Friday, August 21, 2009

Phoenix to Conduct SWAT Drills in Occupied Neighborhood


An old neighborhood, which predates the airport that is at the heart of it's current blighted condition, has been loosing people steadily due to relocation efforts. However, there are several neighborhood groups which are trying to protect the district, and those groups are appalled that the Phoenix Police Department are scheduled to begin SWAT drills in the still occupied neighborhood. The PPD might compromise by marking or sectioning off occupied areas, but one wonders why the PDD needs to do this at all? Aren't there better suited areas for such activity? Are they simply trying to intimidate the neighborhood groups trying to save the area? Or, worse still, are they acclimating officers to working within occupied neighborhoods?

These are questions we all have to ask. Check out this story:

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