We need to have some senior; supervisors contact us here at BadPhoenixCops on the Deferred Retirement Program (DROP).From what we gather, Jack Harris was on this program, retired, and then was hired back as a civilian with the title of Public Safety Manager (we had the same title in Elementary school, each time we had a fire drill…)
– yet he still expects to be called Chief of Police?
We just don’t know how this is legally done. Are Phil Gordon and Frank Fairbanks that inept and lazy? Is the corruption that direct and blatant that we can’t get a real police chief on an outside executive search?
One can only assume that Jack Harris’ buddy Ron Snodgrass (#2141) who has managed and negotiated for the pension board, most definitely went to bat for and negotiated another sweet deal for Jack. And one wonders why Jack won’t have him investigated, disciplined or reprimanded? Do you think Jack knows about his side business?
Our tax dollars spend $4000 a week for Jack to be a wanna-be chief of police. I think we could afford a "real" Police Chief. Don't you?
Geez, if it takes a civilian to do the job, I'll do it for $2000 per week, and do it right by going out and recruiting my own officers. I would immediately institute a "no fraternization policy," put all the asst. chiefs back on patrol ,and give them the guns that Andy Anderson claims they have and need!
If there are any supervisors out there who would like to contact us and give us some of the internal facts about DROP, we would appreciate it. We imagine you might be quite perturbed knowing about Jack's “civilian” boondoggle status.
I found the posting to the Blog about AZ POST, interesting. In case you missed here are the deets again, straight from the AZ POST site it states:
"The Arizona Peace Officer Standards & Training Board was originally comprised of nine members, appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Board included two sheriffs, two chiefs of police, a college faculty member in public administration or a related field, the state attorney general, the director of the Department of Public Safety, and two public members.In 1977, the statutes were revised to require one sheriff come from a county with a population exceeding 200,000 and one sheriff from a county with a population less than 200,000. Additionally, one police chief was to be from a city with a population exceeding 60,000 and one from a city with a population less than 60,000. In 1984, Board membership was expanded with the addition of the director of the Arizona Department of Corrections and an administrator of a county or municipal correctional facility."
So this begs the question, where does a Public Safety Manager like Jack Harris fit into this and is he a violation of the Board?
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What sickens me is the fact that Mayor Phil Gordon, and his staff have possibly visited this site, read all the info, and are not demanding a full investigation into the alleged incidents of misconduct that have been reported on this website. Remember, the PPD's Operations Orders specifically demand that all allegations of misconduct, whether anonymous or not, will be investigated to the fullest to punish those who are guilty AND/OR exonerate those who are innocent.
All of the below have been reported on this website. Regardless if they are true or not, they must be investigated to proetc the innocent!
Please Mayor Phil, as one of those who have been alleged to have been involved in misconduct, demand an investigation to clear those of us who are innocent! It is embarrassing to keep hearing my name in rumors knowing I am not guilty of what has been alleged! My family is humiliated by what is being said. Please protect the innocent!
It is important to note...I have no first hand information on any of the allegations on this website. I am not making any of the below allegations listed in my posting. Instead, I am repeating what I have understood from postings on which include:
Homicide Sergeant Mike Polumbo having an affair with a subordinate while being responsible for first line supervision of the Baseline Killer and Serial Shooter investigations. Ask those who worked the case and pull their cell phone records and overtime slips. If they match, you have a real problem!
Homicide (and former Internal Affairs) Sergeant Mike Polumbo keeping copies of criminal and administrative investigations in his unsecured garage at home. Ask his ex-wife. Many of these Interanl Affairs investigations most likely contained personal medical information protected by HIPPA and ADA. According to postings, Sergeant Polumbo allegedly abandoned these reports in his garage when he left his wife and moved in with his subordinate Homicide detective girlfriend. What if some of the Baseline Killer/Serial Shooter info was in his garage and somehow made it into the hands of a neighbor, burglar, thief, etc., and was used to entrap the suspects in custody? Sounds wild but things like this have happened in Fulton County, GA, and Los Angeles, CA.
Postings alleging that Homicide Sergeant Mike Polumbo calling an Assistant Chief the "N" word in front of subordinates. Horrible if true!
Postings alleging that Homicide Sergeant Mike Polumbo had a previous affair with another PPD employee (do you see a trend here?).
Lieutenant Steve Soha and his DUI causing a city employee picking him up in Gilbert every morning so he can go to work while his license is suspended. This is his second DUI since being a PPD supervisor. His first (administrative DUI) occurred in the mid-90’s while a probationary sergeant and the second earlier this year in Gilbert. Are you going to wait until someone is killed in a DUI accident before you do anything. That will sure make for bad headlines!
