Vol. 38, No. 8 'Courteous Vigilance' August 2003

Supportive group This spring, a golf tournament benefitting the Family Support Group (FSG) at DPS adopted the name of “The Governors' Cup” in honor of Governors , and . The three, who will chair this year’s tournament, agreed to this caricature that will appear on coffee cups and pins that will be sold. Personally-autographed prints of the caricature will also be sold with all proceeds going to the FSG.

Family Support Group golf tourney becomes 'Governors' Cup' Since its inception four years ago, the Gov. Mofford who really sells this tourna- all are very supportive of DPS and the Fam- mid September golf tournament benefitting ment. She gets out there and shakes the ily Support Group, we thought it would be the Family Support Group at DPS has been bushes in drumming up corporate support nice to have the tournament known as ‘The quite successful and popular, even surpass- for the tournament. Governors’ Cup.’ It’s unique; nothing else ing the wildest dreams of its organizers and Reutter, assistant director of the High- in Arizona has this name. We also believe supporters. way Patrol Division, said Mofford is truly a that over the years, this could develop into This year, the tournament for the first time big advocate of the Family Support Group, a very prestigious event.” has an officially-registered trademark name and has been since its inception some 12 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 – The Governors’ Cup – in honor of Arizona years ago. Governors Rose Mofford, Jane Dee Hull, and “Gov. Mofford, Gov. Hull and Gov. Janet Napolitano. Napolitano all realize that the Family Sup- In this month's Digest This year’s foray, scheduled for an 8 a.m. port Group has been of tremendous value to DPS unveils new web site. Page 2. shotgun start Saturday, Sept. 13, as expected those in need at the Department,” Reutter *** already has a full field who will compete for a UTL project ends successfully. Page 3. said. “They have always been very sup- *** number of prizes in the tournament which portive of the Department and the Family Budget will be tight. Page 4 features 36 foursomes (144 golfers) playing Support Group. We just thought that nam- *** in a scramble format. ing this tournament in their honor was the Ed Trujillo retires after 31 years. Page “The success of this tournament has right thing to do.” 6. surprised almost everyone involved in it,” Sgt. Jack Bell, who also has played a piv- *** said Lt. Col. Bill Reutter who played a key DPS gets funds for patrol cars. Page 7. otal role in the development of the tourna- *** role in getting the tournament off the launch- ment, says the new name has drawn consid- Drug ring busted. Page 8. ing pad four years ago. “We always knew erable new sponsorship interest. *** we would have people who wanted to par- “Few people realize that Arizona is the Morenci remembered. Page 9. ticipate, but we didn’t realize that the busi- first state in U.S. history to have three women *** ness community would get behind this as serve as governor,” Bell said. “And, of Ben Smith retires after 35 years. Page well as it has. course, these three women served consecu- 12. *** “I think a lot of the support we receive tively. CAD system on horizon. Page 13. from the business community is a tribute to “Because of this and the fact that they Page 2 August 2003 The Digest DPS unveils new web site From Director The new DPS web site made its debut on July 1 and is accessible at www.dps.state.az.us. Dennis Garrett's The site was modeled after a guide provided by the Government Information Technology Agency (GITA) in response to Gov. Janet Napolitano’s request that agencies consult with GITA on all web Vantage site development initiatives, said Dan Shuba, DPS web master. “The new site is one part of our overall plan this year to widen access to the extraordinary services and materials here at DPS,” said Point CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Although there were some setbacks for the Depart- ment during this past legislative session, it could have been Tournament ... worse. I know this may sound like a company line or a CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 broken record, but it really isn’t. In honor of the three governors, Bell said a caricature print Certainly, it’s going to be another tight fiscal year for featuring the three was developed by Gov. Mofford and 300 copies all state agencies, not just DPS. But, the approximate will be sold at $200 each during the tournament. $142 million general budget appropriation we are sched- “Each print will be personally autographed by each of the three uled to receive should allow the Department to continue governors, and those purchasing the prints will receive a certificate our mission of serving and protecting the people of this of authenticity,” Bell said. “These prints are considered collectible fine state. items because of Arizona’s status of being the first state to have When the legislature first convened in January of pri- three women governors.” mary concern to this agency and others was the possibil- In support of this event, Bell said lapel pins depicting carica- ity of layoffs. When the legislature first began discussion tures of the three governors are available for $5. The pins can be purchased from Bell or Betty Gallery of the HPD staff in suite 365 at on how to resolve a $1 billion budgetary crisis, layoffs of DPS state headquarters. state personnel was a genuine concern. Fortunately, this Coffee cups, priced at $15 and featuring the caricatures and the did not occur. DPS shoulder patch, also will be available by tournament time, Bell A major positive in this budget is the $6.8 million we said, adding that all proceeds from these sales will go to the Family received that will allow the Department to continue a pro- Support Group. gram of replacing many of our “miled out” patrol cars. “To my knowledge, this is the first time a DPS shoulder patch Most of the vehicles that have been targeted for replace- has appeared on a coffee cup,” said Bell, an administrative sergeant ment have odometer readings in excess of 100,000 miles. to Reutter. It is our plan to replace some 200 of these mileage-chal- Bell said Mofford and Napolitano plan to attend the tourna- lenged patrol vehicles. ment, but Hull will be unable to because of a prior out-of-state Additionally, with the funding we received, we plan to commitment that September weekend. “Gov. Mofford, however, will be a course ‘ranger’ and will be wearing a vest with a big ‘R’ on it,” obtain another helicopter through a lease-purchase con- Bell said. tract. This addition will allow us to maintain a replace- Bell said the tournament committee also is seeking support in ment helicopter within our fleet. other areas. Of course, our most disappointing setback was the “Even if you are not a golfer, your support is needed in gather- failure to get our officer parity compensation plan through ing raffle items, assisting with the auction, or just helping out to the legislature. If we are to remain competitive in the show people that this is truly a DPS family event,” Bell said. “We recruitment of new officers while retaining those already need all the help we can get.” with us, we must have a mandate that guarantees DPS Bell said among the auction items will be golf clubs, athletic salaries will be among the top five highest in the state. items, collectibles and Kachina dolls. We will work closely with members of the legislature on this issue before the next legislative regular session be- The Digest is published monthly by the DPS Training and Manage- ment Services Bureau for the employees and retirees of the gins in January. Arizona Department of Public Safety. At the executive staff level, we also have not forgot- ten about compensation issues involving our civilian em- Employees are invited to submit story ideas or stories for publication. ployees. Once the classification/compensation working Stories or story ideas may be submitted to The Digest by mail, EMS group completes its study, we will take the appropriate or Telephone (602-223-2313). measures in order to develop a course of action to follow Dennis A. Garrett, Director concerning civilian compensation issues. Art Coughanour, Publications Editor, [email protected] As for the future, it’s still too early to tell, but there are Jim Jertson, Publications Support Specialist, [email protected] indications that the economy of this nation, as well as this The Digest can be accessed directly from the DPS World Wide state, may be improving. It’s not going to be a quick Web home page at http://www.dps.state.az.us/digest. recovery, but once it begins, it will be much appreciated. The Arizona Department of Public Safety These have been trying times for all involved. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Agency. The Digest August 2003 Page 3

'Unable-to-find' items at DPS weren't as Retired DPS Sgt. many as Phoenix TV report indicated Ray Carson dies at In early April, DPS Director Dennis inventory process can be a long, arduous Garrett issued an encouraging message to process, Kehowski said. home in Alpine all DPS employees who helped complete a By the time the next scheduled capital Retired DPS Sgt. Raymond L. special inventory of departmental equipment. inventory rolls around, Kehowski said the Carson, 70, who earned a Purple Heart The primary reason for Garrett’s message agency hopes to have a system in place that Medal among other honors while serv- was to congratulate DPS employees for lo- will make the tedious process easier to con- ing with the U.S. Army in the Korean cating a substantial amount of the agency’s duct and more accurate. War, died July 4 at his home near Al- equipment that had been previously listed In addition, Kehowski said the Logistics pine. on DPS’ inventory records as “unable-to- Bureau has reviewed some of the flaws in Sgt. Carson, badge no. 285, began locate” or “UTL”. the Capital Inventory System and is pres- his career with the Arizona Highway Garrett ordered agency employees to ently working with Information Technology Patrol on Aug. 1, 1965 in Ajo. After his begin the special inventory process several to make programming changes to allow for promotion to sergeant, he spent con- months earlier after a Phoenix-area television updating and maintaining an accurate capi- siderable time in cadet training. He re- news station broadcast a story indicating tal equipment inventory. tired from DPS as a sergeant based in that DPS was missing some expensive equip- This new programing will accurately re- Gila Bend on June 30, 1986. ment worth millions of dollars. flect “depreciated value” of assets rather Prior to DPS, the Bernie, Mo., na- The TV news broadcast was described than initial cost, and the disposition of equip- tive, was employed as a policeman by by some at DPS as a somewhat inaccurate ment removed from the inventory. the City of Winslow and later with the tabloid-type news story based on incomplete Once these changes are completed, Phoenix Police Department. information the TV station had obtained from Kehowski said a bar-code scanning program Before his law enforcement career, DPS inventory records listing UTLs at the will be interfaced with the current inventory Sgt. Carson worked as a welder for Gen- Department. system. A bar-code scanning system will eral Motors in Pontiac, Mich. After GM, Following the news story, DPS employ- make the annual inventory dramatically easier he became a truck driver and later, a li- ees quickly began the unscheduled inven- and more efficient, Kehowski said. censed insurance agent. tory in an effort to prove that a large amount of the agency’s equipment was not actually missing, but had inaccurately been listed as Employees can help ensure accuracy in UTL on the records the news station ob- tained. maintaining DPS inventory system Judy Kehowski, an administrative