The Phoenix PD is corrupt and a danger to the people. You continue to ignore the voice of the people. No more money for cops, no more power for PLEA. If they can't stop their reign of violence against their own citizens, they do not deserve power and resources.
The people of Phoenix have been in the streets since the spring demanding you defund the police. During a pandemic you have ignored the needs of the unsheltered community and all Phoenicians. You used the majority of the federal CARES Act money meant to help residents to offset police salaries. We demand you block all increases to police salaries and we demand you reduce the police budget and staff and redirect that money to fund services for unsheltered people.
The people are protesting in ways we have not seen since the 1960s as they demand accountability from one of the most violent police forces in the country. Instead of listening to the people and engaging in a frank discussion about defunding our bloated PPD budget, PLEA is asking for more money and more authority to respond to these protests. City Council has to intervene! Council members should be denying these absurd requests, and instead diminish PPD’s power altogether and defund the police.
It is unacceptable that the city is funding PLEA when it: shields police disciplinary records from future efforts to publicize Brady lists, misleads the public about civil unrest, produces intentionally misleading and incomplete footage of critical incidents (while fighting against release of the complete footage) and undermines the City’s occasional accountability efforts by lobbying other branches of our government, like the legislature, to protect police from public movements.
The police need to be held to standards that are moral, just, equitable, & inclusive. No closed door negotiations, where the public who pays through their taxes are excluded. Demonstrate transparent practices, hold 3rd party reviews. Hold police accountable for their actions! Our community needs more community based services, more connection to help, more de-escalation. We do not need more police brutality & violence that goes unchecked by the government. Do better by us Council. Fund elsewhere
If the police are “supposed” to work for us then that means their union should too... PLEA should not have the ability to have closed door negotiations! PLEA wants more $ for their members, WE want more $ for services that ACTUALLY help our communities. We must defund the police now. We must stop letting PLEA control our local government. Stop being pawns to their power game - remember who YOU work for.
PLEA spends our tax dollars on creating positive public perception and disciplinary defense every time officers brutalize people. People protest to defund an out of control police force, and PPD spends millions responding with even more violence. The City gets sued for excessive force, speech suppression, and other civil rights abuses, over and over. Council must see that and vote against giving them even more power and money.
So let me get this straight, y’all want to fund the police more, but they ain’t doing their jobs? So wait you’re giving them more money to kill black and brown folk?
Do you hear that? That’s corruption. Defund the police. Please for the love of God. Stop letting police officers kill POC/BIPOC. Serious. They are meant to protect and serve their community not create more harm. Do better. I oppose ANY agenda item that will continue to fund the PPD. This is literally embarrassing at this point.
I oppose closed door meetings with PLEA. We need absolute transparency in these budget negotiations.
I oppose giving more money to the police, especially in light of our current economic crisis as well as the PPD history of unchecked violence against people in our community.
It is a must that we prioritize spending on programs for the betterment of our society that provide food, housing, mental health services, etc, instead of more money policing it.
In the two years since the last police contract was negotiated, the city has spent over $1.3 BILLION paying for the salaries and benefits of Phoenix cops. These are resources being taken from our communities. The priorities for City Council should be driven by the priorities of the community, not secret conversations with the police union. Make the negotiations public!
The people are protesting in ways we have not seen since the 1960s as they demand accountability from one of the most violent police forces in the country. Instead of listening to the people and engaging in a frank discussion about defunding our bloated PPD budget, PLEA is asking for more money and more authority to respond to these protests. City Council has to intervene! Council members should be denying these absurd requests, and instead diminish PPD’s power altogether and defund the police.
Phoenix needs a new approach to responding to calls for help. Professionals from mental health and medical fields along with social workers should be hired to respond to wellness, traffic, non-violent DV and child welfare calls. Move the spending priorities away from the Phoenix police with a record of violence against mentally ill people and no deescalation in situations where a weapon is not present. Also, the qualified immunity policy should be abolished.
Phoenix PD is one of the most hostile and violent police forces in the country. As members of the largest protest movement in generations, we demand that the City of Phoenix moves to defund the police.
Transparency is a must! Yearly, more money is requested by the PPD; at the expense of parks, youth and after school programs, neighborhood safety and beautification projects. The public is smart enough to participate in the financial allocation process. Community policing needs expanding with more mental health and social workers on board. Outrageous that tear gas, dangerous projectiles, flash bangs, and military gear are used during peaceful civil rights marches; not a good look Phoenix.
We want no negotiations behind closed doors, nothing that gives more money to cops, nothing that decreases transparency and accountability, and NOTHING that gives PLEA more control!
The people are protesting in ways we have not seen since the 1960s as they demand accountability from one of the most violent police forces in the country. Instead of listening to the people and engaging in a frank discussion about defunding our bloated PPD budget, PLEA is asking for more money and more authority to respond to these protests. City Council has to intervene! Council members should be denying these absurd requests, and instead diminish PPD’s power altogether and defund the police.
The Phoenix PD is corrupt and a danger to the people. You continue to ignore the voice of the people. No more money for cops, no more power for PLEA. If they can't stop their reign of violence against their own citizens, they do not deserve power and resources.
