Included in those investigated by the AG's Office are the department's killer cop, Richard Chrisman, and Sergeant Sean Drenth, who was mysteriously found shot to death near the State Capitol last month. The scam cost several businesses that hired off-duty Phoenix police officers to act as security guards about $16,000. In total, 25 officers within the department were investigated by the Attorney General's Office for what basically boils down to a time-theft scam. Phoenix Police Chief Jack Harris insisted this afternoon that the Phoenix Police Department is not a "corrupt organization," as he explained the department's role in the investigation of three Phoenix police officers - and one former officer - indicted for fraud. November 2010: Twenty-five officers investigated for fraud. The alleged drug dealer was actually an undercover Phoenix police officer. Last night around 10, Wren stopped somebody he thought was a drug dealer who had $40,000 in the car in the 6300 block of West McDowell Road.
In one instance, according to court documents acquired by New Times, Wren pulled over a drug dealer, stole his money, and then threw his car keys into the desert before releasing him. Wren, according to the informant, would then pull over the car and steal the money. The Avondale Police Department contacted the Phoenix PD last week to say one of its officers, 23-year-old James Wren, of the Maryvale Precinct, was using traffic stops to steal money from drug dealers.Īvondale police got a tip from an informant who claimed he had conducted two "operations" with Wren where the informant would lead the officer to the cars of drug dealers after a deal had been made. June 2010: Phoenix police officer James Wren charged for shaking down drug dealers. The ex-cop also faces a misdemeanor charge for allegedly harassing two of his former colleagues, a supervisor, and the supervisor's wife (a homicide detective). (Yes, taxpayers, the guy collected an estimated $65,000 for sitting on his butt as investigations against him proceeded.) Barnes is no longer an employee of the Phoenix Police Department," Crump says.īarnes had been on suspension - with pay - for almost exactly a year. Sergeant Trent Crump, a spokesperson for the city agency, said Barnes learned of his termination from a supervisor during an in-person visit to his home. March 2010: Homicide detective David Barnes fired after being indicted for perjury.ĭavid Barnes, a onetime homicide detective with the Phoenix Police Department who is now under criminal indictment on perjury charges, was fired this afternoon. ( Chrisman had previously admitted to planting a crack pipe on a mentally ill homeless woman in 2005.) Chrisman received a seven-year prison sentence. Chrisman's partner, who was at the scene and watched Chrisman murder Rodriguez, testified at the trial. Responding to a 911 call by Rodriguez's mom, Chrisman went haywire when questioned by the suspect, pulling out his gun, putting it to Rodriguez's head and yelling, "I don't need no warrant, motherfucker." The confrontation ended with Rodriguez and his dog dead on the floor. Richard Chrisman, a nine-year veteran of the Phoenix Police Department, shot and killed 28-year-old Danny Rodriguez and Rodriguez's dog for no good reason in 2007. Here's a rundown of some of Phoenix PD's worst misconduct:Ģ007: Phoenix cop Richard Chrisman shot and killed a man and his dog for no reason.
While the head of the Phoenix police union dismissed the criticism as a "hunt for negative spin" that failed to mention officers' positive posts, it's far from the only scandal to hit Maricopa County's biggest police department in recent years.
On Wednesday, a Phoenix New Times investigation found four of the officers whose posts were included in the database had also been accused of killing people. The 282 posts from 97 current and former Phoenix cops showed officers frequently referred to black people as "thugs," called for violence against protesters, denounced Muslims as rapists, and joked about refusing to help citizens who criticized the police. Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams is doing damage control after hundreds of questionable Facebook posts from Phoenix police officers surfaced last week.
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