super- Judy Kehowski, an administrative super- system which will automatically capture this visor within DPS’ Logistics Bureau, said the visor within DPS’ Logistics Bureau, said the information at the time of the location special inventory project turned out to be Department of Administration (DOA) re- change. extremely successful. quires state agencies to record and track all The practice will also make the next in- Kehowski said the inventory revealed equipment that costs $4,999 or more. ventory process much easier to conduct, that DPS, as expected, was actually missing She also said DOA requires state agen- Kehowski said. very few of the nearly 20,000 items listed in cies to record and track all equipment that it its inventory. It also resulted in updated, believes can be easily lost or stolen. accurate inventory records. In addition to equipment that the Depart- Web page ... The final results revealed 18,611 capital ment of Administration requires state agen- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 equipment records at DPS and 292 (or 1.57 cies to track, Kehowski said each agency can Lt. Col. David Felix, assistant director of the percent) unable-to-locate items. Every item develop its own additional requirements for Criminal Justice Support Bureau. “As well worth more than $4,999 was accounted for internal equipment tracking. as having a cleaner and more vibrant appear- and tracked. DPS, for example, requires employees to ance, the site’s updated navigation will help Kehowski said that the 1.57-percent UTL track all equipment costing $1,000 or more as site visitors find the information they are level is possibly the lowest UTL level the well as some items below $1,000 that can be looking for quickly. agency has ever seen. easily lost or stolen. Some of these items “The Information Technology team has The inventory also revealed that the few include computer scanners, digital cameras, done a wonderful job of making the web site missing items had no significant value, a far video recorders and weapons. user-friendly and highly informative. The cry from the “millions of dollars” in equip- Kehowski said employees can contrib- main goal was to produce a state-of-the art ment the news station reported as missing. ute to the accuracy of agency inventory site that complies with all current statewide As a result of the successful inventory records by reporting all location changes. and federal standards for accessibility.” conducted by DPS employees, Kehowski When an officer or civilian employee Shuba said the purpose of the format is said the agency will have a reprieve from moves to another area, section, or district, to preserve and expand Arizona’s Internet conducting its regular annual inventory un- Kehowski said the equipment taken with them communications in a way that will be con- til April 2004. should be promptly recorded as a location sistent and compatible with its overall digi- The Department of Administration change. tal identify. granted the special reprieve to DPS after it She said such a procedure will help keep Assisting Shuba with the development was requested by the DPS director. DPS was the integrity of the system intact until modi- of the web site was David D’Amour, a DPS grateful for the reprieve because the annual fications can be completed in the inventory computer network analyst. Page 4 August 2003 The Digest Health insurance open enrollment awaits DPS retirees Starting Aug. 18 and continuing through Sept. 12, all DPS retirees who have insurance with the Arizona Department of Administration‘s (ADOA) Saguaro Pro- gram (CIGNA) are eligible to participate in open enrollment. “If satisfied with your current coverage, you do not need to do anything. Your cov- erage will continue ‘as is’ with no action necessary,” said J.R. Ham, president of the Coalition of DPS Retirees. “If, for some rea- son, you desire to change your CIGNA pro- gram or enroll in a different dental program, you will need to participate in the open en- Kingman visit rollment. There are no changes in the cov- Roscoe Baker (standing right), who retired from DPS in 1991, receives a lapel pin from erage. The programs are the same with both J.R. Ham, president of the Coalition of DPS Retirees, last May in Kingman. Several medical (CIGNA) and dental (Delta/Metlife, members of the Coalition and other DPS retirees met in Kingman to visit and have lunch etc.) with Baker and other retired officers. “You either have received or will receive an open enrollment package from ADOA. Budget will be tight, but DPS comptroller In the event that you need to change your coverage, this package gives you instruc- believes it's not all 'gloom and doom' tions on how to accomplish this. The en- Although there are some disappoint- Case said the biggest disappointment rollment will be by using the ADOA Internet ments associated with the past legislative was the demise of the Department’s proposal web site or the Interactive Voice Response session, DPS Comptroller Phil Case said the for a statute that would create an officer par- (IVR) phone system. general operating budget the Department is ity compensation fund. The proposal was “If you do not change your coverage or anticipating for fiscal year 2004 is not all defeated May 5 by a floor vote in the state you are able to change your coverage by “gloom and doom” even though it will be House of Representatives. using ADOA instructions, the following another tight fiscal year for the agency. If the bill had become statute, it would does not apply to you, but if you need fur- Case said the Department expects a gen- have established a fund to be utilized by the ther assistance, the ADOA has enabled DPS eral operating budget in the neighborhood Department to annually adjust salaries of all to provide assistance to you.” of $142 million once the budget approved in sworn DPS personnel to an average based During open enrollment, Ham said each mid June by the Arizona State Legislature is on the five highest salaries of city or county DPS district office will be able to assist re- finalized by the Joint Legislative Budget law enforcement organizations statewide. tirees. Committee when it issues its appropriations However, the bill did not identify a fund- The following are the DPS sites and report sometime. ing source, Case said. personnel to contact: “One bright spot was that we were able “Obviously, this was our biggest disap- Kingman, District 1: 928-753-5552 - to maintain the $6.8 million we have bud- pointment because this is a real need,” the Roberta Shaeffer; geted for replacing 200 patrol vehicles,” Case DPS comptroller said. “Our employees, Flagstaff, District 2: 928-773-3628 - said. “We also received $1.2 million in fund- sworn and civilian, need to see regular pay Dawn Celis; ing to continue our mobile data computer increases so that our agency can remain com- Holbrook, District 3: 928-524-6177 - project of equipping our patrol cars with petitive in regards to compensation issues.” Charlie Cleveland; state-of-the-art computers. We also are bud- Despite this setback in the officer parity Yuma, District 4: 928-782-1679 - Antonia geted $800,000 for the lease-purchase of an- compensation issue, Case said DPS overall Flores; other helicopter and $500,000 for an engine fared better than most state agencies. Casa Grande, District 6: 520-836-1057 - overhaul for the King Air B-200 airplane. “Our cuts were not as severe as experi- Renee Mitchell; “By any standards, having these equip- enced by some of the other state agencies,” Tucson, District 8: 520-746-4500 - Stacey ment items funded is a true positive, particu- the DPS comptroller said. “Some agencies Talakte or Cheryl Holliday; larly when considering the budget crisis the saw their budgets cut by as much as 20 per- Sierra Vista, District 9: 520-458-8301 - legislature was faced with this year. cent. Bobbi Gilchrist; “One thing that tends to go during a “Our budget remains about the same as Globe, District 11: 928-425-8515 - Donna budget crisis is one-time funding, and the the 2003 budget. But keep in mind that our Atkinson or Monika Hart; legislature views equipment as one-time fund- ‘03 budget was trimmed early in the fiscal Prescott, District 12: 928-778-3271 - Kitty ing. We were lucky to get about $10 million year by almost $10 million, or about seven Shankwitz or Deanna Woods; in equipment funding, and, believe me, we percent. Even though this was a pretty sub- Phoenix, DPS Human Resources: 602- consider this a success.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 223-2147 - Bev Fuller. The Digest August 2003 Page 5

Budget ... system, the expansion of the Crime Lab’s monitoring budget also was axed from the DNA data base and to some extent POST, general fund, adding that the Department will CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 which is a separate agency, but that money be allowed to charge fees to sex offenders in stantial cut, we were able to get through the still flows through DPS accounts. order to operate this registration system. year without any personnel layoffs.” “We will lose 75 percent of all new rev- “We are skeptical that we will generate Case said the Department was able to enues, growth money. The legislature is enough money to operate this program,” soften the impact of reductions in its gen- using last fiscal year as a baseline so if a Case said. “We are looking at a substantial eral operating budget through an increase fund generated $1 million in revenue for DPS fee of about $100 per year to be paid by the in Highway User Revenue Funds (HURF) last year and generates $1.4 million in rev- sex offender. We hope to address this prob- and other state highway user funds. enues this year, we will only get $1.1 million lem during a special session of the state leg- This year, the Department also will have because the state will get 75 percent of that islature, but right now there is no penalty for access to $8.2 million from the newly-cre- $400,000 increase.” not paying this fee. There is no real hammer ated County Transportation Contribution Case said that the Capitol Police will re- to enforce it.” Fund along with an increase in HURF mon- main with the Department of Administration, Case said this could become an item dur- ies to help offset this year’s tighter than nor- and will not be transferred to DPS as it ap- ing a planned special session that will be mal budgetary picture. peared for quite some time last year. called later this year to address prison over- As for the future, Case believes the sce- “The transfer simply didn’t occur nor will crowding issues. nario for fiscal year 2005 will be more of the there be a committee established to study In other legislative issues, the Firearms same, but possibly not as drastic as what the issue,” Case said. “I won’t say it is a Clearance Center at DPS, which closed last the state has witnessed in the past three dead issue, but at this time there is no legis- year, will not reopen; the Department won’t years. latively-sanctioned committee or process in be required to sell the King Air E-90 nor the “Revenues still are short although the place to review this issue.” Cessna 210 airplanes; DPS will not be re- state did have a good May and June in re- Case said the Department’s liquor en- quired to recoup monies by charging agen- gards to revenue,” Case said. “Recently, forcement mandate will also be eliminated, cies for crime lab services; and the agency there have been some positive indications effective Sept. 18. will receive $600,000 for replacement of some that we are starting to crawl out of this re- “It was an interesting change that re- crime lab equipment. cession. But revenues remain short and ceived very little attention, keeping in mind The legislature also passed legislation there is a question whether the economy will that since 1969 we have had a mandate to that requires DPS personnel assigned to the improve enough to offset