Lieutenant Steve Soha and his rage issues involving other off-duty, drunken brawls on Mill Avenue in Tempe, citing on-duty parking attendants with parking citations while in an undercover capacity as a narcotics detective, verbal abuse of subordinates, etc.
Lieutenant Steve Soha’s threats against another lieutenant during an Honor Guard event which forced the victim lieutenant to obtain a Restraining Order against Soha (the sad part is the victim lieutenant could have beat Soha silly but chose not too due to the fact that he is a professional and did not want to bring discredit to the Honor Guard during a public event. This is the type of employee you should be promoting to Commander…not some boob simply because of the color of his skin).
Assistant Chief Tracey Montgomery’s alleged conduct with Gilbert PD officers on the night Lieutenant Soha was arrested for DUI.
Postings and rumors alleging Sergeant Ron Snodgrass having an affair with a subordinate and displaying nude photos of his wife to subordinates, on-duty, while in a public area in Internal Affairs Bureau.
Assistant Chief Andy Anderson and his off-duty road rage incident while chief of Internal Affairs. His 15 year old daughter was with him and could have easily been an innocent victim had the other driver been armed. Chief Anderson should have been terminated on the spot simply because of all the times these road rage incidents turn into killings of innocent citizens and then our city’s politicians going on television telling everyone how tragic these events are. Just the fact that he placed his minor child in such a dangerous situation that she could not escape from was enough to charge him criminally in my mind. Make an example out of Chief Anderson and send a strong message to the entire city that road rage will not be tolerated in our community much less by the chief of Internal Affairs (Mayor, you really missed a heck of a media opportunity here! Just think how powerful your message to the community would have been regarding zero tolerance of road rage in our community had you publicly held Chief Anderson accountable!).
The posting alleging Public Safety Manager Jack Harris and his voting on the AZPOST Board even though the Charter does not afford a "Public Safety Manager" position to sit on it.
The posting alleging Lieutenant Dan Olson and Sergeant Ron Snodgrass, while on-duty and assigned to the Internal Affairs Bureau, failed to register their off-duty business as demanded by city Administrative Regulations.
Commander Louie Tovar and his inappropriate comments towards a civilian complainant which were tape-recorded.
Former Assistant Chief Bill Louis and his lack of truthfulness during the Unfair Labor Practice Lawsuit involving PLEA (just read the transcripts Phil...even the Hearing Officer said Louis was lying).
Looking into the matter involving the alleged suicide of Phoenix Police Officers Billy Soza and (name)???.
Numerous EEO complaints against Assistant Chief Kevin Robinson.
The fact that many command staff graduated from the NAU co-hort Masters Program and shared assignments, never took an exam and the fact that many subordinate police employees were instructors in this program making it impossible to objectively grade their ”bosses” work. Were city vehicles driven to classes?
Posting of incidents involving rancid and lewd parties at the home of Assistant Chief Tracey Montgomery one of which resulted in a rock being thrown through the window of her city vehicle.
Commander TJ Martin and his alleged possession and display of dildos to subordinates in his office at Cactus Park Precinct as well as grabbing the crotch of a sergeant (he must have done something wrong since he was transferred from the pristine assignment as commander of Cactus Park Precinct to the midnight shift without any type of explanation or investigation...duh!)!
Also, is anybody going to write a letter to the AZ Public Safety Retirement Board demanding the resignation of Lieutenant Stan Hoover and Sergeant Ron Snodgrass for their alleged dereliction of duties as posted on this website? These two have been found guilty of serious misconduct and/or been alleged to have committed serious acts of misconduct and they continue to sit on a board that manages the financial future of every public safety official in the state of AZ!
Mayor Gordon, how can anyone hold some rookie cop responsible for excessive use of force, or even something as minor as missing court, when you have these much more serious allegations of misconduct posted on this website?
Any failure to investigate these allegations of misconduct cannot be allowed to occur if you want to maintain the credibility of our police department! Read the “Rampart Board of Inquiry” involving the LAPD. You will see there were many allegations and rumors of misconduct floating throughout LAPD but the command staff never “believed” them nor looked into them. Finally, after enough citizens were killed by officers, evidence planted on suspects forcing them to sit innocently in jail and LAPD command staff's failure to investigate allegations of misconduct did the Mayor of Los Angles demand an investigation. Then, after the Rampart Investigation was completed, cops went to prison, the city paid $145m in lawsuits, 106 convictions overturned, and the LAPD lost all credibility throughout the world…simply because nobody “believed” the rumors and allegations. Well, they were all wrong!
