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2nd Request and More Additional Information To The FBI on Lt. Joe Knott (#4307)

Rumors are flying that Chief Jack Ass is trying to force Joe Knott's attendance at the FBI academy, by stating the EEOC complaints are fabricated from angry employees and are solely a revenge tactic. Next this fool will blame our website!

Let's all show the Jack Ass how disgraceful this is.

2ND REQUEST

August 16, 2009

Special Agent In Charge
Nathan T. Gray
FBI Phoenix Office
201 East Indianola
Phoenix, Arizona 85012
&



Brian D. Lamkin, FBI Academy Director
FBI Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW Washington, D.C. 20535-0001

RE: September 2009, FBI Academy Training, Quantico, VA
Attendance of Phoenix Police Lieutenant Joseph Knott (#4037)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Gentlemen:

As a follow up to my letter dated to you on August 9, 2009, I have been contacted by numerous Phoenix police officers that Chief of police Jack Harris is independently attempting to have Lieutenant Joseph Knott (#4307) attend your Academy in September.

Lieutenant Joseph Knott (#4307) is the subject of seven union grievances directly accusing him of unfair labor practices, faulty investigations and untruthful statements. Each of these seven are unresolved which have turned into an Unfair Labor Practice Suit filed personally against him and the City of Phoenix. Lieutenant Joe Knott is known to be deceitful and has been caught in numerous situations where he has been untruthful; all the subject of the pending allegations against him.In addition to these pending EEOC's on file against Lieutenant Knott, Chief Jack Harris has no authority, influence or right to make such egregious statements that these allegations are not true or the result of discontented employees. Chief Harris is merely trying to protect an ally in an already dysfunctional command structure and influence a decision in a serious EEOC complaint. No details or facts have been made known to Harris, only allegations which include: harassment, intimidation, reprisal, and sexual harassment.

The EEOC investigation is scheduled to commence in September, 2009, as is the Unfair Labor Court Proceedings. Chief Jack Harris wishes to get Lieutenant Joe Knott out of Phoenix to delay all the investigations against him, hoping the hype will be suspended for the eleven weeks he is at your Academy. The notion that Chief Harris misstates comments from these EEOC complaints continues to show the pattern of abuse he allows within the Phoenix Police Department. As a citizen who pays his salary, I find this exceptionally disturbing. If the FBI wishes to know the truth behind these allegations, I would encourage you to go directly to the EEOC contact: Marquita Beene, City of Phoenix, EEOC Division, 7th floor, 251 West Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona, 85003, marquita.beene@phoenix.gov. Chief Harris is discrediting pending EEOC investigations, building a defense for Lieutenant Joe Knott and inflicting his influence in a process which was designed for impartiality; far outside the scope of his office.

According to Phoenix Police Department?s Operation order 3.14, once the Police Chief (or in this case, Public Safety Manager) is served with an EEOC complaint, he is not to discuss or share the information with anyone. Chief Jack Harris is jeopardizing the integrity of this EEOC investigation and its due process by continuing to persecute the victims. Chief Harris is not entitled to an opinion, especially on this complaint. As a matter of record, Chief Harris may himself be the source of this complaint, hence his intimate involvement for attempting to cover for Lieutenant Knott. It is not within the scope of his position to comment on any EEOC complaints, especially one that involves his associate. The FBI should be made aware that one of the victims is a female supervisor in the department with 24+ years of experience, and almost 10+ years of supervisory experience. Jack Harris serves at the behest of the city and works for the citizens in Phoenix ? although he would like to think he only works for himself. He does not serve to protect EEOC complaints against lieutenants in the Phoenix police department that further humiliate a female officer with over 24 years of dedicated service.



To make matters worse, Phoenix police officers have informed me that three other female Phoenix police officers are willing to come forward with complaints of the same EEOC allegations. These clearly show a pattern of Lieutenant Joe Knott harassing and intimidating women, and utilizing his position to abuse his subordinates. Is this really the type of Police Officer the FBI looks for as a delegate to their prestigious Academy? This isn?t simply about being innocent until proven guilty as Chief Harris has avowed. It?s about vetting out allegations and the postponement of Lieutenant Joe Knott?s participation until your next class in early 2010; if indeed these allegations are found to have no merit.

Stop and contemplate for a moment why Jack Harris is so adamant that Lieutenant Joe Knott attend? It truly shows the deficiency in a leader of the 5th largest police department in the country. Chief Harris does not care about the potentially negative consequences for both the FBI and the city of Phoenix; he is putting his own ego and personal views above those of his personnel and the people he serves.

The FBI might want to consider that under separate cover, the union representing the police officers of the city of Phoenix (AZ PLEA) will draft their own communiqué on this subject to validate their outlook and position on the matter.

I hope you will respond to my initial inquiry in a constructive vein by removing Lieutenant Joseph Knott from your FBI Academy class in September, 2009.

Warm Regards,

JEFF P.
Citizen, city of Phoenix

cc:
Alton Washington, assistant city manager, Phoenix, Arizona
Thelda Williams, councilwoman district one, Phoenix, Arizona
Joe Yahner, executive assistant chief, Phoenix Police Department
Marquita Beene, EEOC Division, city of Phoenix
Jess Lorona ? counsel for Jeff P.

Full post as published by Bad Phoenix Cops on August 18, 2009 (boomark / email).