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  1. CURRENT FACT SHEET SUMMARY OF PHOENIX POLICE RESPONSE

    TO SHOPLIFTING INCIDENT RESULTING IN OFFICERS

    BEING REMOVED FROM THE STREET AND ASSIGNED TO DESK

    DUTY

    • Date: May 27, 2019 at approximately 11:17 a.m.

    • Location: 1600 N. 36th Street

    • On May 27, Phoenix Police received a call for assistance from the store manager

    to report a shoplifting inside the store.

    • During the investigation the store manager alerted the officer to a second

    shoplifting in progress and the people from that incident were now getting into a

    vehicle in the parking lot.

    • As the officer approached the vehicle, he observed female #1 drop an item

    before getting in the car, then the vehicle quickly reversed and drove away.

    • Moments later the vehicle stopped at McDowell Road, female #1 exited the

    vehicle and the car again drove away. The officer learned the female had three

    misdemeanor warrants for her arrest and was booked for the outstanding

    warrants.

    • The vehicle was located a short distance away and stopped in an apartment

    complex about a mile away. Officers arrested the male driver and a second

    female.

    • The male driver told an officer he shoplifted a package of underwear from the

    store and threw them out the window, and in addition he was driving on a

    suspended license.

    • Female individual #2 told an officer that her aunt (female #1) and child went into

    the store together. Female #2 also said she saw her child walk out of the store

    with a doll and she believed they had stolen it because they didn’t have any

    money. Also, the female said she heard the officer in the parking lot tell the driver

    to stop the car several times, but he didn’t.

    • The store manager declined to prosecute, so no one was arrested for

    shoplifting.

    • On June 11, Phoenix Police was made aware of video taken by residents at the

    apartment complex showing extremely offensive and unprofessional language

    and actions by officers during the arrests. That same day, Police Chief Jeri

    Williams requested the officers be removed from the street and assigned to desk

    duty while an investigation takes place.

    • On June 14, the Police Department provided to the media the police report of the

    original call to the local business on May 27, 2019. On the same day, Chief

    Williams shared a videotaped message with the community expressing how

    disturbing the video was, her expectations of employees, the need to give due

    diligence for the investigation and her support of the men and women of the

    department who faithfully protect and serve the community

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