Week of August 2
DOJ opens a Pattern or Practice Investigation into the City of Phoenix and the Phoenix Police Department.
City and police leadership meet with DOJ to discuss the process of investigation.
Week of August 9
DOJ holds the first community meeting virtually for input from the public.
Week of August 16
DOJ discusses records retention with city.
Week of August 23
City staff provides DOJ with citywide record retention schedules, Arizona’s minimum retention requirements for law enforcement agencies and Phoenix Police Department retention schedules.
Week of August 30
City and PPD creates interdisciplinary teams designed to facilitate cooperation with the DOJ investigation. This includes a six (6) member Liaison Team within the police department, headed up by an Asst. Chief.
Week of September 6
DOJ requests 70 items related to policies and procedures, training, supervision, organizational structure and leadership, behavioral health response, response to those experiencing homelessness and data/technology systems.
Week of September 13
DOJ and City/PD leaders meet to discuss protocols on how to deliver the information requested as well as discussing retention schedules and the litigation hold.
PPD Liaison Team attends patrol briefings to outline the purpose and objectives of DOJ liaison team and fields questions about the investigation.
Week of September 20
DOJ begins scheduling virtual site visits and virtual interviews, set to begin next week.
Staff fulfills first request for documents.
Week of September 27
DOJ virtual interviews with city employees begin.
Staff evaluates needs for software to streamline document sharing process with DOJ.
Week of October 4
PPD staff holds community meeting to raise awareness about the DOJ investigation and answer questions.
PPD Liaison Team attends additional patrol and specialty briefings to update staff on the investigation and answer questions.
Week of October 11
PPD Liaison Team meets with the police department’s American Indian Advisory Board to provide information and answer questions about investigation.
Week of October 18
Staff discusses and reviews mock-ups of DOJ Community Resource page on phoenix.gov.
Document sharing software added to Phoenix City Council agenda to efficiently provide DOJ with requested documents.
Week of October 25
City launches Department of Justice Community Resources website at phoenix.gov/DOJ to answer frequently asked questions and provide a timeline of ongoing investigation.
Phoenix City Council approves contract for software to assist in the delivery of city documents to the DOJ.
PPD Liaison team gives presentation and answers community questions in meetings with Cactus Park Community Alliance and Coffee with a Cop in the Black Mountain Precinct.
Week of November 1
PPD Liaison Team and city staff meet with residents from community and neighborhood groups to discuss and answer questions about the investigation.
City meets with DOJ investigators for a debrief and status update on the investigation.
Week of November 8
City staff and DOJ discussed status of document requests and city systems.
Week of November 15
City Staff completed the response to the September 9 request for documents from the Department of Justice by sharing over 53,000 documents.
Staff continues evaluation of software to streamline document sharing process with DOJ.
Week of November 29
DOJ attends virtual meeting with community stakeholders in the Desert Horizon Precinct.
City staff are evaluating firms to provide outside legal counsel specific to DOJ investigation.
Members of the PPD Liaison Team meet with the Crisis Community Collaborative, answering questions regarding the DOJ Investigation.
City meets with staff from Minneapolis on the status of their DOJ investigation.
City conducts interviews with several law firms who submitted offers for outside counsel in the DOJ investigation.
Staff attends workshops and discussions surrounding those experiencing homelessness and constitutional policing under consent decrees with other entities
Staff attends a demonstration of the e-discovery tool to process documents for DOJ production.
City staff continue to meet to discuss logistics for providing access to PPD systems to DOJ Investigators.
City staff provided the DOJ a virtual demonstration of the PPD's records management system.
City staff continue to meet to discuss logistics for providing access to PPD systems to DOJ Investigators.