the deficit the state enforce liquor laws statewide. In September Vehicle Theft Interdiction Task Force to be faces next fiscal year. it becomes the sole responsibility of the fully compensated through an existing Auto “The state is probably facing less than a Department of Liquor,” Case explained. Theft Authority grant, saving the agency $400 million deficit for fiscal year 2005, con- Case said the sex offender registration some $300,000 in payroll contributions. siderably less than the approximate $1 bil- lion deficit it faced this fiscal year. $400 mil- lion, however, is quite substantial. In reality, It was almost an instant replay for DPS I expect another tight year and we will have to apply our resources very carefully.” Highway Patrol Officer Charles Truitt Another key area of concern is the cost of health insurance. Charles Truitt’s life would be much simpler if people would just stop. “It’s a virtual certainty that the total cost Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way. As a result, the Sierra Vista-based Highway for the state’s health insurance contract will Patrol officer has a couple of very similar war stories to tell at family gatherings. increase,” Case said. “The questions are In the most recent episode, Truitt attempted to stop a van just east of Sierra Vista for how much and how will that increase be split unsafe lane usage. That attempted July 21 traffic stop on S.R. 90 ignited a pursuit that between the state and the employee? The was terminated upon entering the city of Sierra Vista. It resumed south of the south- difference depends on how much money the eastern Arizona city when the vehicle was spotted again. legislature sets aside in the budget for health During this pursuit, Truitt said spikes were successfully deployed deflating the care increases.” vehicle’s front tires. Despite flattened tires, the suspect drove the vehicle onto a dirt As expected, health care insurance pre- road before stopping and fleeing on foot, leaving behind 1,734 pounds of marijuana and miums did increase 13 percent, but the state the 1999 van. absorbed the increase. Moderate increases The driver was not found, Truitt said. were expected for dental and supplemental This pursuit was almost a carbon copy of one that occurred July 13 in nearly the insurance premiums. same area of S.R. 90 when Truitt tried to stop a vehicle for speeding and illegible license Case said in an effort to raise $45 million plates. for health care and retirement system cost Again the pursuit was terminated when it entered the Sierra Vista city limits only to increases, the legislature took 75 percent of resume a few minutes later as it left the city limits. Again, spikes were deployed suc- “growth money” that the courts collect cessfully deflating the tires of the vehicle. The driver continued to flee until losing through various means. control of the vehicle. “The problem, as we see it, is that it will During the ensuing rollover, the driver suffered minor injuries. Inside the suspect’s impact the revenue growth in some funds vehicle, Truitt found 960 pounds of marijuana. such as the monies we receive from the Crimi- Also involved in both pursuits were officers from the Sierra Vista Police Department nal Justice Enhancement Fund (CJEF),” Case and the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office. The driver was arrested and booked into the explained. “Effected will be such programs Cochise County Jail where he faces various drug-related charges. as the automated fingerprint identification Page 6 August 2003 The Digest Trujillo retires after nearly 31 years of service at DPS Crime Lab Among his colleagues, Ed Trujillo is one the City of Phoenix crime lab. of those rock-solid types – not flashy, very “There was no promotional opportunity low key. at the time, and I was dissatisfied with some Simply put, the Phoenix native was aw- of the attitudes I was encountering,” Trujillo fully good and very respected in his chosen said. “During those first few years at Phoe- profession, a career that spanned 35 years, nix, the DPS crime lab was undergoing a re- touching five decades. organization. I came to DPS because of the Nearly 31 years ago, Trujillo left his po- challenge of being in on the ground floor of sition as a police chemist with the City of a developing and promising DPS crime lab Phoenix to become a criminalist II with the operation. I also was excited about the pro- DPS crime laboratory. At the time, the DPS motional opportunities.” crime lab was wading through a period of Before his career in forensics, Trujillo al- transformation that eventually would allow most became a high school teacher. In fact, it to emerge as one of the most-respected he had completed his student teaching and crime labs in the country. had signed a teaching contract in the Los During his career at DPS, Trujillo as- Angeles area before changing his mind in cended from the ranks of a mid-level foren- the fall of 1968 to remain in Phoenix and be- sics scientist to assistant scientific analysis gin his career in forensic science with the superintendent, a position which allowed him City of Phoenix. to supervise the activities of the Central Re- Trujillo’s first major promotion at DPS gional Crime Laboratory and its staff of some came in March 1991 when he became a su- 90 scientists and assistants. pervising criminalist. A month later, he was As a criminalist, Trujillo was involved in ED TRUJILLO appointed manager of the Eastern Regional a number of forensic science disciplines in- and he wanted every scrap of evidence ex- Crime Lab in Mesa. cluding drug analysis, blood alcohol, serol- amined and evaluated. There was a ton of “While in Mesa, I did some crime scene ogy and trace evidence. It was during this evidence on Beaty because this guy was sim- work, but when I transferred back to Phoe- time that he received recognition for estab- ply a pig.” nix in 1995, things really got hectic,” the Ari- lishing a comprehensive trace analysis ca- Trujillo said Beaty never cleaned the zona State University and North High School pability at the DPS facility. apartment which allowed the DPS forensic graduate said. “I took over the drug analy- Trujillo never was one to grab the ban- scientist to collect and document a substan- sis section about the time the big meth prob- ner of publicity and wave it. But during his tial amount of evidence that linked Christy’s lem hit. We were so far behind, and we didn’t career at DPS, he was a pivotal witness in presence in Beaty’s apartment. Trujillo also have enough fully-trained personnel to work two of this state’s more notorious homicides. proved that the suspect later used a sheet to these cases. During these two highly-publicized trials, his wrap the young teen’s body in before dump- “For a while, the backlog was almost testimony didn’t send the media into a frenzy ing her behind the trash bin. unbelievable. I spent at least a third to half although it did capture a few sporadic head- “There were two trials,” Trujillo said. of my day answering phone calls, most want- lines. However, because of his expert testi- “Unbelievably, the first one ended in a hung ing to know when their cases were going to mony and his deftness at analyzing moun- jury. He was convicted in the second trial be done. I tried to work cases, but it just tains of trace evidence, convicted murder- and then sentenced. I understand that really wasn’t practical. Eventually, we were ers Donald Beaty and Alvie Kiles are today Beaty’s execution may be coming up because able to reduce the backlog to a point where sitting on death row in Florence awaiting the Attorney General’s Office has requested it was manageable.” their execution dates. DPS to conduct some additional DNA tests After moving into a management posi- Beaty was sentenced to death on July in regards to this case.” tion, Trujillo said at first he missed working 20, 1985, for raping and murdering 13-year- Trujillo said the Kiles case was “without cases. old Christy Ann Fornoff. a doubt among the most bizarre cases that I “But at the same time, I just felt I was Beaty was the custodian at a Tempe ever worked. It certainly was the most grue- ready to move on and do something else,” apartment complex when he abducted the some.” Trujillo said. “About the only thing I regret- young girl while she was collecting from her Trujillo said he was called to the murder ted after going into management was the loss newspaper customers. After sexually as- scene in Yuma after officers found a woman of contact with everyday technical expertise. saulting her, he proceeded to suffocate her and her two children beaten to death by a Being in management is not like working a and hide her body in a closet. A few days bumper jack, not a tire iron, the jack itself. case where you have an end to it. later, he placed his young murder victim be- “It is my understanding that Kiles was “But I liked being involved in the hiring hind a trash bin near the apartment complex. on cocaine and was upset that the woman, process and I thought I was good at select- After Beaty was arrested and charged, it who was his girlfriend, would not give him ing employees. I sincerely believe that we became Trujillo’s mission to capture and money to purchase more cocaine,” Trujillo have a great bunch of employees in the crime analyze the trace evidence that would place said. “Kiles was tried and convicted in 1989. lab. I am proud that I had a role in the Christy’s body in Beaty’s apartment. He appealed about three years ago and was Department’s success in developing one of “That case literally took two years out of tried and convicted again.” the top crime laboratories in the United my life,” Trujillo said. “For two years, I did During his career, Trujillo said there were States.” very little other than work on that case. Greg some ups and downs especially in the early In January 1999, Trujillo was promoted Thruston was a very demanding prosecutor years of his career when he was employed at CONTINUED ON PAGE 15 The Digest August 2003 Page 7 Legislature provides funding for 200 new Highway Patrol cars Although five bills primarily supported ment,” Lane said. “Unlike most state em- to the probationary status of an applicant. by the Department received approval from ployees, DPS civilian employees go through The motor vehicles accident records leg- the Arizona State Legislature, it was the two extensive background checks and poly- islation allows agencies the option to retain that didn’t survive that dampened what oth- graphs before they are hired. Once employed electronic copies of traffic reports in lieu of erwise is considered a successful legislative at DPS, many civilian employees are exposed original hand-written reports. session for the Department. to some very sensitive and confidential is- A most-important piece of legislation that Receiving approval from the 46th legisla- sues. Obviously, we would like the study was okayed by lawmakers centers on the ture were bills concerning fingerprint clear- committee to review the entire agency.” occupational diseases to which law enforce- ance issues, DUI rules, private investigator Legislation targeting the 15-passenger ment officers might be exposed to while on regulations, storage of accident records and van never made it to a floor vote, either in the job. extended coverage for occupational diseases the house or the senate. Present state law “It was very important to us to get our that law enforcement officers may encoun- prohibits such vans to be used as school HazMat and SWAT personnel covered un- ter. buses, but does allow them to be used to der worker’s compensation,” Lane said. “Overall, I think it was a fairly successful transport students to various school-related “That was a bill we worked on last year and session for the agency,” said Lt. Jack Lane, activities. it fell through the cracks and only firefighters the Department’s legislative liaison. “Of