PLEA Treasurer Darrell Kriplean was recently elected to serve on the City of Phoenix’s Local Pension Board representing all sworn Phoenix Police Officers, regardless of rank.

Under Arizona Revised Statutes, employers participating in the Public Safety Retirement System, PSPRS, form …

On Wednesday June 14, 2018, the Phoenix City Council Public Safety Subcommittee had its monthly meeting.  One of the agenda items was a request, made under emergency conditions, from the Police Department to pay $149,000 to the Police Foundation out …

On February 20, 2018, we published an article titled “River Rock Dodge Ball” which profiled a use of force incident from December 26, 2015 when an officer and a sergeant from the Cactus Park Precinct confronted a violent adult male …

On April 1, 2018 PLEA met with the men of the Phoenix chapter of  Omega Psi Phi which is the one of the oldest black collegiate fraternities in America.  This organization has taken on as its mission, reaching out to …

The Force Science Institute recently sent an e-mail newsletter update on the move afoot in some parts of the country driven by activist groups to change the standards under which police use of force is judged.  The 1989 Supreme Court …