Stop looking for power and look for ways to protect and serve the people
The people of Phoenix have been in the streets since the spring demanding you defund the police. During a pandemic you have ignored the needs of the unsheltered community and all Phoenicians. You used the majority of the federal CARES Act money meant to help residents to offset police salaries. We demand you block all increases to police salaries and we demand you reduce the police budget and staff and redirect that money to fund services for unsheltered people.
The people are protesting in ways we have not seen since the 1960s as they demand accountability from one of the most violent police forces in the country. Instead of listening to the people and engaging in a frank discussion about defunding our bloated PPD budget, PLEA is asking for more money and more authority to respond to these protests. City Council has to intervene! Council members should be denying these absurd requests, and instead diminish PPD’s power altogether and defund the police.
Police are public servants with an overinflated budget paid for by tax payers. We deserve to have public access to police contract negotiations.
Transparency is important to gain the trust of the people. No negotiations behind closed doors! Livestream the negotiations.
It is unacceptable that the city is funding PLEA when it: shields police disciplinary records from future efforts to publicize Brady lists, misleads the public about civil unrest, produces intentionally misleading and incomplete footage of critical incidents (while fighting against release of the complete footage) and undermines the City’s occasional accountability efforts by lobbying other branches of our government, like the legislature, to protect police from public movements.
No more negotiations behind closed doors! No more money to police. They are harming our community.
The police need to be held to standards that are moral, just, equitable, & inclusive. No closed door negotiations, where the public who pays through their taxes are excluded. Demonstrate transparent practices, hold 3rd party reviews. Hold police accountable for their actions! Our community needs more community based services, more connection to help, more de-escalation. We do not need more police brutality & violence that goes unchecked by the government. Do better by us Council. Fund elsewhere
If the police are “supposed” to work for us then that means their union should too... PLEA should not have the ability to have closed door negotiations! PLEA wants more $ for their members, WE want more $ for services that ACTUALLY help our communities. We must defund the police now. We must stop letting PLEA control our local government. Stop being pawns to their power game - remember who YOU work for.
PLEA spends our tax dollars on creating positive public perception and disciplinary defense every time officers brutalize people. People protest to defund an out of control police force, and PPD spends millions responding with even more violence. The City gets sued for excessive force, speech suppression, and other civil rights abuses, over and over. Council must see that and vote against giving them even more power and money.
So let me get this straight, y’all want to fund the police more, but they ain’t doing their jobs? So wait you’re giving them more money to kill black and brown folk?
Do you hear that? That’s corruption. Defund the police. Please for the love of God. Stop letting police officers kill POC/BIPOC. Serious. They are meant to protect and serve their community not create more harm. Do better. I oppose ANY agenda item that will continue to fund the PPD. This is literally embarrassing at this point.
I oppose closed door meetings with PLEA. We need absolute transparency in these budget negotiations.
I oppose giving more money to the police, especially in light of our current economic crisis as well as the PPD history of unchecked violence against people in our community.
It is a must that we prioritize spending on programs for the betterment of our society that provide food, housing, mental health services, etc, instead of more money policing it.
In the two years since the last police contract was negotiated, the city has spent over $1.3 BILLION paying for the salaries and benefits of Phoenix cops. These are resources being taken from our communities. The priorities for City Council should be driven by the priorities of the community, not secret conversations with the police union. Make the negotiations public!
The people are protesting in ways we have not seen since the 1960s as they demand accountability from one of the most violent police forces in the country. Instead of listening to the people and engaging in a frank discussion about defunding our bloated PPD budget, PLEA is asking for more money and more authority to respond to these protests. City Council has to intervene! Council members should be denying these absurd requests, and instead diminish PPD’s power altogether and defund the police.
Phoenix needs a new approach to responding to calls for help. Professionals from mental health and medical fields along with social workers should be hired to respond to wellness, traffic, non-violent DV and child welfare calls. Move the spending priorities away from the Phoenix police with a record of violence against mentally ill people and no deescalation in situations where a weapon is not present. Also, the qualified immunity policy should be abolished.
Phoenix PD is one of the most hostile and violent police forces in the country. As members of the largest protest movement in generations, we demand that the City of Phoenix moves to defund the police.
Transparency is a must! Yearly, more money is requested by the PPD; at the expense of parks, youth and after school programs, neighborhood safety and beautification projects. The public is smart enough to participate in the financial allocation process. Community policing needs expanding with more mental health and social workers on board. Outrageous that tear gas, dangerous projectiles, flash bangs, and military gear are used during peaceful civil rights marches; not a good look Phoenix.
We want no negotiations behind closed doors, nothing that gives more money to cops, nothing that decreases transparency and accountability, and NOTHING that gives PLEA more control!
The people are protesting in ways we have not seen since the 1960s as they demand accountability from one of the most violent police forces in the country. Instead of listening to the people and engaging in a frank discussion about defunding our bloated PPD budget, PLEA is asking for more money and more authority to respond to these protests. City Council has to intervene! Council members should be denying these absurd requests, and instead diminish PPD’s power altogether and defund the police.