the There is a belief within the Department, were covered by it. This bill provides law seven bills we actively supported and pur- that 15-passenger vans are unsafe for the enforcement officers with workman’s com- sued, five made it through. However, we transportation of students and should not pensation coverage should they be exposed were disappointed that the officer parity com- be used by school districts at any time. to cancerous-type materials while on duty.” pensation fund bill failed as did legislation “The federal government has already concerning use of 15-passenger vans by banned the sale of these vehicles to public public schools. Because of the budgetary institutions,” Lane said. “On our own voli- New law allows issues the legislature was facing this year, tion, we withdrew from pursuing such legis- we knew going into this session that both lation only because it was obvious that it officers to decide pieces of legislation would be a tough sell.” would not pass with any kind of teeth be- The Department’s proposal for a statute hind it. The schools believe the elimination on jury duty service establishing an officer parity compensation and replacement of the 15-passenger vans Under legislation passed during the 46th fund made it deep into the regular session would be cost prohibitive. session of the Arizona legislature, peace of- before being defeated May 5 on a floor vote “Even though we knew it would be con- ficers in Arizona now have the choice to just conducted in the House of Representatives. troversial because of the costs associated say no or yes when it comes to jury duty. If successful, the statute would have with replacing the vehicles, we felt it was This legislation is among many items ef- established a source of revenue to be uti- important for us as an agency to bring for- fecting DPS that was approved by the legis- lized by the Department to annually adjust ward the safety issues associated with those lature before adjourning June 12. salaries of all sworn DPS personnel to an vehicles. We will continue to work on this in Among other bills receiving legislative average based on the five highest salaries hopes of finding a solution to this problem.” approval were vehicle impoundment issues, of city or county law enforcement organiza- One bill supported by DPS that passed reciprocity agreements pertaining to con- tions statewide. was the revamping of the fingerprint clear- cealed weapons, retiree health insurance pre- “Even though it failed, there is a ‘silver ance card program overseen by the Depart- miums, employee Internet access, and rep- lining’ in regards to this issue,” Lane said. ment. resentative rights for peace officers. “That ‘silver lining’ is the establishment of a “With this program, there were some is- “The jury duty bill allows an officer who legislative study committee to review the is- sues that needed to be better defined,” Lane makes timely application to be excused from sues involved. This committee will begin said. “As an agency, we are responsible for jury duty,” said Lt. Jack Lane, DPS liaison to meeting this summer and will continue to the fingerprint background checks required the state legislature. “It also prohibits the meet, perhaps into the next legislative ses- by the Department of Economic Security, the agency from influencing how an officer deals sion. state court system, Department of Health with this issue.” “The study committee will help educate Services and the Department of Education. Additionally, if someone wants to serve the legislature on compensation issues in- There are some very strict rules that we must on a jury, they don’t have to exempt them- volved in trying to remain competitive with follow and many people outside DPS were selves, Lane said. other law enforcement agencies. I believe unsure about what we can or cannot do. This “The vehicle impoundment legislation this study committee will be helpful when legislation paints a clearer picture of our re- allows towing agencies to double their stor- we pursue this legislation next session. The sponsibilities.” age from $5 to $10 per day,” Lane said, add- officer parity compensation bill will still be The legislature also agreed to transfer ing that it also transfers the post storage one of our top priorities during the next leg- the regulatory responsibilities for DUI test- hearing responsibility from ADOT to the islative session.” ing from the Department of Health Services impounding agency. Lane added that it’s possible that the to DPS with a provision that DHS rules re- “We already conduct some post towing study committee may look at the Department main in effect until superseded by those hearings, mostly on abandoned vehicles. as a whole, including civilian compensation adopted by DPS. But, the statute deals mainly with post stor- issues. The security guard/private investigators age hearings involving DUI-related towing.” “Our civilians obviously go through a bill involves the revision of disciplinary ac- New legislation involving reciprocity great deal more than other state employees tions to include licensees upon their release concealed weapons agreements fine tunes in order to become employed by the Depart- from prison, but revises a restriction relating CONTINUED ON PAGE 14 Page 8 August 2003 The Digest

DPS at a Glance

DPS Highway Patrol Officer Seth Meeske recently was honored by the Gila County Attorney’s Office for superior service in the prosecution of criminal matters. “Officer Meeske has received accolades from law enforcement and citizens alike for his service and courteous manner,” said Gila County Attorney Daisy Flores. “He is among the top in his district for DUI and felony DUI arrests. He has received accolades from law en- forcement citizens alike for this service and courteous manner.,” Flores said. Meeske, a fourth-year officer who pa- trols the Tonto Basin area, is the son of re- Honoring Sgt. Tapia tired DPS Officer/Detective Ernie Meeske of Prior to national law enforcement week in May, DPS officers from District 8 (Tucson/ Payson. Nogales) and members of Sgt. Manuel Tapia’s family got together for the first “Sgt. *** Manuel Tapia Adopt a Highway” cleanup. The group cleared trash on a section of south- A retirement party was conducted July bound I-19 a few miles north of Nogales. Sgt. Tapia was shot to death during a drug bust 25 in Phoenix for Debbie Lump who retired near downtown Nogales on Jan. 7, 1991. earlier this summer after 30 years of civil ser- vice. DPS detectives participate in bust of ring Lump, who is married to retired DPS Of- ficer Steve Lump, spent 25 years with DPS suspected of smuggling 50 tons of dope before accepting an administrative position It was a law enforcement team effort that Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Si- with the state Department of Corrections in resulted in the arrest of more than 25 indi- erra Vista police and the Border Alliance November 1998. viduals suspected of being part of a drug Group. *** ring responsible for transporting nearly 50 Prosecutors said ring members working The Aspen Fire, which scorched nearly tons of marijuana from Arizona to various as drivers for Tucson furniture companies 100,000 acres of scenic timber and grass parts of the United States. would make legitimate deliveries in the Si- lands within the Santa Catalina Mountains The ring, believed to have originated in erra Vista area. After each legitimate deliv- north of Tucson, also consumed some 340 the summer of 1999 and in operation through ery, they would pick up more than a ton of structures including a bed-and-breakfast July 2001, used rental cars, delivery trucks marijuana before heading back to Tucson. establishment owned and operated by re- and dump trucks to move drugs from Sierra Once in Tucson, they would drop the mari- tired DPS Capt. Alex Carrillo. Vista to Tucson, Phoenix and Casa Grande. juana at stash houses before returning the Carrillo’s structure was located in DPS Case Agent Joe Dopadre told the trucks to their employers. The employers, Summerhaven, a picturesque mountain com- Duty Office that warrants were served in prosecutors said, had no knowledge or in- munity near the top of Mt. Lemmon that is Arizona, California and . volvement in the transportation of the con- popular with vacationers. Much of Dopadre said 35 people were indicted in traband. Summerhaven was destroyed by the man- those areas on felony charges. Twenty- All defendants were charged with con- caused fire that erupted June 17 and was seven were taken into custody during the spiracy to possess with intent to distribute accelerated by gusty winds and hotter than July 9 coordinated operation that involved more than 3,500 pounds of marijuana, normal summer temperatures. officers from DPS, FBI, DEA, the Bureau of Dopadre said. *** Shortly after midnight July 9, Highway Patrol Officer Bryce Peterson got the shock Jack Johnson, Jr. heads sergeant's list of his brief career with DPS. Officer Jack Johnson, Jr. tops the tional list for sergeant were Raymond Butler, When Peterson arrived at the site of what sergeant’s promotional list following testing 4; Michael Prochko, 5; William Beck, 6; Dal- he thought was a brush fire on I-10 about 20 that was completed in June. las Luttrell, 7; Kevin Wood, 8; Stephen miles south of Phoenix, he grabbed a fire ex- Second on the list of 26 was Officer Brian Enteman, 9; Sheila Markwell, 10; tinguisher and headed for the blaze. As the Preston while Officer Deston Coleman Jr. was Paul Forch, 11; Tony Mapp, 12; Bart first-year officer approached the fire, he dis- third. Massey, 13; Stephen Harrison, 14; Wayde covered that the blaze was actually a burn- The list, to be used to fill current and Webb, 15; Michael Ransom, 16; Michael ing body. future sergeant vacancies, will remain in ef- Lehar, 17; John Ortolano, 18; Christopher The Duty Office reported evidence at the fect until June 25, said Commander Coy Romero, 19; Donald Allen, 20; Kevin Jex, 21; scene indicated a suicide. The Gila River Johnston, business manager for the Law En- Dan Larimer, 22; Steve Shroufe, 23; Jeromy Police Department assumed jurisdiction of forcement Merit System Council. Bertram, 24; Eloy Ramirez, 25; and James the investigation. Other officers qualifying for the promo- Haas, 26. The Digest August 2003 Page 9

Tent City at its finest Responding on the double to a shift change

Moving up the hill between Clifton and Morenci Morenci, Operation Big Mac, 20 years ago Some 420 DPS officers rolled into Morenci during the early morning hours of Aug. 19, 1983, as part of a convoy consisting of more than 100 DPS and Arizona National Guard vehicles. At the time, it was the largest mobilization of DPS officers in departmental history. The early-morning arrival of the DPS officers and 300 support troops from the National Guard 20 years ago signaled the beginning of Operation Big MAC (Mob Action Control). Although Operation Big MAC proved peaceful such wasn't the case during the 1984 Cinco de Mayo weekend when violence erupted. This show of force was designed to maintain law and order during a cop- per workers’ strike against the Phelps Dodge Corporation. After arriving in the area, DPS officers helped construct “Tent City,” atop a tailings dump which was home for many DPS officers for about 10 days. Earlier that month, some 100 DPS officers had been targets of verbal abuse and rocks hurled by nearly 2,000 striking copper miners. Operation Big MAC Last-minute baton training in Thatcher followed a 10-day cooling off period arranged by Arizona Gov. . Page 10 August 2003 The Digest

Inside DPS

25 YEARS OF SERVICE Corbin, Michael A., 2366, Lieutenant BIRTHS Madelyn Glori Armstrong – 6 lbs., 9 oz., 17 Hall, Mark S., 2373, Officer ¾ inches. Born June 24 at Flagstaff Medi- cal Center to Officer Jim Armstrong and wife, Himmelstein, Lu E., 2408, Administrative Elaine. Jim is a Highway Patrol officer as- Manager signed to District 2, Flagstaff.