Mayor, most importantly for you...”Reportedly, as a result of the scandal, Police Chief Bernard Parks was not rehired by Mayor James K. Hahn in 2001, which is believed to have precipitated Mayor Hahn's defeat by Antonio Villaraigosa in the 2005 election.” “There have been multiple allegations that Chief Parks and members of the LAPD were actively involved in obstructing the Rampart Investigation.” “According to Rampart Corruption Task Force Detective Poole, Chief Parks failed to pursue the Hewitt Investigation for a full six months. When Poole presented Chief Parks with a 40 page report detailing the connection between Mack and the murder of Notorious B.I.G., the report was suppressed.”
The report also noted the Police Commission had been "undermined by the Mayor's Office" This is serious stuff! Is this happening by our Mayor's office right now?
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rampart_Scandal
Please Mayor Gordon, investigate to clear the innocent so this humiliation will stop. Please don’t let this happen here in Phoenix! You owe this to me, as a loyal city employee with over 20 years of flawless service! If you don’t investigate, and the webmaster from this website demonstrates that you or any of your assistant's ISP (computer) visited this site, you will not be able to defend yourself!
If the city will not investigate to punish the guilty and clear the innocent, I pray the New Times Newspaper, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, or one of the Investigative News Teams will look into the matters reported on this website. Maybe all allegations will be unfounded..maybe they will not…we will never know until you investigate! My money is on many, if not most listed on this website, are in fact true!
Mayor Gordon, I don’t know if anything posted on this website is true. But, how can you publicly criticize Sheriff Joe Arpaio on the manner in which runs his department when these allegations of your departmnt are brought to your attention? Sheriff Joe…please help me if my own Mayor won’t!
Don't know if this is true or not, but I heard a well known, very high ranking federal officer may be extremely embarrassed by a report that is coming out of the PPD soon. I don't have all the facts yet but will do some more digging.
And how about all the off-duty events A/C Tracy Montogomery atends, with other officers, from commanders, to lieutenants, to sergenats and officers, drunk, at gay and lesbian festivals, openly drunk, bringing discredit to the department. I have seen her at these events while working off-duty and it makes me ashamed to wear the same uniform as her. She is well know in the community but is also well known for her drunken exploits, in the public eye.
The first anonymous remark must be a cry for a plea from Jack the Hack Harris to Flip Flop Phil.
This proves how out of touch you are within the organization. Jack Harris you created this monster of disfunction at tax payers and officers expense. It is important to note, your family humilitation is a direct result of your enupt responsiblities and acts of corruption. Take some ownership Jack! Matter of fact, officers and citizens are in the rumor mill, you and that worthless piece of garbage of an executive police chief (Lannon), or should we be addressing him Executive Public Safety Officer, are leaving in December.
We contacted Louie and he has a special ticket just for the two of you.
What sickens me Jack is the lack of leadership. Let's start garnishing your wages of $4,000.00 a week to pay back the EEOC and unfair labor lawsuites the City of Phoenix has paid out, Oh, yes, we must not disclose that $$$$$$$$$$,$$$$$$$.00
How many more are there pending
Jack? 6,7,8, involving commanders and above. You and your organization are part of the cause for the budget shortfall JACK!
YOU ARE GUILTY of what is being alleged! It's embarrasssing to live and work for the City Of Phoenix.
Message to Mayor Gordon,
You cannot afford to look past this any longer. The Rampart Investigation was conducted under a federal "Consent Decree" since LAPD refused to investigate themselves.
Do everyone a favor while saving face at the same time. Call in the Department of Justice and have them conduct an unbiased, completely objective, investigation. This keeps you from any appearance of a "cover up" for your friends and will make DOJ the bad guy, not you. The biggest mistake you have made is giving Chief Harris a 5th Star. This gives everyone the appearance that you currently condone the manner in which the police department investigates itself.
When the investigation is complete, you can pound your chest and tell the public you personally "clean up" the PPD. If you dont do this, you will not survive! DO NOT LET THE PPD INVESTIGATE THEMSELVES. This will be viewed as nothing but "interference" like the Mayor of LAPD was accused and later removed from office.
And to think that all this started with me asking FIB to do their job and asking Jack and Phil to investigate FIB?
