ron Snodgrass, Jack Harris, Dan Olson, and the AZ POST
Jack Harris sits on the Board of AZ POST (the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board)We were able to obtain the meeting minutes from their site on their August 20, 2008 meeting. Jack Harris was in attendance at this meeting. On Page 3 of these meeting minutes, there is an entry for “Case # 8 – Stephen Boltz – Scottsdale Police Department.”
Hence this is why we have this site and our BLOG.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Ron Snodgrass (#2141) and The Double Standard?

Here’s the link. http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/2008/08/22/20080822neporncop0823.html
In a nutshell this former Scottsdale cop named Steve Boltz – a 19 year veteran – admitted to “receiving, forwarding, viewing and storing” pornographic material on his work computer. Apparently he had over 210 Megs of data in his email "Inbox", when the maximum allowed by their IT department is only 55 Megs.
He was suspended for eight months, but resigned from the Scottsdale Police back in April. He works for the Sheriff’s Office now with the hopes of getting a job there. You folks would know better than I do, but it appears that Sheriffs are not monitored or required to be certified Arizona Peace Officers.
It’s an interesting story on a few fronts. First – I don’t know what dumbass would ever keep, forward and store porno on his work computer – let alone a cop's computer! 2nd, Not to justify what he did, but clearly this guy never learned that you have to empty your “Sent” items and your “Deleted” items regularly on a computer, and 3rd –let me give you some insight into any and all IT departments. IT guys are usually pretty tame. They are voyeurs on all your emails. I will guarantee any IT department or Network ADMIN knows all the affairs and indiscretions of everyone in any Enterprise - including the PD. My past Network ADMIN guys read “live” IMs and emails of everyone, especially young single woman and their bosses, and drew correlations.
If this cop got turned in by the Network ADMIN, I can assure you this cop either pissed of the IT department or someone had it out for him. Be friends with your Networking guy folks. He won’t only fix your email, but he will cover for you and hide horny man-love letters from guys like Blake or Kevin.
More importantly, this officer Boltz clearly resigned back in April and was suspended for eight months. An honorable thing to do and a justified (IMO) punishment.
So what about Ron Snodgrass #2141?
Why was this not done to Sergeant Ronald Snodgrass #2141? In this Blog entry,
http://badphoenixcops.blogspot.com/2008/06/open-letter-to-jack-harris-sergeant-ron.html
Snodgrass was accused of much of the same – if not more by keeping pictures of his naked wife on his desk, his smug responses during the investigation and creating a sexually charged and hostile environment for one woman and probably more. At least with Steve Boltz, his crime was limited to his own computer and he didn't print them off, keep them on his desk or harass his subordinates.
If Linnea Knowles (or any woman on the Phoenix PD) wants to be treated with respect and dignity, and simply go to work each day, and not be harassed by a disgusting slob like Ron Snodgrass, I guess she needs to get a job with the Scottsdale PD. Apparently in Scottsdale there's no FOA (Friend of Alan) to worry about.
Oh and Mr. Snodgrass....If you are reading this please take note: You are one of the many reasons why cops are referred to as "PIGS."
Friday, June 20, 2008
An Open Letter to Jack Harris - Sergeant Ron Snodgrass (#2141)
This one came across my desk today. Another cover up. This came to me from three different cops! Thanks guys & dolls!It looks like Jack and the 4th Floor are covering up again with Sergeant Ronald Snodgrass and the porno on his computer and the nude pictures on his desk.
First we had dildos on the desk with Martin...now pictures of women on stripper poles on the desk with Snodgrass?
What's next, giving free rides to drunks/DUIs to and from work and to lunch, all at the tax payers' expense?
Nice job Jack Harris! You and your group are showing some great leadership skills and a great deal of respect for women in the Phoenix PD!!
June 16, 2008
Jack F. Harris
Public Safety Manager
Phoenix Police Department
620 West Washington Street
Phoenix, AZ 85003
In regards to: PSB Investigation #PSB07-0060, and DRB #07-40
Sir:
In a memorandum dated October 24, 2007, Professional Standards Division Assistant Chief James Piña wrote to inform you that PSB investigation number PSB 07-0060 contained two sustained allegations against Sergeant Ronald Snodgrass #2141:
(1) That Sergeant Snodgrass saved, placed, or displayed inappropriate images on the City computer in his Professional Standard’s Bureau office, and
(2) That Sergeant Snodgrass displayed inappropriate images to a subordinate (me) in violation of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) standards.