Ideus, Lynn R., 2378, Sergeant Sean Michael Diehl – 8 lbs., 9 oz., 22 inches. Born June 24 at Flagstaff Medical Center to Kurgan, Adam M., 2381, Sergeant Sgt. Jerry Diehl and wife, Sandy. Jerry is assigned to SOU/EOD, Flagstaff. Lane, Jack G., 2382, Lieutenant Shelby Ann Faughn – 7 lbs., 13 oz., 19¾ Quijada, Roque S., 2391, Lieutenant inches. Born June 25 at Yavapai Regional Medical Center, Prescott, to Officer Travis Raynor, Jeffrey E., 2392, Commander Faughn and wife, Cheryl. Travis is a High- way Patrol officer assigned to District 12 NEW EMPLOYEES Prescott. Callister, Virginia Y., 6237, Officer Samuel Lee Chase – 8 lbs., 2 oz., 21½ Hicha, Paul R., 6240, Security Officer inches. Born June 26 at Navapache Re- gional Hospital, Show Low to Officer Dean Holmes, James E., 6236, Laboratory Tech. Chase and wife, Tammy. Dean is a High- way Patrol officer assigned to District 3, McCall, Thomas J., 6242, Police Commu- Sanders. nications Dispatcher Sadie Marie Rummel – 6 lbs., 14 oz., 21 Ruiz, Teresa A., 6239, Criminal Records inches. Born July 7 at Thunderbird Samari- Specialist tan Hospital, Glendale, to Angie Rummel Who Is She? and her husband, Mark. Angie is an analyst She just doesn’t seem to be that happy in Sabelhaus, Ralph F., 6238, Telecommuni- with Human Resources, Phoenix. what probably was an Easter dress. Don’t cations Technician let that frown fool you, today she’s a pretty OBITUARIES jovial person to be around. Who is this Vaughn, Leanne M., 6241, Police Commu- Hazel Jacobs, 79, passed away June 25 in person who today is employed at DPS? nications Dispatcher Hodgenville, Ken. She was the mother of Guess correctly and win either a denim or Lt. David Myers, a supervisor in the Train- polo shirt courtesy of the Associated Zenker, Mark M., 6243, Criminalist I ing and Management Services Bureau, Highway Patrolmen of Arizona. Agency Support Division. RETIRING Interdepartmental e-mail entries should be COP SWAP addressed to Art Coughanour, badge no. Lemoine, Gregory L., 3433, Officer, 19 years For sale: Complete set of Scuba equip- 3131. Please remember to include your badge number with your entry. DEPARTURES ment, $1200. Bob, Tucson OpComm, 520- Burns, Eric, 6229, Cadet Officer 746-4611 or EMS at Badge No. 5941. Internet entries: [email protected] Cesolini, David R., 6190, Cadet Officer Anti-spam law ready Interdepartmental mail: Crandell, Wendall R., 6191, Cadet Officer The Digest, mail drop 1200 Arizona’s anti-spam law, set to take ef- Jarvensivu, Jeffrey J., 5248, Criminal Intelli- fect in mid September, requires that unsolic- Snail mail: gence Analyst ited commercial e-mail messages contain the The Digest letters ADV in the subject line. Arizona DPS It also requires recipients be provided P.O. Box 6638 Masad, Rita D., 5394, Administrative Assis- Phoenix, AZ 85005 tant with an easy way to have their names de- leted from the sender’s list. Additionally, it Winner of the June contest was Charles Schroeder, Linda A., 6221, Criminal prohibits the use of false or misleading sub- “Duke” McNeese of the Armory. Duke was Records Specialist ject lines and outlaws the use of a third one of eight people to correctly identify the party’s Internet address or domain name. teenager with squinty eyes as retired Scrivener, David H., 6147, Officer The law applies only if a message is sent Flagstaff DPS Officer Mark Hall. A drawing from Arizona or if the recipients provider is determined the winner. Shelley, Kristen R., 5063, Officer based in Arizona. Digest August 2003 Page 11

Again, I sincerely thank DPS for its as- above the call of duty. sistance in this matter. Our task force determined that the renter Letters Billie A. Rosen of the storage shed had moved to Pennsyl- Office of the Attorney General vania. Detective Weddle volunteered to fly to Pennsylvania to find the renter of the stor- Dear Director Garrett: Dear Director Garrett: age shed. After working most of the day, My son was coming home from On behalf of the mayor, the council and Detective Weddle drove to Phoenix flew out Scottsdale at about 12:30 a.m. and was trav- the citizens of Patagonia, I express our ap- of Arizona around midnight that Friday. He eling on the freeway when his car broke preciation for the excellent service provided arrived in Pennsylvania early Saturday morn- down leaving him stranded on the freeway. to the town by DPS Sgt. Vincent Fero during ing. Detective Weddle and Graham County He had been sitting there for 90 minutes, his tenure as interim marshal. I also express Sheriff’s Office Detective Diane Thomas awaiting a tow truck, when Lt. Ramon the community’s appreciation for the efforts were able to find the renter of the storage Figueroa stopped to see if he needed assis- of Lt. Terry DeBoer who facilitated the prepa- shed. They had a strong suspicion that the tance. My son was a nervous wreck because ration and execution of the intergovernmen- renter of the storage shed was also the the tow company said it would take three to tal agreement that made Sgt. Fero’s services mother of the three dead babies. At first, the four hours before they could respond. available to the town. two investigators were not able to obtain Lt. Figueroa talked to my son and calmed In reviewing Sgt. Fero’s report to the the necessary information. Detective him down. The lieutenant and I talked via mayor, one can easily see that, prior to his Weddle followed his instinct and was able cell phone and he assured me that every- arrival, the Patagonia Marshal’s Office was to help solve the mystery. thing would be fine and he had an officer in a ship adrift at sea. The sheer number of Although Detective Weddle explained the area that would keep an eye on him. issues in need of resolution was overwhelm- how he was able to determine the renter of That’s when Officer Richard Bottoms ing. Without reacting to personal opinions, the storage shed was also the mother of the showed up. accusations and rumors he was inundated three dead babies, I am still overwhelmed My wife was a nervous wreck over this with, he took the time to investigate and with his work. His actions were nothing short and after learning that DPS officers were on evaluate each issue and implement appro- of brilliant. The mother of the dead babies the scene, she calmed down. priate corrective actions as necessary. Sgt. has been charged with three counts of sec- Officer Bottoms called another tow com- Fero’s objectivity and professional approach ond degree murder in New York state. pany to have the car towed to my son’s apart- to problem solving helped restore the Detective Weddle demonstrated out- ment. Officer Bottoms waited with him until community’s faith in the mayor and council standing leadership skills and willingness the tow truck arrived. with respect to internal issues of the to complete a tough assignment. Because The officers involved with this problem marshal’s office and set the course for fu- Detective Weddle assisted in solving this need to be recognized for their assistance ture departmental operations. mystery, he made all those around him look and courtesy. Based upon the accomplishments Sgt. better. I appreciate his team effort and hard Now days, everybody takes the police Fero was able to achieve in the relatively work. for granted and believe that they do a lousy short period of time he spent as interim mar- I have always been impressed with De- job. shal, I believe that he possesses the admin- tective Weddle. His investigations are al- But when a problems arises, they all ex- istrative, human resources and leadership ways complete and thorough. I have come pect them to do their job with no thanks in- skills to excel in his law enforcement career. to trust Detective Weddle completely and volved. That is why I’m writing this letter, to DPS can be proud to have an officer of cali- without question. thank the officers involved. ber in its employ. Kenneth A. Angle Patrick J. Kehoe Randy Heiss Graham County Attorney Vancouver, Wash. Patagonia Town Clerk Dear Director Garrett: Dear Director Garrett: Dear Director Garrett On June 26, my wife, my daughter and I commend the efforts of Commander Bob Recently, we had a very unusual case in myself were on Highway 77 near Globe when Halliday, Commander Mike Orose and Lt. Graham County. Three dead babies were our car broke down. Jerry Spencer for their assistance in provid- found in a storage shed. The babies were Cell phone service was not available, thus ing security to an important witness during left in the shed for more than 10 years. The we were unable to call anyone for help. a recent trial. renter of the storage shed left Graham Thankfully, a passerby eventually stopped Shortly after the commencement of the County in 1992. Initially, we did not know and offered to find an officer to assist us. trial, an incident occurred in court which led who the babies were or who their mother When Officer Pedro Peña was informed of us to believe that there were serious threats was. Needless to say, this was a difficult our predicament, he immediately responded. to the safety of the state’s witnesses. The case to solve. Officer Peña contacted the dispatcher and case agent from the state Attorney General’s A number of law enforcement agencies asked them to call for help. Officer Peña Office contacted DPS to assist in providing joined together in a task force to help solve stood in the extreme heat with us until my security for the witnesses. this case. DPS was very much involved in son-in-law arrived. DPS provided great service and assis- providing assistance to Graham County law Officer Peña exhibits the true character tance in helping keep an important witness enforcement. Sgt. Lynn Ideus was instru- of a DPS officer. He is kind, considerate, safe until she had completed her testimony. mental in assisting with this case and pro- and above all, he places the well being and As a result of the work from all investigators viding guidance on how the case should be safety of others first. We commend Officer and participants in this trial, three major drug investigated. Although a number of other Peña and DPS for their dedication. traffickers were convicted and received DPS officers were instrumental in working Nick Puhara lengthy prison sentences. this case, Detective Bruce Weddle went Globe Page 12 August 2003 The Digest Kingman native Ben Smith retires from DPS after 35 years DPS Sgt. Ben Smith, who was born and shot