Phoenix VA | The VA Police File: The Corruption, Then Truth or Dare
DATELINE | TRUTH OR DARE: Phoenix VA Police was offered truth. The findings were already in. Leadership picked dare — and kept a substantiated racial and sexual harasser in charge. The department did not get cleaned. It started to R.O.T. Then it went R.O.T.T.E.N.
The rules are simple. Truth is the file. Dare is what leadership did with it. They took the dare. The dare was the agency’s reputation — and their own.
TRUTH WAS ALREADY IN
Truth was not missing. It was sworn, then filed. Exhibit L went into U.S. District Court on May 27, 2025, in Case 2:25-cv-00959-CDB, Document 19-12. Inside it, a Phoenix VA Police Leadership Official’s affidavit and an officer’s account of the same events do not match. OSP has the filing. Phoenix VA Police leadership has the filing. The conflict is still sitting there.
The Sworn Affidavit That Took the Dare (Untruthfulness)
The official, under oath, was asked if a federal citation had been ordered. The official’s answer: “I did not order anyone to write a citation nor was the citation unjust.” On the same March 28, 2023 matter, asked why arrest authority was suspended, the official answered: “I don’t know all the reasons why as I was not involved in the investigation.”
Same affidavit, on a September 2022 incident: “I don’t recall this event completely as it was over a year ago.” (Wait — “I DON'T RECALL” That sounds familiar!) Then a detailed version anyway, including a claimed quote. Asked if a report was submitted: “I am unaware of any report.” The same answer says the official was sent to reach out about the incident. The officer points to a September 27, 2022 email.
The Sworn Version That Took the Truth (Honesty)
Same case. Different oath. On January 12, 2024, a Phoenix VA Police Sergeant testified under oath. That transcript was filed in the same district court matter on September 1, 2025, as Document 45-8. He did not say “I don’t recall.” He did the one thing Phoenix VA Police Leadership has a problem with. He stood up. He told the truth. He followed the code — protect those who served, not those who serve themselves.
He said the Phoenix VA Police Leadership Official instructed him to write a U.S. District Court violation notice on the officer. He said he was called on his day off and told to come in and write it. He said he was told to check the box marked “Appearance is required,” even though the posted instructions said not to check it. He said yes when asked if the U.S. Attorney later dismissed it. He said the same official was the one who told him it had been dismissed.
That is the game. One sworn account says the citation was not ordered, and that the official was not involved. Another sworn account says the official ordered the ticket, ordered the box, and later delivered the dismissal. Dare was the denial. Truth was the Sergeant who remembered the order.
They Swore It Anyway
A sworn statement filed in federal court is not a hallway story. False statements and lack of candor are not a style choice. The official could tell the truth. The affidavit took the other door — and allegedly reads, to any logical person comparing the two accounts, like untruthfulness. That is the dare. Not a conviction. A pick, made under oath, then ignored.
Phoenix VA Police Leadership has not treated that conflict as a problem. OSP has not treated the court filing as a reason to stop.
August 2026 did not take the badge. It printed a new title. Law Enforcement Specialist. Series 1801. Same campus. Same gun. Same arrest power. The sworn conflict was already in a federal docket. The name stayed on the hand anyway.
YOUR TURN. PICK. - THE PUBLIC HAS CHALLENGED YOU TO "DARE"
A dare only counts if they can do it. A poster does not count. A new series code does not count. The reputation is already in the pot.
Dare Reginald O’Neal | Assistant Secretary for Operations, Security, and Preparedness
You have been aware of the corruption inside Phoenix VA Police since December 30, 2025. Dare you to take the action that still has not been taken. Not a visit. Not a new title. The action. The findings are in. The sworn conflict is in a federal docket. The official is still carrying a gun. Your office sits over VA Police. The dare is yours.
Dare Patrick L. Hernandez | Chief, Operations, Security, and Preparedness
You run OSP. You came to Phoenix VA Police on February 11, 2026. You heard it. An "Open Letter" was written to you explaining what was already on the record. You have the findings. Say whether that file was worth the agency’s name — and a late-August move into series 1801 instead of out of law enforcement. The dare is yours.
Dare Edward Dubois | Director, Police Services, Office of Security and Law Enforcement
You lead LEO-CID for OS&LE. That is the Internal Affairs track. You already sit inside the Phoenix file. The findings are done. The sworn conflict is in a federal docket. Arrest authority is still attached. Say what your division is going to do with a department that kept a substantiated racial and sexual harasser in command, then moved him to a new title instead of out. The dare is yours.
Dare Phoenix VA Executive Leadership:
This is the dare you already took. You (Scherpf) have signed off on HPP investigations. You both have received the numerous notifications from the Office of Resolution Management (ORM). You both have received the complaints about this police department. Racial and sexual harassers have still been able to sit in your morning meetings. We dare you not to let decades of familiarity decide the file. Same findings. Same room. You had oversight while it continued. You did not just keep a chair filled. You put the Phoenix VA name, and your own, in the pot. The dare is yours.
Dare Phoenix VA Police Management
You retained an individual with substantiated sexual harassment and racial harassment findings. You left him in command - and compromised the whole department. August 2026 printed a new title instead of a removal. Series 1801 does not wash 2023. We dare you to break the trust you already spent. The reputation is already gone. The dare is yours.
THE HOUSE PICKED DARE
They can ignore this. The bet is already down.
Leadership needed enough blanks, enough “I don’t recall,” and enough comfort to leave the findings in place and hope the name survived. Executive leadership supplied the room. Phoenix VA Police supplied the chair. OSP and OS&LE supplied the forwarding address.
- 2023: The truth was in.
- 2023 to August 2026: Leadership stayed in the hand.
- August 2026: Badge not taken. Title changed. Name still attached.
That dare did not stay in the police shop. It attached to the agency. Then it attached to them. The department did not get cleaned. It started to R.O.T. Then it went R.O.T.T.E.N.
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Concerned Citizens AZ Investigative Team — You already took the dare. The blank does not erase the oath. The reputation is already spent.
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