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On Monday December 5, 2016, PLEA held a press conference to notify the citizens of Phoenix of the realities behind the manpower crisis facing their police department.  When PD management says patrol staffing needs to be brought up to 1096... Read More

On Tuesday December 6, 2016, PLEA President Ken Crane was interviewed on the Mike Broomhead morning drive radio show on radio station KFYI.  PLEA reiterated the concerns laid out in our press conference on December 5th with regard to PD... Read More

On September 13, 2016 the Arizona Supreme Court in  a precedent setting 3-2 ruling, put to rest a five year dispute between the City of Phoenix and PLEA who were being sued by the Goldwater Institute over full time release... Read More

Noted author Heather MacDonald is a Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor at City Journal. She is a widely published author having authored numerous pieces that have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the... Read More

In light of the increasing violence and attacks seen against police on a national level, PLEA, on July 21st, sent letters to City Manager Ed Zuercher and Police Chief Joe Yahner asking that those phoenix patrol officers who desire to... Read More

On July 9, 2016 the Arizona Republic ran an editorial cartoon by Steve Benson depicting a white police officer making a traffic stop on an African American citizen with the following caption: "Making a traffic stop.  Send me a body... Read More