and killed. job for the rest of my career,” said Smith, raised in Kingman, recently retired from DPS When he arrived at the scene and no- adding that the death of the two officers also following 35 years of service. ticed that Keeton was deceased, he heard resulted in DPS making a number of signifi- Smith, who also is a sports official with another patrolmen, Don Beckstead, come on cant policy changes to increase officer safety. the Arizona Interscholastic Association in the radio advising that he had also just been Another tragic moment in Smith’s career his spare time, started his career with the shot. took place on July 19, 1973, when a railroad Arizona Highway Patrol in January of 1968 Smith quickly responded to the scene of tanker explosion in Kingman resulted in the prior to the formation of DPS. Beckstead’s shooting and rushed his friend deaths of 13 people, including DPS Officer His first assignment following gradua- to a hospital in Gallup, N.M., where he was Alan Hansen. tion from the Highway Patrol academy was wheeled directly into surgery. Smith was with Hansen at a hospital to Houck, a small Interstate 40 community in Unfortunately, Beckstead died from the shortly before he died from injuries he suf- northeastern Arizona. About three years gunshot wounds a few days later while be- fered in the explosion that occurred within later, he transferred to his hometown of ing airlifted to a hospital in Albuquerque. blocks of the Department’s headquarters in Kingman. The man who shot and killed Keeton was Kingman. After patrolling highways in the the same person who shot Beckstead. The Smith, who is married and has two grown Kingman area for about two years, Smith, man, Bertram Greenberg, was a suspect in children, said he has no plans of returning badge no. 661, transferred to Phoenix where the rape and murder of a 13-year-old Califor- to work full-time but he does plan to con- he worked narcotics. He remained with the nia girl at the time he shot the two Highway tinue working part-time officiating basket- Narcotics squad for about four and half Patrol officers. ball, baseball, and softball games at the high years. In 1977, Smith was promoted to ser- After shooting the two officers, school and adult levels, something he has geant and spent two years assigned to an Greenberg kidnapped and killed another per- done for the past 25 years. administrative position in Phoenix. son in New Mexico before troopers in that About a year prior to his retirement, Smith In 1979, Smith transferred back to the state shot and killed him later that evening. was named supervisor of the year for the Highway Patrol and worked as a road ser- “The death of my friends Beckstead and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Bureau in geant in the Phoenix-area. Keeton really changed the way I viewed my the Kingman area. Some 18 months later, he began super- vising a squad of Phoenix-area motorcycle Mother-daughter team caught with 20 officers. He served as a motor supervisor for about three years before returning to kilos of cocaine near Flagstaff on I-40 Kingman to serve within the Department’s booked into the Coconino County Jail with Criminal Investigations Division. Mother and daughter must have a real bail set at $150,000 for each woman. After about three years in that position, close relationship, especially when it comes Along with the various drug-related ac- Smith transferred back to the Highway Pa- to transporting cocaine. cusations, they also face child abuse and trol as a road sergeant. While patrolling east-bound I-40 about child endangerment charges. He remained in his hometown of Kingman 20 miles east of Flagstaff on July 14, DPS where he eventually became a supervisor Canine Officer Casey Kasun stopped a within the Highway Patrol’s Commercial Ve- rented Ford SUV for improper lane usage. Cell phone use may be hicle Enforcement Bureau, remaining with Kasun told the Duty Office that while talk- that bureau until retiring June 30. ing to the pair, he noticed several indicators even riskier than DUI Smith said he enjoyed his career with DPS of criminal activity. During his conversation Conversing on cell phones while driving because he was able to serve in a variety of with the California women, Kasun received disrupts a driver’s attention to the visual interesting assignments. consent to search the vehicle and deployed environment, leading to what University of Smith said his favorite moments with the his canine, Barry, for a sniff and search. Utah researchers call “inattention blind- agency took place during the past few years With Barry at his side Kasun said he ness,” or the inability to recognize objects while he was assigned to the Commercial noticed that the spare tire had been moved. encountered in the driver’s visual field. Vehicle Enforcement Bureau. He also noticed that the weights used to The University of Utah study also main- “I truly enjoyed working in the Commer- balance the tires had been shifted, prompt- tains that driver distractions due to cell cial Vehicle Enforcement Bureau because I ing the officer to release some air out of the phones use can occur regardless of whether was able to travel quite a bit and work with tire so that Barry could get a good whiff. hand-held or hands-free cell phones are some very seasoned, experienced officers,” That maneuver got a positive reaction from used, and that cell-phone conversations cre- said Smith, adding that he also appreciated the canine. ate much higher levels of driver distractions his time as a motor supervisor in the early Kasun then found 20 kilos of cocaine, than listening to the radio or audio books. 1980s because there was never a dull mo- valued at about $2 million, packed inside the The researchers also believe that cell ment. spare. DPS Sgt. Jeff Brownlee told area me- phone use while driving may be even riskier Smith said that he also experienced some dia that the cocaine was destined for Mary- than driving under the influence. extremely sad, tragic moments during his land. The study was completed by research- career. Kasun arrested the 48-year-old mother ers David Strayer, Frank Drews and William On Feb. 5, 1971, Smith was the first of- and her 23-year-old daughter. The Johnston at the University of Utah and ap- ficer to respond to a road-side shooting daughter’s 18-month-old child was turned pears in the February/March 2003 issue of scene on I-40 near Houck where fellow pa- over to Child Protective Services, Brownlee the National Safety Council’s publication of trolman and friend, Jim Keeton, had been said, adding that the two adult women were Injury Insights. The Digest August 2003 Page 13 DPS dispatchers anxiously awaiting CAD will change new computer-aided dispatch system dispatchers' work Dispatchers at DPS are anxiously await- the final call on which officer/s are needed When the computer-aided dispatch ing the arrival of a very historical, exciting to respond to a particular incident. (CAD) system becomes operational at DPS, event - the installation of the agency’s first Henry said the CAD system will also it will significantly change the way the computer-aided dispatch system (CAD). maintain a computerized file of all “attempt agency’s dispatchers do their jobs. The installation of the CAD system, to locate” (ATL) or “all-points bulletin” Since the beginning of the Arizona High- scheduled to begin in February, will (APB) information that has been broadcast way Patrol in the early 1930’s, dispatchers at undoubtably be the largest technological making it readily available to the dispatcher the agency have essentially been using noth- leap forward the agency’s dispatchers have and officer. ing other than their memories and dozens of ever experienced. The CAD system will also Previously, dispatchers and officers tried documents, such as handwritten “incident significantly change the way DPS dispatch- to rely on their memory to cross reference cards,” to aid in dispatching and keeping ers do their jobs. ATL information with hundreds of stops and track of hundreds of officers and their non- Debbie Henry, administrative manager of checks. stop activities. DPS’ Operational Communications Bureau, Henry said the CAD system will also When activity by officers in the field in- said the installation of a CAD system will automatically alert dispatchers when a par- tensifies, dispatchers at DPS have to per- basically propel the Department’s dispatch- ticular officer has not been heard from for a form skilled, high-speed shuffling acts to ers from the “dark ages” of police dispatch- specified period of time and remind the dis- quickly locate the appropriate “incident card” ing into a “new world full of amazing com- patcher to perform a “security check” on that or document that contains information munications capabilities and efficiency.” officer. needed by officers. “When our dispatchers begin using this DPS’ communications center in Phoenix The “incident cards” and documents are new system, it will be hard for them to imag- will be the first center at the agency to have often piled high or spread apart on a ine that they were doing their jobs the hard the CAD system installed. Shortly after the dispatcher’s console and must be relocated way for so long,” said Henry, adding that system is installed in Phoenix, the CAD sys- when handwritten updates about incidents the CAD system will dramatically increase tem will be installed at the communications need to be added to a card. efficiency and speed within DPS’ communi- center in Tucson. Later, it will be installed at While a dispatcher is shuffling through cations centers. the communications center in Flagstaff. such documents, several new “incident As part of the $4 million project, which is When all three systems are operational, cards” about new emergencies may be arriv- supported through the Highway Users Rev- which should be as early as next summer, ing from DPS call takers. The dispatcher must enue Fund (HURF), DPS will also begin re- they will work together and function as a then organize the new cards while dispatch- placing the antiquated Mobile Data Termi- single, dynamic communications network ing officers to the new incidents. nals (MDTs) in its Phoenix and Tucson-area that will tie all three of DPS’ communications This process can be very stressful espe- patrol cars with powerful, sophisticated centers together. cially because dispatchers are