For those of you who have met us and contacted us (and for those who have yet to meet with us), I hope you feel we are fairly sane and a regular guy. The last thing we wanted was a huge mess with the Phoenix PD. I am not a cop, will never be a cop and never had any communiqué’ with a cop. Cops calling me or coming to my door are akin to IRS agents; dentist visits or visits with a mother-in-law. I don’t want any part of you in my life and I mean that with all the niceties I may give to you all!!
Strike one for all FOJs, was when FIB labeled me something I wasn’t, had me Indicted with no evidence and Louie Tovar called me a dickweed and how he was going to “get me.” Imagine sitting in a business meeting, about to close a $600K deal with a client and you get a voicemail from a $40,000 a year idiot detective, who shot himself in the ass and carries around a cub-scout knife, telling you, “That I will personally arrest you if you go to church or even drive in a neighborhood.” Imagine having never, ever committed a crime nor having a parking ticket or moving violation – and receiving a Felony Indictment for an alleged crime you had no part of and was completely made up? Imagine thinking of having your voting rights taken away, your DNA in a system and most civil liberties taken from you – because of some asshole, renegade, power hungry cops in FIB?
Strike 2 was when I and my counsel demanded an investigation of Louie, FIB and sent this request to Phil Gordon, Frank Fairbanks and Jack Harris. We received back some lame form letter, which stated the investigation was completed by PSB and they found nothing wrong with FIB, without ever contacting or interviewing us.
And the major swing-and-a-miss, Strike 3 was when we got to court, (after I told them to take their Plea offer and shove it up their ass) and it was clear that cub-scout knife carrying detective had lied and royally screwed the pooch. The judge was visibly pissed and my case was Dismissed with Prejudice by the Prosecutor! Cases just don’t get Dismissed with Prejudice – especially by a Prosecutor! Every high profile, Civil Rights Attorney in this City wants this case.
This is my life and my nightmare and was the odyssey for the sight.
If you want to complain about this site and BLOG, the contents and who is getting slammed and flammed, then go talk to your Public Safety Officer Jack–Ass.
Chief Jack-Ass & Phil Gordon had the red ruby slippers to change it all, but chose to avoid it, avoid me, and now every FOJ is paying for it in spades. Everyone of you should send this to your council member and newspaper. This site has grown into something we never expected thanks to all of you who suffer under Jack Harris and his asst. Chiefs.
Read the original site guys.
http://www.badphoenixcops.com/So_What_s_My_Story_.html
Read the right side, near the bottom.
This all stops when Tovar, Rentiera, Huntley and Brokaw are fired, I am purged and removed from all systems, I get a letter of apology from Phil, Jack and Andrew Thomas, and I get reimbursed for my monies I am requesting.
Besides me, does anyone else find it odd that Ass (no typo) Chief Andy Anderson hangs around and has attached himself to several attractive officers and lieutenants (tee, hee, hee) and repeatedly gives them the best assignments in his command? Anderson gets transferred and then soon after these "babes" get transferred to some gravy assignement in his command. Mrs. Anderson, I sure hope you are reading this stuff! Late night meetings, I doubt it! Ooops, Mrs. Anderson can't be reading this stuff, I am sure she would never allow him to walk around in public with his "comb over" hairdo. Man up Road Rage, show your bald spots and quit using the few strands of hair from the front of you hear to grow 12 inches to cover your bald spots in the back. The dead giveaway is the fact your hair doesn't follow the contour of your head in the back!
Want some great advice Road Rage, think back within the past several months. You are an Ass (no typo) Chief and you owed it to your subordinates to tend to their needs when they needed support. You didnt do that. You must have been too busy tending to your own needs. You blew it! Fuck you!
Speaking of "i love the babes", aka: "Creepy", aka: "Road Rage", he should have been assigned to one of two places after his Road Rage incident that occurred while he was Assistant Chief of Internal Affairs. 1)Assign him to Homicide and have him take every murder involving road rage incidents. Let him clean the blood and guts from some poor innocent victim off the street and see if he learns a lesson on just how quick these "arguments" can turn into blood and guts on the streets of Phoenix, or; 2) Assign him to Patrol and have him respond to every Hot Call of a road rage incident in progress. There are so many he just might get into a police equipment accident while responding and then some "desk warrior" on the 4th floor can sign off on his Written Reprimand" for being at fault in the accident. This exact scenario plays time and time again in Patrol and some poor, six-month rookie, gets a Written Reprimand for trying to stop exactly what Road Rage Andy did. Hey Road Rage, how many Written Reprimands have you signed off on rookies responding to emergency calls like you created that night? Think about it for a second if you have any conscience. If not, just go to the bathroom and comb your hair back. No peaking under the stalls though!
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