City Manager Chris Brady > Investigative Reports Open "A Pandora's Box" Over Abrupt Resignation of Former Mesa Police Chief Batista

Only hours ago that carefully-crafted narrative made for public consumption and the staged-interview performance of the City of Mesa's chief (un-elected) executive officer  is getting taken apart with new details over the scripting and editing of the text prepared for release that were specifically composed to manipulate public perception . . . it's that same old Mesa-way playbook foisted on the public all the time that fragments and hides the details for what happens behind-the-scenes and lurks in the shadows until reporters stick with a scandal and get at it to uncover more details
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BLOGGER NOTE: Same old playbook as the next Mesa scandal over Mesa Public Schools Superintendent Ember Conley, with "an abrupt" leave of absence, and a forced resignation with financial settlement, "family reasons", and carefully-crafted letter of resignation. Both city departments - one dealing with Public Safety and one with Public Education - how have interim department heads from long-loyal insiders.
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This time City Manager Chris Brady is revealed as the ghost-writer for consequent statements he could spoon-feed to someone he screened and hired for the job of top cop.
Carissa Planalp got this story on ABC15 Family that includes a video
Records show embattled Mesa Police Chief finalized resignation over text message
They took a look at text messages sent by the former Mesa police chief before he submitted his resignation and made some changes to what Brady wrote and texted.

Here's a statement made by a police department veteran - Retired Mesa Master Police  Officer, Bill Richardson, says conversations like these typically happen face-to-face.

“It sounds very petty, and it sounds very hidden,” says Richardson. “Normally a police chief gives an employer 60 to 90 days notice that they’re going to seek out other employment or going to leave or retire, and the idea that this would happen over a weekend with text messages is worrisome in itself."

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MESA, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) - Records reveal embattled Mesa Police Chief Ramon Batista hammered out some details of his resignation over text messages. Newly released documents of a Nov. 4, 2019 text exchange between Batista and City Manager Chris Brady show the two formalized Batista’s resignation letter and discussed severance.
> "According to the text stream, the two moved on to discussing the separation agreement with Batista saying, “I’ll sign and go away quietly” and, “Let’s get this done and over with.”
> Batista says the “most important part” of the agreement is the “six months salary” compensation and claims it had been omitted.
Brady agrees it should be included. The conversation ends with Batista asking,
“When do you want to see me for signature, and most importantly, when will the direct deposit occur?”