always trying Mobile Data Computers (MDCs). Henry said the cohesiveness of the net- to maintain a general mental picture of all The new MDC’s, to be installed after the work will be invaluable when dispatchers are activity occurring in their area. CAD system is operational, will allow DPS managing and dispatching incidents, such At the same time, dispatchers are per- officers to perform sophisticated computing as pursuits, that cross district boundaries forming other important tasks like registra- and inquiry functions via a powerful com- and have to be dispatched through another tion checks, officer safety checks, telephone puter directly from their patrol vehicles. DPS communications center. calls, and regular dispatching of new inci- The MDCs will also give officers who Currently, without a CAD system, Henry dents. have the system access to much of the “real- said the three dispatch centers at DPS have In addition, it is not uncommon for per- time” information dispatchers will have avail- to place time consuming telephone calls to sonnel in DPS’ communications centers to able through the new CAD system, Henry each other when an incident crosses certain have to physically leave their busy worksta- said. district boundaries. With the CAD system, tions in order to relay an incident card or If the agency can obtain additional fund- all three centers can essentially function as documents to another person. ing, another element of the massive improve- one if needed, Henry said. Debbie Henry, administrative manager of ment project will involve the installation of DPS’s Operational Communication’s Bureau, tracking devices in DPS patrol cars. If the Routine patrol was said the CAD system will dramatically sim- devices are installed, Henry said the new plify the dispatching process by organizing CAD system will be able to track the exact anything but normal every resource a dispatcher needs and plac- location of DPS patrol cars at all times and Routine patrol that early July 9 Wednes- ing it at his/her fingertips through a com- reveal their locations to dispatchers on com- day morning turned into a very unusual ex- puter network. puterized maps. perience for DPS Highway Patrol Officer Resources can be accessed immediately Because the CAD system will know the Steve Norlin thanks to a tracking system in- by dispatchers with the push of a button on exact location of each officer and what offic- stalled in a stolen vehicle. their computer, including current “alert” and ers are doing, it can even inform dispatchers Norlin was patrolling the area of 35th Av- “bulletin” type information. which officer to dispatch to a particular inci- enue and Interstate 10 in west Phoenix when In addition, Henry said information that dent based on the officer’s location and avail- the LoJack tracking system in his patrol car needs to be sent to another dispatcher can ability. began beeping and flashing a code on the be relayed instantaneously by the CAD sys- However, dispatchers and officers, not system’s monitor indicating that a stolen tem and dispatchers will no longer have to the CAD system, will always be able to make CONTINUED ON PAGE 14 CONTINUED ON PAGE 14 Page 14 August 2003 The Digest

going and new incidents for dispatchers Henry said the CAD will also keep dis- CAD system ... through what are essentially “time-stamped” patchers up to date on important alerts and CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 computer files that can be opened and up- bulletin information for their area. The CAD physically leave their workstations during dated instantaneously. will also interface with the important inquiry busy moments. Each incident will have its own file within functions dispatchers and officers need to The CAD will also keep track of all on- the CAD and any data a dispatcher types perform such things as registration checks. into the CAD about an incident will attach Jury duty ... itself to the appropriate file. It will be pos- sible for dispatchers to retrieve all of the in- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 formation ever entered on a particular inci- Routine patrol ... guidelines and requires states seeking a dent with a quick click of the mouse or push CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 reciprocity agreement to meet the criteria of a button. vehicle was in the area. established by the legislation pertaining In the end, Henry said the CAD will al- An arrow on the monitor pointed Norlin to concealed weapons as mandated in Ari- low dispatchers to perform faster, more effi- in the right direction and within minutes, the zona. cient dispatching and handling of emergency five-year DPS veteran spotted the stolen “In the past, it was pretty much left up calls from the public and officers. Henry said 1999 LoJack-equipped GMC Suburban to DPS to establish reciprocity agreements emergency calls will be processed much parked behind a residence near 37th Avenue with other states concerning concealed faster because call takers will no longer have and McDowell Road. weapons,” Lane said. “What we have now to physically leave their workstations to Recovering a stolen car is enough to are actual guidelines to follow ensuring hand-deliver “incident cards” to dispatch- make any officer’s day, but Norlin’s excite- that other states meet our criteria before ers. The CAD system will instantaneously ment didn’t end there. Inside the stolen Sub- we enter into a CCW reciprocity agree- route input about incidents reported by the urban, partially concealed by some sleeping ment.” public or other officers to the appropriate bags, Norlin found1,400 pounds of mari- Another key piece of legislation pro- dispatcher as it is inputted by a call taker. juana. vides relief to retirees unsure about The CAD system will know exactly what “I didn’t expect to find what we found in whether lawmakers would again provide dispatcher should receive information from the vehicle,” Norlin said. “That’s an added a subsidy to be used toward their health an emergency call based largely on the road- plus. That’s a lot of dope.” care premiums. way and milepost in which the incident is Nor did Norlin’s day end there. A short “The legislature extended the supple- taking place. Because it will be programed while later, another 75 pounds of marijuana mental medical insurance premium sub- specifically for DPS, the CAD will know was located inside a residence being visited sidy for all our retirees,” Lane said. “It which highways and mileposts are in which by the three suspects, all Mexican nation- was scheduled to expire June 30, but has district, Henry said. als, who were arrested for their roles in steal- been extended to June 30, 2005. Without Currently, without CAD, dispatchers and ing the Suburban. this legislation, premiums would have sky- call takers at DPS have to basically memo- Steve Volden, DPS media relations of- rocketed and would have really impacted rize all highways and corresponding mile- ficer, said the contraband was bundled in retirees.” posts in the various districts. 103-pound packages. The Internet legislation approved by When a dispatcher receives an emer- Investigators said the vehicle was sto- lawmakers makes it illegal for state em- gency call from the public, they record infor- len May 7 in El Cajon, Calif., and probably ployees to knowingly use state comput- mation from the call by hand and have to was in the Phoenix area less than a day. ers to access, download, print, or store quickly determine which district the incident The three suspects were booked on pos- any information that depicts nudity or is occurring in by referencing their memory session and transporting marijuana charges, sexual activity. of highways and mileposts. said DPS Sgt. Jim Messerly. “This law basically says that agencies Then, the call taker has to physically may discipline or terminate any employee leave his/her workstation to hand deliver the State traffic fatalities guilty of this violation,” Lane said. “At information to the dispatcher responsible for DPS, we already have similar rules in place. dispatching calls in the area where the inci- show increase The legislation also requires each agency dent is taking place. During 2002, some 1,117 people died in to produce an information bulletin about With the CAD, Henry said call takers will state vehicles crashes, up 6.3 percent from the law and distribute a copy to each em- simply enter information from an emergency 2001, according to Michael Frias, deputy di- ployee.” call into the CAD and the information will rector of the Governor’s Office of Highway The law enforcement officer rights bill instantaneously appear as a “new call” on Safety. basically allows an officer to have a repre- the appropriate dispatcher’s computer The increase marked the fifth straight sentative, other than an attorney, present screen. He or she will then dispatch officers year that the number of motor vehicle fatali- during an administrative interview if the to the call. The process will be extremely ties have increased. employee reasonably believes the inter- quick, Henry said. Frias told The Arizona Republic that his view could result in dismissal, demotion In addition, the CAD will also allow of- office, along with other state agencies, has or suspension, Lane said. ficers seeking information from dispatchers, launched public education campaigns tar- “The representative is only allowed such as license plate numbers or department geting seat belt usage, driving under the in- to observe, and must be from the same report numbers, to receive it much faster. fluence of alcohol/drugs and speeding. agency,” Lane said, adding that this does After all, dispatchers will simply have to California and Florida, along with Ari- not apply to routine course-of-duty inter- hit a button to pull up all information about zona, are the only three states in the United views and informal admonishments. an incident rather than shuffling through States which say traffic fatalities increase in dozens of documents to find it. 2002. The Digest August 2003 Page 15 Trujillo ... