Bob Scales recently wrote this: The Civil Rights Division at the US Department of Justice (DOJ) routinely lies to the public and the media in order to coerce cities into signing consent decrees. This video from Arizona Police Lawyer provides proof that DOJ’s pattern-or-practice findings on the Phoenix Police Department were fabricated and were not…
An Arizona’s Family Investigates review of the Department of Justice Investigation report into the Phoenix Police Department shows misstatements, errors in fact and events that were mischaracterized by DOJ investigators. Critics argue that the report’s conclusions should be viewed with skepticism. “It doesn’t give a fair assessment because if you start with bad facts, you’re…
The United States Supreme Court exposed the DOJ’s “historic” investigation on the Phoenix Police Department on Friday but we doubt anything will change with the accusations, innuendoes, and lies that were within the summary report. Before we explain what the Supreme Court did, here is a quick reminder of what the DOJ said about the…
Dr. Travis Yates has spoken a few times about Phoenix and the DOJ. His latest podcast episode discussed the stark difference between leadership in Phoenix and Minneapolis and he specifically discussed the DOJ investigation and summary report. Give it a listen and let us know what you think. LISTEN HERE.
“No free government can survive that is not based on the supremacy of the law. Where law ends, tyranny begins. Law alone can give us freedom.” T. Hartley Alexander, Second Floor Relief in the Department of Justice Building in Washington, D.C. The United States Department of Justice The government agency, the Department of Justice…
Dr. Travis Yates has spoken several times about the DOJ Investigation in Phoenix and in this episode of the Roll Call Room Podcast, he details the actions that Phoenix should take now. As Yates explains, consent decrees are the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) method for reforming local law enforcement agencies but their idea of reform is…
Just as we predicted and almost an exact copy of what we already wrote, the Department of Justice blasted the Phoenix Police Department in a 126-page summary report on Thursday. It seemed like a Saturday Night Live Skit as Assistant Attorney General, Kristen Clarke, who admitted to lying under oath to Congress, read the executive…
There may not be a more corrupt organization in America today than the Department of Justice and their destruction of communities and law enforcement agencies with consent decrees is simply one small piece of a political monster that thrives on eating the misinformed. Just this week Attorney General Merrick Garland was held in contempt of…
The Phoenix Police Department is getting national attention for their new approach to policy development. Dr. Travis Yates is a national trainer and author of “The Courageous Police Leader,” and according to his recent article, he has been telling agencies for over a decade that new policy development must include input from the community. Yates…