Bad Phoenix Cops - The Banned Videos

Unfortunately, it's not just Phoenix. With the "Patriot" Act in place, our national police groups like the FBI have unfettered access to your information - banking, cell phone, email, etc. all for the asking.

If the Feds can wipe their feet on the Bill of Rights, why not the local cops too????

I am not surprised at all to read this. Cops have way to much power and most of them abuse it from time to time.

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Does anyone have copies of the documents or the links to the documents that Polombo gives the investigator during his interview?

I’ve been told that what really put PPD into overdrive against BadPhoenixCops blog were the postings by Phoenix cops about the corruption and cover ups in the high profile (read that national) Baseline serial case, of Mark Goudeau being set up as a suspect and used to close the case. The Polombos were collateral damage as a result, but thanks to them for bringing so much attention to the entire situation of not only the cover ups and lies in the Baseline case, but the bad state of affairs of the Phoenix homicide division. Anyone who can contribute with information on other cover ups, particularly with the Baseline case, should post them to badphoenixcops.com.

This is frightening and shocking. Are these cops still employed as detectives? Do they carry guns or have they had their sidearms removed and are they being assigned to desk duty? This officer Mike Polombo made himelf judge and jury, and then goes onto say how he patrols his own neighborhood (a violation of Ops Orders in most Polce Depts.)

Thanks for posting this. It's a real eye opener.

How do you stop this kind of thing?

[Ed Note: Good question. We've always operated under the principle that it's dangerous to be a bad public servant/politician. You can get away with it until people start to get serious about doing something.

What you do is end up creating "critical mass" and it happens slowly. The key to it is being tenacious, professional (stop the name-calling) and organized. Once changes start, they have a snowball effect. We've seen it happen here several times in the past 10 years. Just hang in there. Keep a low-profile and be relentless. Time is your friend--not theirs.]

What is the noise in the background of the videos?

[Ed Note: That's a 60 cycle hum--most likely from lighting or a bad power transformer somewhere nearby the camera or recording equipment. We tried to clean it up as best we could. It's much better now than it was on the original videos. We also stitched the little 5 minute segments together to make contiguous videos.]

The phoenix police will just call video and have them taken down like youtube what would you say?

[Ed Note: Somehow I don't think it will be that easy. We will post any correspondence arising out of something like that. Plus in the highly unlikely event they did succeed, we already have plans "B" through "Z" ready to roll out.

As for what we would say? We'd encourage them not to make a bigger deal out of this than it already is. The issue is not the content, our issue is the censorship and prior restraint. You don't have a successful blog for over 10 years without having a few tricks up your sleeve.]

I am a police officer for a small department in New Mexico. My FTO gave me some great advice my first day on the street. He said the easiest thing you will ever do is make a good arrest. The hardest thing you will ever do is defend a bad one because its easy to win on the street and lose in court. With the internet these 2 officers should hope they don't have to try and find a new job and this should be a good lesson for others as to what happens when you believe you are above the law.

[Ed Note: Interesting take on things.]

Allen:

Great article and thanks for reposting these vids. It’s really a sad day when a cop’s own words and testimony are removed from the Internet when it is obviously a part of public record. I wonder if they think their own words are now a new harassment claim? This just goes to show you how far the Phoenix PD will go to protect their own creeps and the extent of the cover-ups.

Mike Polombo demands prison time for someone slandering him? Please. What an obvious abuse of authority.

BadPhoenixCops

[Ed Note: Keep in mind, we're huge fans of the First Amendment. With all due respect to the Phoenix Police and the Polombos, we'll always try to do right where the Constitution is concerned.

This doesn't mean I'll always agree with what someone says or how they say it--but I'll always fight the good fight to ensure their right to say it!]