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 The war on drugs to assistant scientific analysis superin- tendent, the position he held at retirement. Outside of his crime lab responsibili- DPS Officer Jason Lord arrested one sus- Highway Patrol Officer Jay Hutton said ties, Trujillo enjoyed playing basketball pect on drug-related charges after locating he stopped the vehicle July 5 on I-40 about and softball. In basketball, he excelled in an abandoned vehicle that had been in- five miles east of Flagstaff for speeding. After three-on-three competitions with his team volved in a previous collision July 11 about observing indicators of drug trafficking, capturing frequent gold medals in vari- 20 miles south of Gila Bend on S.R. 85. Hutton initiated his search eventually find- ous Police Olympics competitions. He Inside the 2002 Ford pickup truck, Lord ing 2.5 pounds of methamphetamine inside also was a member of a DPS softball team found 605 pounds of marijuana which was the gas tank. which captured a silver medal in the na- seized along with the truck. Upon further The discovery also led to the seizure of tional Police Olympics. investigation, Lord told the Duty Office that the 2001 four-door vehicle and slightly more Upon retirement, Trujillo said there are he later found and arrested the driver fol- than $1,100 in currency. plenty of chores around the house, most lowing a short foot pursuit in the desert. *** of which undoubtedly will be completed *** A DPS Highway Patrol officer and a ca- st under the supervision of his wife Jackie, A traffic stop July 9 on I-10 near 91 Av- nine handler made life a bit difficult for this a former graphic artist at DPS. enue in Tolleson cost this motorist a lot of motorist. He also plans to travel the United money. During the course of the traffic stop, Highway Patrol Officer James Haas said States a bit and devote some time to a DPS Highway Patrol Officer David Porter told he stopped the driver of the 1993 Marquis developing pool cue business. the Duty Office that he found and seized for a traffic violation and during the stop he “I plan to see some of America I really $27,795 in cash. He also impounded the noticed indicators of criminal activity. never had the time to see because of my man’s 2003 Chevrolet pickup truck. He then called for the assistance of Chris job,” Trujillo said. “Before, when I took a *** Hemmen and his canine, Kira. After Kira vacation, I always worried about what For DPS Highway Patrol Officer Don alerted to the trunk area, the two DPS offic- was waiting for me at the office when I Mattus, his persistence resulted in a sub- ers searched the vehicle and came up with returned. Now I don’t have that worry.” stantial marijuana seizure July 9. 415 pounds of marijuana. Trujillo also said he remains an inter- After the Tucson officer stopped a ve- The officers also seized nearly $1,000 in mittent employee of the Department and hicle on I-10 for a lane violation, the driver cash along with the vehicle and contraband may help out on an DPS/FBI training apparently had a change of heart and bolted. during the July 1 traffic stop on I-17 near project involving native American police With Mattus in pursuit, the freeway caper Cordes Junction. officers. moved off the interstate into a business area A couple hours later that day in nearly “I already miss the associations and forcing the DPS officer to ditch the chase for the same location, Hemmen and Kira struck friendships that I have at DPS,” Trujillo safety reasons. again. said. “But, I don’t miss the meetings. But Mattus wasn’t about to abandon This time they took on someone who Retirement right now is like being on va- ship. A short time later, the Duty Office re- certainly wasn’t a rock of Gibralter in the cation except you have this better feeling ported that Mattus resumed the pursuit af- world of crime. that things aren’t piling up on you at the ter watching the suspect and his vehicle re- Hemmen told the Duty Office that he office.” turn to the interstate. Using the shoulder to stopped the Ford F250 pickup truck for a Outside of DPS, Trujillo has been quite pass several cars on the freeway, the drug- registration violation. While questioning the active with Phoenix West Elks Lodge 2729 smuggling suspect again maneuvered his driver, the man admitted that he was trans- longer than he has been with the Depart- vehicle off the freeway before coming to a porting a substantial amount of marijuana. ment. In 1978-79 he served as the lodge’s stop and fleeing on foot, abandoning 447 The ensuing search produced 631 pounds exalted ruler. pounds of marijuana and a loaded revolver. of the illegal leafy substance. His retirement party also benefitted Mattus said attempts by responding law Hemmen was also told by the motorist his Elks Lodge. Those attending his free enforcement personnel to locate the fugitive that a 2003 Ford Escape SUV was providing retirement dinner at the Lodge were asked proved unsuccessful. escort for his pickup. The SUV eventually to donate to the lodge’s building fun. The *** was located and stopped. event, which drew more than 200 people, An equipment violation proved to be the Both drivers were arrested and both ve- raised more than $1,400 which will prob- undoing for this marijuana-smuggling sus- hicles were seized. ably be used for new carpeting and floor- pect. *** ing at the west Phoenix facility. DPS Highway Patrol Officer Michael Gila Bend Highway Patrol Officer James Tributes that flowed at the event tar- McLaren told the Duty Office that he Anderson assisted U.S. Customs in pursu- geted Trujillo for some good-natured rib- stopped the vehicle on July 8, just a few miles ing a vehicle that later was abandoned by its bing. But, when it came to a photo slide east of Yuma on I-8. With assistance from driver. presentation for Trujillo, there simply fellow DPS Officer Dwayne Aulds, McLaren The incident occurred July 2 on I-8 about wasn’t an abundance of photos high- said he found 355 pounds of marijuana hid- 20 miles west of Gila Bend. Anderson said lighting his career. den in the bed of the pick-up truck. the driver and passengers abandoned the That’s the way Trujillo was. He en- *** vehicle after it went through a right of way joyed working behind the scenes with- These two suspected drug runners didn’t fence and stopped leaving behind 1,352 out trumpets heralding successes. have a tiger in their tank, only meth and it pounds of marijuana. The suspects were proved to be their undoing. not apprehended. Page 16 August 2003 The Digest

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August 1968 August 1973 Ramon Figueroa to sergeant during ceremo- The Arizona Highway Patrol pistol team, DPS Officers Bill Hughes and Bob nies in the Director’s Office. led by overall champion Charlie Sanders, Pierson were pictured in The Arizona Re- *** captured first place in the Rocky Mountain public Aug. 1 removing nickels from a slot Eight DPS officers were involved in a Open Police Combat Matches conducted in machine confiscated in an April 30 raid of an shooting Aug. 22 near Holbrook which left Fort Collins, Colo., Aug. 24-25. American Legion post in Tombstone. a Tucson rape suspect fatally wounded. During the competition, Sanders was first When the machines were emptied, they The officers shot Booker T. Washington, in two individual events and second in an- were crushed by a bulldozer at the Phoenix 24, after he pointed a pistol at them follow- other. Team members Ken Chlarson and Hank city dump on south 19th Avenue. ing a chase at speeds up to 130 mph on In- Shearer also collected first-place finishes in August 1978 terstate 40. Washington was initially sought individual competitions while Sgt. Harold Arizona’s biggest manhunt came to an by Tucson police after he beat up his girl- Johnson had a second-place finish. end Aug. 22 when a chemical worker found friend and her parents and threatened them *** the bloated, decomposing body of prison with a gun Aug. 21. While patrolling S.R. 84 near Coolidge escapee Gary Tison in a remote desert area A short time later, he abducted a Tucson Aug. 13, Arizona Highway Patrolman Jim about 23 miles south of Casa Grande. couple, a 19-year-old man and an 18-year- Martin stopped a man to advise him not to The search included hundreds of law old woman, at gunpoint. Booker eventually walk on the pavement. enforcement officers from Arizona. Authori- raped the woman and escaped to northern During the conversation, Martin was not ties in New Mexico and Colorado were also Arizona where the pursuit and shooting in- satisfied with the pedestrian’s demeanor. involved in the search at some point. cident occured. While searching him after placing the sus- With the aid of his three sons, Tison and August 1993 pect under arrest, Martin had a .22-caliber fellow inmate Randy Greenawalt staged their A Tucson man faced four felony charges pistol pulled on him. prison break July 30. During the next 13 days, in connection with the July 3 traffic death of The man then disarmed Martin and or- the Tison Gang murdered six people before DPS Reserve Sgt. Mark Dryer. dered the patrolman to get into the patrol running into a roadblock Aug. 11 south of D-13 Commander Lt. Mike Lockhart said car. Casa Grande at Chuichu Road. a Pinal County grand jury, on Aug. 12, in- While traveling, Martin was able to place Greenawalt and two of Tison’s sons were dicted Charles Robert Rensier, 33, Tucson, his microphone near his leg, keying it inter- captured at the roadblock while another died for manslaughter, use of a dangerous drug mittently, thus alerting Claypool Dispatcher of gunshot wounds suffered in the early- (methamphetamine), reckless endangerment Richard Ulrich that something was wrong. dawn gun battle. and driving under the influence (drugs). In doing this, he also was able to give his Tison managed to escape during the Dryer, a 12-year reserve, was standing exact location. confusion surrounding the gun battle. beside the driver’s side door talking to a About 10 miles west of Stanfield, the man Eleven days later, his body was found about motorist he had stopped for speeding that ordered Martin to stop. The gunman exited a mile from the roadblock site. He died from Fourth of July weekend when he was struck the patrol car and ran into the desert where exposure, investigators said. by a vehicle driven by Rensier. Dryer died he apparently died from a self-inflicted gun- August 1988 several hours later in Phoenix following sur- shot wound. The body was found by AHP DPS Director Ralph Milstead promoted gery at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Lt. Bill Hangar along with Patrolmen Frank Ken Loeffler, Ken Haw, Dean Nyhart and Center. Gillette and Gary Godbold.