On March 13, 2008, Disciplinary Review Board number 07-40 decided that Sergeant Snodgrass’ actions warranted an eight hour suspension. In a memorandum dated March 17, 2008, DRB Chairman Assistant Chief Blake McClelland presented the DRB’s recommendation of an eight hour suspension to you. Executive Assistant Chief Lannon endorsed the memorandum with the words “I agree.”
A nearly identical memorandum was generated on March 28, 2008, also from DRB Chairman McClelland, also with the DRB’s recommendation of an eight hour suspension. You endorsed this memorandum with the words “Written reprimand.”
Your unilateral decision to soften the DRB’s recommendation from the mildest suspension possible to an even milder written reprimand is a slap in the face to me and to the other women who serve under your command.
Perhaps I could have accepted your decision had you taken the time to explain it to me. Now I may never know what motivated you to give Sergeant Snodgrass a break. Was it based on your philosophy to mentor, coach, and train rather than to discipline? Was it the fantasy-based rebuttal statement Sergeant Snodgrass attached to his PSB investigation?
I have taken great pride serving our department since starting the Academy in October of 1999. When I took my oath at our graduation I promised to serve and protect and to conduct myself with the utmost integrity. I kept my promise, but it troubles me to know that others have not, and have done so with what appears to be your tacit approval.
With over 3,000 employees to oversee, you may not be familiar with my work ethic and work history. It may not have occurred to you to wonder why, after seven years of documented exemplary service, Sergeant Snodgrass should find my attitude to be problematic. All my previous supervisors declared me to be a hard worker and an asset to our department in both my monthly performance notes and in my annual reviews. I demonstrated my allegiance to management by placing number 37 on the sergeant promotional process; an honor I could not wait to fulfill.
Perhaps you were unaware that, compared to Sergeant Snodgrass’ checkered past, I have never received discipline more serious than a coaching for a minor collision, and a written reprimand for missing court. It chills me to know that you place Sergeant Snodgrass’ egregious behavior on par with missing court.
During his misconduct interview and in the rebuttal he attached to the resultant investigation, Sergeant Snodgrass tries to deflect blame from his shameful actions by casting aspersions on my character. His dodging tactics seem to have worked considering the DRB gave him the shortest possible suspension which his Chief watered down to a written reprimand.
This troubling episode began in July of 2006. I was initially ecstatic to learn that I was chosen to be the Personnel Assessment System (PAS) administrator in the Professional Standards Bureau. I couldn’t think of a better addition to my career resume than to work in PSB, the pinnacle of integrity.
However, I had the misfortune, unbeknownst to me at the time, to be assigned to Sergeant Snodgrass, the consequences of which ended my police career and still plague me today. At first Sergeant Snodgrass treated me as I was used to being treated by our departmental managers. But things quickly soured between us.
Perhaps Sergeant Snodgrass grew disenchanted with my “attitude” when I would not treat him in the unprofessionally familiar way that my predecessor, Toye Nash, had. It is indicative of the cozy relationship they had that Sergeant Snodgrass kept what can only be characterized as an intimate photograph of Ms. Nash and his then-wife Crystal on his desk in full view of PSB management. Perhaps his managers found this photograph rather tame compared to the one Sergeant Snodgrass had posted in his office of Crystal topless and another of her straddling a stripper’s pole.
Sergeant Snodgrass’ blatant display of so prominent an artifact of his inappropriate supervisor-subordinate relationship shows that either PSB management was wholly incapable of controlling Sergeant Snodgrass or that they were wholly ignorant of the relationship he enjoyed with Ms. Nash. In either case, Sergeant Snodgrass may have been emboldened to attempt to force a similar supervisor-subordinate relationship on me and then to retaliate against me with unfavorable performance notes when I would not acquiesce.
I can not expect you to have read Sergeant Snodgrass’ misconduct investigation or to have listened to his interview, but I did. He reveals his lack of integrity and veracity when he claims not to have had pornography on his work computer when in fact he was found to have in excess of 80 pornographic images there. His assertion that he was collecting these images for PowerPoint presentations is specious.
In his PSB interview, Sergeant Snodgrass stated that he tried to “maintain a very professional demeanor as far as a supervisor and her being my subordinate” referring to me. This is absolutely ridiculous since he had no problem showing me photos of Crystal’s breasts as well as other inappropriate images.
