Race Offender Registry: Phoenix Veterans Affairs Police Notification - They Refuse to Enforce
DATELINE | RACE OFFENDER NOTIFICATION: There is a Race Offender Registry. You might be asking yourself, “What the Heck is that?!!” Well, the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Police got the registry program back in October 2023. An agency finding of racial discrimination under Title VII puts a name on it. Most places see a notification in their system that says “Race Offender” and they close the door. Phoenix VA Police, the Office of Operations, Security, and Preparedness (OSP), and the Office of Security and Law Enforcement (OS&LE) see a hit and start looking for promotions, better parking, and a quiet hallway where the registered R.O. can still carry a gun. It is the registry they built and then decided not to read.
EVERYBODY GETS UNCOMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT RACE. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT ANYWAY.
Most people do not like talking about race. Police officers really do not like talking about race. (Which is why they use apps like Signal.) It makes everybody uncomfortable. Eyes go down. Chairs get adjusted. Somebody changes the subject to football. That is fine. We are going to talk about it anyway. The registry already did the hard part. We are just reading the results out loud.
The Applicant "The-Rapist" Never Gets This Far
A person on the sex-offender registry applies to become a licensed therapist. The background check lights up. The state board says no. There is no meeting about how long he has been around or whether people get along. The answer is no. That is how a registry is supposed to work — right?
- Could you imagine? A sex offender treating sexual abuse patients.
Phoenix VA Police looked at their own racial findings and said, “Yeah, but he’s been here a while.”
Phoenix VA Police, OSP, and OS&LE Decided the "Race Offender Registry" Does Not Apply
The same kind of record through Phoenix VA Police produces a different result. The Race Offender Registry shows an active race offense violation entry and a related sexual-conduct entry. The facility, OSP, and OS&LE left the person in a law-enforcement role. He is no longer a supervisor. The supervisory title eventually changed. The badge, the gun, and continued employment as a police officer did not. It is the registry they built and then decided not to read.
WHAT “MONITORING” ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE
OSP took over police oversight and said it would address longstanding issues. OS&LE has standards and suitability authority. Both can see the same registry hits. Their visible action has been to keep the official employed as law enforcement while calling the situation historical or under review. “Historical” has meant still employed and armed. No effective action taken.
Registered Offenders Need Not Apply
A therapy board does not call a sex-offender hit historical and let the applicant see patients next week. Phoenix VA Police and the offices above it have not applied that standard to their own Race Offender Registry results. The findings stay on the list. The officer stays on the job.
- Could you imagine if this guy testifies in court?
The defense attorney will love the discovery package. The prosecutor will not.
The Part That Does Not Require a Name
Search the registry for Phoenix VA Police. An active race offense violation entry appears from the agency’s own Title VII process. A related sexual-harassment entry appears beside it. Employment status comes back as current law enforcement. Prior supervisory authority and prior acting-chief assignments are noted. No effective action taken by OSP or OS&LE.
The registry did the administrative work. The three offices responsible for the police force looked at the result and decided their department was the place where the list does not control the outcome.
EVERYONE ELSE ALREADY KNOWS THE RULE
Licensing boards, school districts, and other federal agencies treat a hit as the end of the job. Phoenix VA Police has the hit. OSP has the hit. OS&LE has the hit. Those three treated the Race Offender Registry as optional instead of a bar to continued service.
Phoenix VA Police Management Allows This?
The "official" is no longer a supervisor. That is the one change that occurred. He remains a law enforcement officer inside the agency that produced the findings. The registry still lists him. The department still employs him. OSP and OS&LE have not marked the entries as the end of the badge. Every other agency treats the hit as the end of the job. Phoenix VA Police treats it as the start of the next shift. It is the registry they built and then decided not to read. No effective action taken.
THE QUESTION NOBODY AT OSP OR OS&LE WANTS TO ANSWER
Can you imagine:
- Somebody with a substantiated finding of "racial harassment of a Black officer" still able to restrain the freedom of a Black veteran or VA employee? Or charge them with a crime?
No Special Database Required
Anyone can run the search. The result has not changed because the decision not to enforce it has not changed.
(Yes, this is satire. There is no official "Race Offender Registry." It's just common sense: a police officer named in a substantiated Title VII racial discrimination finding probably shouldn't still be carrying a badge and a gun. Most people figured that part out without needing a special database.)
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Concerned Citizens AZ Investigative Team — The sex-offender registry stops strangers from becoming therapists. A substantiated racial bias finding on one of their own officers didn’t stop him from keeping his gun, badge, and arrest authority.
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Concerned Citizens Media encourages readers to independently verify the information contained in this publication, including through public records, official sources, or AI-assisted research tools. For additional information or clarification, readers are encouraged to contact appropriate Department of Veterans Affairs officials or their local VA facility directly.
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