Summary: Human Resources (Employee and Labor Relations, ELR) and the local Equal Employment Opportunity/Harassment Prevention Program (EEO/HPP) have been compromised by the Phoenix VA Police leadership. Officers who report misconduct are humiliated, stripped of authority, or forced out.
🚨 A SYSTEM IN CRISIS 🚨
Ladies and gentlemen, what you are about to read is not politics, not gossip, and not rumor—it is the truth, plain and simple. Both the Human Resources Department—specifically Employee and Labor Relations (ELR)—and the local Equal Employment Opportunity/Harassment Prevention Program (EEO/HPP) have been compromised by leadership within the Phoenix VA Police Department. These programs, designed to be the last line of defense for fairness and protection, are now entangled with the very people accused of corruption. Reports suggest contacts within ELR and EEO/HPP have formed close alliances with VA Police leadership, many of whom are alleged to be Giglio-impaired. That creates a dangerous environment where impartiality, accountability, and trust are not only undermined—they are destroyed.
⚖️IMPACT ON EMPLOYEE AND LABOR RELATIONS (ELR) ⚖️
Let’s call it what it is: an abuse of power. This alliance has enabled biased actions against officers—primarily minorities and those brave enough to report misconduct (thank you to the White officers that spoke up and sacrificed)—who filed complaints with OAWP, OSC, or OIG. Instead of being shielded by policy, they were targeted by it.
Disclaimer: This is not about DEI checkboxes, identity politics, or playing the race or gender card. We are not asking for pity or special treatment. What we are describing has already been substantiated through prior VA OECDA investigations, lawsuits, and settlements—facts that stand on their own, no matter your politics.
ELR has not been protecting employees; it has been weaponized against them. Biased fact-findings, forced details, and constructive discharges became routine. Officers were stripped of their law enforcement authority, humiliated by being posted at public desks for all to see, or shipped off to other departments where their reputations followed them. And it was not by accident—ELR gave the professional cover, the drafts, and the memos that corrupt leadership needed to retaliate. Once, Human Resources was where employees turned for help. Now it is the place they fear most.
❌EEO AND HPP COMPROMISE❌
If you thought HR was bad, here’s the punch to the gut. The local EEO/HPP—the very program under Directive/Handbook 5979 meant to protect employees from harassment—has been twisted into a weapon of retaliation.
This is not oversight gone wrong. This is systemic failure. Instead of impartial fact-finders, employees face a kangaroo court where individuals currently under investigation are allowed to investigate others. That is not just conflict of interest—it is corruption in plain sight.
Across the country, VA facilities have impartial personnel who could handle these cases, but Phoenix leadership deliberately ignores them. What was supposed to be the refuge for victims of harassment is now the hammer used against them. The message is clear: speak up, and we will crush you with the very system that was supposed to protect you.
🕵️♂️CHILLING EFFECT ON WHISTLEBLOWERS 🕵️♂️
So ask yourself this: How is an honest officer supposed to report corruption when the foxes are running the henhouse?
Officers who dared to speak up were stripped of their badges, paraded in humiliating assignments, reassigned to offices where whispers followed them, or pressured to resign. These are not administrative moves—they are public executions of a career. Families pay the price, reputations are shredded, and good officers are driven out of the profession they loved.
This is not policy failure. It is betrayal:
- A betrayal of TRUST,
- A betrayal of DUTY,
- A betrayal of every MAN and WOMAN who put on that uniform to serve VETERANS with honor.
🏛️CONCERNS ABOUT OIG INFLUENCE🏛️
And where is oversight? The Office of Inspector General (OIG). Yet in Arizona, the OIG has become too familiar—too comfortable—with Phoenix VA Police leadership. Reports of corruption to OIG are kicked down the road to OSSO, where they die a quiet death. Unless there is a scandal with dollar signs or a director’s name on it, nothing happens.
And when complaints do get looked at, OS&LE officials connected to Phoenix leadership dismiss them with labels like:
- “Former Disgruntled Employee,”
- “Terminated Employee Seeking Revenge,”
- “Guy Trying to Win the EEO Lottery,”
- “Race Card Puller.”
And the result? Insufficient evidence. Unfounded. Unsubstantiated. Not because the evidence wasn’t there, but because nobody bothered to look. All it would take is one thorough, old-fashioned investigation and the truth would be undeniable. Instead, perception is manipulated, whistleblowers are discredited, and accountability is erased.
🛡️THE ROLE OF OAWP 🛡️
There is one firewall left—OAWP. It is not perfect, but it stands outside the reach of Phoenix leadership. But here is the danger: when employees file complaints "with their names" attached to matters outside of OAWP’s purview, those complaints are often referred to OSSO—and once that referral happens, the officer’s identity is exposed. The next thing you know, that officer is working in the mail room, sitting at the front desk of a clinic, or scrubbing doo-doo 💩in restrooms instead of wearing their badge.
OAWP remains the last line of defense for employees who want to tell the truth without losing their careers. But let this be a clear warning: avoid attaching your name unless the matter clearly falls under OAWP’s purview. Otherwise, your complaint may be passed along with your identity attached—and once your name is exposed, retaliation often follows.
What OAWP can do:
- Receive disclosures of retaliation and harassment.
- Impose immediate safeguards like non-punitive reassignments and no-contact directives.
- Demand records that facilities try to hide.
- Refer substantiated cases for discipline and corrective action.
- Track misconduct patterns across the country
How to report to OAWP:
- File directly, off duty, using a personal device.
- Keep copies of everything.
- Attach proof: emails, rosters, memos, witnesses.
- Request outside fact-finders.
- Document retaliation as it happens.
Bottom line: OAWP is not perfect, but it is not captured. It is the only real option left for officers who still believe in integrity.
NOTE: We recommend emailing ("OAWP@va.gov") them with a "Swiss email" account rather than using thier portal - where cases are closed without explaination - requiring you to FOIA request why. By emailing them, they can interact with you and provide follow-up with questions.
📞CALL TO ACTION FOR OFFICERS 📞
To every Phoenix VA Police officer reading this: If leadership has corrupted HR and EEO/HPP, you cannot let fear win. Pick up the phone. Call the hotline. Document every curse word, every threat, every abuse of authority. Each anonymous report you file is another brick in the wall of accountability they cannot knock down.
The HPP hotline is 1-888-566-3982, Option 3, 8am–4:30pm in all time zones. Save it. Share it. Use it. Document every name, every date, every time. These records are not paperwork—they are your shield.
Silence empowers the corrupt. Anonymity protects the brave. Use it. And if you know a fellow officer too scared to speak, report anonymously on their behalf. That is not betrayal—that is brotherhood. That is solidarity. That is how you reclaim the honor of the badge.
✊ A CALL FOR COURAGE AND RENEWAL ✊
The Phoenix VA Police Department is already filled with good men and women—many who have spoken up, and many more who suffer in silence. But silence cannot be the last word. There are far more silent supporters than corrupt leaders realize. They are waiting for courage to ignite into a movement.
Phoenix was the epicenter of VA corruption in 2014, and now its police department is infected by that same disease. But history does not have to be destiny. The time to rise is now. Stand shoulder to shoulder. Demand better. Cleanse, reform, rebuild—not with fear, not with silence, but with truth and solidarity.
Integrity will not be restored by those who broke it. It will be restored by you. The power for change does not rest in the hands of the corrupt—it rests in the hearts of the honest.
Speak up, report, and reclaim the honor of the badge!
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