It is troubling to me, and should be to you too, that Sergeant Snodgrass’ transparent lies went unchallenged by PSB investigators. For example, during his February 14, 2007 PSB interview, Sergeant Snodgrass states “I have no pornography on my computer” just seconds after describing the eye-ball-in-vagina photo. Sergeant Snodgrass tries to brush off the presence of this photo by saying that he and Ms. Nash were going to use it as part of a “joke” PowerPoint presentation for Lieutenant Dan Olsen because Lieutenant Olsen is “laid back.” He also tries to deflect blame for the photo by telling investigators that Ms. Nash obtained it. But this does not explain how it came to be on his City computer, and the investigators did not pursue this point.
Sergeant Snodgrass skillfully brushes aside a direct question as to whether or not he kept questionable images on his “C” drive with a rambling dialog concerning whether or not I was offended by the images. The investigators never redirect him to the question of whether or not he was secreting questionable images on his “C” drive. It should be noted that storing files on the “C” drive (the computer’s internal hard drive) is one way to circumvent the City’s ability to archive files that are not kept on City servers.
In this same interview Sergeant Snodgrass tries to wiggle out of his responsibilities as a police manger by acting bemused when asked if the nude images he kept on his City computer were a violation of City policy. He gives a “now-that-you-mention-it-maybe” answer that one would not expect from a veteran supervisor. Even when pressed by the investigators as to what other pornographic images Sergeant Snodgrass may have had on his City computer he demurs again and launches into a rambling narrative that never answers the question.
Sergeant Snodgrass appears to successfully deflect blame by maintaining that he was merely the recipient of questionable images sent to him by others, or that any images, even images of eyeballs in vaginas, were somehow not pornographic.
The PSB investigators missed an opportunity to reveal Sergeant Snodgrass’ lack of truthfulness by failing to interview his former subordinate and my predecessor, Toye Nash. Ms. Nash could have debunked his claim that he had only shown me photos of Crystal’s naked breasts after I initiated a conversation about breast augmentation which is absolutely untrue. It could be construed that her compelled statements would have cast her former PSB managers in a bad light.
In fact, Sergeant Snodgrass showed me the nude photographs of Crystal in the front seat of his vehicle in the Professional Standards Bureau parking garage. When questioned about this by PSB investigators he claimed that this could not have happened because he cannot get his wallet out of his pocket while seated in the car which was a complete fabrication.
Sergeant Snodgrass gives several versions of the “truth” in his interview, first admitting that he showed me nude photos of Crystal, then denying that he has nude photos of her. Later in his interview, Sergeant Snodgrass apparently became comfortable enough to drop his pretense when he confides to the investigators that he refers to the nude photos of his then-wife as “Crystal trading cards,” and offers to show them to the investigators. The reason for Sergeant Snodgrass’ easy and confident air during this inquiry was initially confusing to me but became clear after you reduced his punishment.
Sergeant Snodgrass tried to weasel out of his culpability by insinuating to the PSB investigators that I was disgruntled due to his supervision of me. However, during my initial internal investigative interview, I mentioned only Sergeant Snodgrass’ most salient policy violations and choose not to expound on the other things that Sergeant Snodgrass had done to me because I had no way to prove them. His supervision was never an issue per se but his flagrant disregard for supervisor-subordinate protocol was.
Examples of what I did not mention during my PSB interview include allegations that I could not prove because he and I were the only ones present when they occurred. I could not prove that Sergeant Snodgrass asked me to drive him home where he invited me in and showed me his bedroom with nude pictures of his wife with another woman. I could not prove that Sergeant Snodgrass told me how he loved watching his wife swim naked with other women in their pool. I could not prove that while I sat at lunch with Sergeant Snodgrass and Toye Nash they confided that they both loved it when Toye wore her see-through lacy shirt to work so that Sergeant Snodgrass could see her nipples. I could not prove that Sergeant Snodgrass would set me up for failure by holding meetings that I should attend, but not telling me about them, only to denigrate me about my nonattendance in my monthly performance notes. Nor could I prove Sergeant Snodgrass held regular closed door intimidation sessions with me.
Unchecked by his managers, Sergeant Snodgrass exposed me to what can be characterized as grooming behaviors that are commonly used by sexual predators. The PSB investigation documents only a portion of his intrusive actions.
You may ask why I did not report Sergeant Snodgrass’ outrageous behavior sooner. There are four primary reasons: 1) I was fearful and intimidated by him because of his position and standing on the department, 2) I felt that I would be ostracized once I became a “whistle blower,” 3) Sergeant Snodgrass and his supervisor, Lieutenant Dan Olsen, enjoy a close and long term working relationship, and lastly 4) fear that Sergeant Snodgrass would be untruthful.
