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05 November 2019

The Heat's Back On > Batista Out In Abrupt Resignation As Mesa PD Chief

Here we go! It's not a surprise and it is not unexpected . . . lurking behind it all is >

City Manager Chris Brady was all ready to Spin that story this morning, and it looks like every mainstream media was ready outside City Hall to tape it. . .

[inserts of multiple video-clips can be viewed below]

Watch them - they're all the same!

Now really who cares if Chris Brady - portraying himself in a new image as " Mr. Nice Guy " - and the now quickly-retired police chief 'will remain friends'??

BLOGGER NOTE: Brady has a different rep with City staff

Hard-to-believe when there's been a riot-in-the-ranks that's been brewing and rumbling for a long time under the surface when Brady announced two years ago the hiring of the former assistant Tucson Police Chief.
Somehow that didn't seem to be the right thing to do . . .

City officials announced Monday that Batista is leaving the department "to pursue personal interests and other professional opportunities."

. . . and tomorrow they're all ready to announce the appointment of an interim to take on the job!
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BLOGGER NOTE: Obviously the script used by Chris Brady didn't just happen in response to an abrupt resignation - the city's high-salaried public information officers probably had to 'pitch-in' to help and probably the entire narrative got run by Mesa's City Attorney.
. . . and the best of all? Everyone will be working together. . .
Could be just another one of those unintended consequences for decisions made by city officials that come back-to-bite
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Even a newspaper - https://www.mysanantonio.com/news - from San Antonio, Texas where City Manager Chris Brady worked as a deputy city manager before getting hired as 'an outsider' as the city's Chief Executive Officer here in Mesa in 2005, had the story:

City: Embattled Mesa Police Chief Ramon Batista

has resigned

Updated 6:09 pm CST, Monday, November 4, 2019

MESA, Ariz. (AP) — "Embattled Mesa Police Chief Ramon Batista resigned Monday, five months after two police unions cast votes of no confidence in him.

The department has been under scrutiny in recent years for a high-profile murder trial and a pair of videotaped encounters involving its officers.

In a statement, city officials said Batista was leaving the department "to pursue personal interests and other professional opportunities," and the selection of an interim police chief could be announced Tuesday.
Batista was Mesa's third police chief in nine years. He had been in charge since July 2017 after serving as assistant chief of the Tucson Police Department.
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Re: High-Profile Murder Trial
Brutal Shock: Mesa PD-The Brutal Brailsford Killing of Daniel Shaver > Trauma and Pay-Offs Here In Mesa

It's just one story that's getting more attention all the time - 3 years and 6 months after an incident that the City of Mesa tried hard to cover-up for far too long.

Last week we found out about a new twist to the shameful saga when local mainstream media ABC15 revealed that Mesa Police Officer Philip Brailsford had been granted a pension last year:
"The local five-member PSPRS board, which includes Mesa City Manager Brady, voted in October 2018 to grant Brailsford an accidental disability pension. physical or mental condition

Time to Wake-Up Mesa! Evidence is piling-up big time
After murder acquittal, Mesa ex-cop Philip Brailsford made a pension deal

Posted: 6:39 PM, Jul 10, 2019

"Two years after he shot an unarmed man and was fired, former police officer Philip “Mitch” Brailsford was rehired by the City of Mesa in order to obtain a special pension. Now, Brailsford is considered medically retired, not fired, according to a Mesa city spokesman. . .
"Brailsford was fired from the police department after the shooting for violations of department policy. He was also charged with murder, but he was later acquitted. Brailsford appealed his termination. . Later in 2018, he signed an agreement with the Mesa City Manager’s Office. The agreement, obtained by ABC15, included that Brailsford would be rehired temporarily to allow him to apply for an accidental disability pension and medical retirement. The terms prevented Brailsford from performing any job duties or getting paid during the period of reemployment. "He was eligible for retirement benefits, so he applied for them," City Manager Chris Brady said.

"More than two years had passed since Brailsford's termination, so he would not have qualified without the special agreement to be rehired. Mesa city officials claim the whole process was held in "abeyance," or put on hold, while Brailsford stood trial."
BLOGGER NOTES: The trial dragged on for a long time. The real-time police body-cam video was first released in an edited version instead of getting released immediately . . .
What happened?

Miscarriage of Justice Here In Mesa Gets More National Attention: The Case of Philip Brailsford

Image credit: TomTingle
Arizona Republic via AP

Daniel Shaver Killing: Cop Applied for a Pension and got it.
The opening image for this post - with the cop looking back over his shoulder - is taken from the first of a number of articles used in this report.
He Killed an Unarmed Man, Then Claimed Disability

The latest twist in the police shooting of Daniel Shaver

by Conor Friedersdorf

Staff writer at The Atlantic Jul 18, 2019

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Mesa Police Chief Ramon Batista resigns | FOX 10 Phoenix

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