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AUGUST 12, 2022
Phoenix, AZ — On Wednesday, ABC15 revealed that the Phoenix Police Department’s executive leadership has been using Signal, a private and encrypted messaging application, to communicate without leaving a permanent record of their conversations. Since then, a letter from the attorney of the three assistant chief’s who were demoted by Chief Jeri Williams in 2021, refuted Williams’ claims to have deleted the app and discouraged her staff from using it.
Mass Liberation Arizona issued the following statement in response:
Once again Phoenix Police Department and the City of Phoenix have been caught lying and covering up misconduct. Top Phoenix Police officials were not only caught using the Signal app which allows messages to be permanently deleted; when they were confronted, they lied… again. Chief Williams said she asked her staff not to use the app and she claimed to have deleted it from her phone in 2020, but today, screenshots surfaced from August 2021 where Williams, herself, not only sent messages from the Signal app – she set the disappearing message feature to 30 minutes.
Chief Williams not only lied about deleting the app, she actively used Signal to intentionally destroy evidence long after she claimed to have told her staff not to use the app. Chief Williams is a liar. She absolutely must not be permitted to retire in good standing; she must be fired. She must also be Brady listed immediately. No public official should be using the Signal app, least of all the chief of the nation’s deadliest police department.
The Department of Justice has been “investigating” the Phoenix Police Department and the City of Phoenix for over a year, yet journalists, community organizations and attorneys have proven to be far more proficient at uncovering evidence of misconduct; for far less tax dollars.