As the Police Chief, and as a veteran officer, it does not enter into your psyche to be intimidated by Sergeant Snodgrass. But as a junior and female employee it was intimidating to me to know that Sergeant Snodgrass had been on the department for well over thirty years, was a member of management, was a member of the pension board, and had a certain level of influence beyond the positions he held. I was advised I could not return to patrol and leave my position in the Professional Standards Bureau for several months until I trained my replacement.
Faced with the prospect of continuing to suffer in silence I turned to my employee association for help. I told them that my PSB managers couldn’t or wouldn’t do anything about Sergeant Snodgrass that working conditions were unbearable, and that Sergeant Snodgrass put terrible things in my notes that were of a personal nature unsubstantiated by facts.
Thanks to my association’s intervention, Sergeant Snodgrass was moved out of the Professional Standards Bureau (it should be noted that he was moved to another specialty assignment without having to compete in a selection process). Sergeant Snodgrass’ departure, however, did not alleviate the hostile atmosphere of my workplace because his supervisor, Lieutenant Dan Olsen, made it clear to me that he was not pleased with Sergeant Snodgrass’ departure.
For example, Lieutenant Olsen angrily wagged his finger in my face while declaring that calling on my employee association was a “veiled threat.” Lieutenant Olsen smugly sat in my office to announce that the Bureau was throwing a going-away party for Sergeant Snodgrass and added that I was not invited (as if I would have gone). Lastly, Lieutenant Olsen started burying me in “busy work” that had never been required of my position previous to my complaint. Lieutenant Olsen’s intimidating behavior follows a pattern for which he was previously reprimanded and for which the City was forced to pay damages due to his mistreatment of a subordinate employee.
Professional Standards Bureau Commander Kim Humphrey had to intervene to direct Lieutenant Olsen to destroy negative performance notes Sergeant Snodgrass kept on me that were based on his personal opinion rather than on observable facts.
Sergeant Snodgrass was given an opportunity that I was not afforded; the ability to attach a very long memorandum of mitigating factors to his investigation after his initial PSB interview. It should have appeared extremely suspect that Sergeant Snodgrass could remember detailed information about incidents that occurred eleven months after the incident, but denied remembering he had over 80 pornographic images on his City computer a mere four months after the fact when being questioned by the investigators. It should have also appeared suspicious that Sergeant Snodgrass had his City computer replaced just prior to the investigation.
After reading the contents of Sergeant Snodgrass’ “mitigating factors” memorandum, I am both sickened and angered at the utter disregard for truthfulness, complete fabrication, and his disgusting attempt to make me look bad and to minimize his actions into appearing somehow appropriate and invited. Sergeant Snodgrass has a history as a very successful negotiator and has a very persuasive personality. He has used these “talents” to taint, misinform, and downright lie to the Discipline Review Board so as to minimize and deflect his actions.
I find it objectionable that his spurious “mitigating factors” memorandum has gone through the chain of command up to the Police Chief and has been seen by people I have worked with during my career on the department with no counterbalance in the form of a clarification memorandum from me. Sergeant Snodgrass has used his rebuttal memorandum to further humiliate and to embarrass me in a cruel attempt at character assassination. Your choice to reduce his punishment from a suspension to a written reprimand indicates that Sergeant Snodgrass played his cards right. It is a victory for him but a humiliating defeat for me and for the other female police employees under your stewardship.
Therefore I am submitting this letter to you and to all the people who may have been involved in this sordid investigation not only to clear my name but to formally request that Sergeant Snodgrass be investigated for being untruthful during his PSB investigation and for continuing to misuse City computers by querying me (on three different occasions since my resignation) and others in the PAS system long after he was relieved of this duty. This stalking behavior, which continues even after he received a mere written reprimand for his inappropriate treatment of me proves that he thinks of himself as untouchable, a feeling you no doubt helped instilled in him by your failure to follow the recommendation of your policy, of your Discipline Review Board, and of your Executive Assistant Chief.
Respectfully,
Officer Linnea G. Knowles R0950
cc: Members of DRB #07-40:
Assistant Chief Blake McClelland
Commander Emmett Quill
Commander Jeffeory Hynes
Sergeant Douglas Hardin
Sergeant Natalie Simonick
Mr. Phil Scheel
Ms. Karen Broadway







