Phoenix Police Investigating Own Crime Lab for Committing Errors that Botched Investigations – Gee…Ya Think?

PHOENIX -- CBS 5 News obtained sworn affidavits by Phoenix police crime lab technicians accusing their co-workers of committing errors that could botch investigations, including leaving evidence behind at scenes and disposing of fingerprint evidence.The statements were made in attempts to prove that lab employees are treated differently, depending on whether or not they're union members or not." Some non-union employees have done things that could botch investigations, but nothing happens to them. Yet union members are criticized for relatively minor things," said AFSCME Union spokesperson Frank Piccioli.  Piccioli believes the internal disputes are tearing the lab apart and wasting public resources. "Of all times for something like this to be happening, city employees are going to be losing their jobs and yet you have people taking 3-hour lunches to talk about not wanting to be a part of the union," said Piccioli.  A Phoenix Police Department spokesperson confirmed that they have launched an internal investigation to look into the allegations, but would not comment further until the investigation is complete.

What’s funny is they’re getting around now to investigating the lab!

Isn’t this the same story the Dave Barnes tried to bring to everyone’s attention and what we blogged about well over a year ago?

How many people are dead because of this?  Why hasn’t chief Jack Ass been charged with murder?

This news is great for murderers and bad news for victims and citizens.

By the way, we recently spoke to Grandma Rose Mead again, about how Heather Polombo couldn’t solve a murder case in a game of CLUE. Grandma Rose said she had spoken to Lt. Joe Knott to get Heather removed from the case (we told her the full story on ol balloon boy and his EEO complaints.) 

We offered to attend any future meetings that the Meads and the family of the murder victim Danny Ramirez have with Heather Polombo, Joe Knott or any other dumbass in Homicide.  This murder investigation is stalled with no hope as long as Heather Polombo is on it.

Here’s the story in case you forgot.

http://www.kpho.com/news/19944720/detail.html