News

On Monday, January 5, 2008, CBS 5 news reporter Peter Busch aired a story about former Phoenix Police Department Sgt. Ron Snodgrass who showed pornographic images stored on a worksite computer to a female officer he was directly supervising. A subsequent PSB... Read More

The jail/booking situation has been broken far too long.  PLEA does not believe that trapping a much needed squad of patrol officers and their sergeant at the jail is an efficient use of police resources in the face of the... Read More

A recent ABC news report released yesterday shows that Phoenix is the kidnap capital of the U.S. and ranks second only to Mexico City for the most kidnappings in the world. Although news stories in the past have pointed these facts out, PLEA... Read More

In the early morning hours of February 25, Officer Frank Marino while on routine patrol in the area of 44 St. and E. Van Buren St. observed suspicious activity at the Circle K store. Officer Marino noticed a midsize SUV backed in against the... Read More

The work ethic of Phoenix Police Officers is amazing.  When this work ethic is combined with a proactive servant-leadership philosophy from the corner office in a precinct, the results can be impressive.  The mid-year (fiscal) precinct crime stats seem to... Read More

Over the last few weeks PLEA has fielded questions from many officers with regard to the status of the PPD Reserve Officer program. On one hand the Department is asking for reserves, on the other hand the Department is telling retired Phoenix... Read More