Tempe Police Officer Hid Evidence in His Garage
•An internal investigation reveals officer Tony Trow of the Tempe Police Department hid evidence in his garage. CBS 5 KPHO News asks Criminal Defense Attorney Marc J. Victor about his thoughts on this matter.
I have lived in Tempe for over 30 years. I was shocked to just find out about this. I sent the following email to the city council members.
I just viewed online Channel 5's news story explaining Detective Trow's unprofessional, and perhaps criminal, conduct and Chief Ryff's slap on the wrist. If what I've seen is true, my questions are when is the city council going to investigate which other detectives are doing this, what other criminal investigations have been compromised, when are we going file criminal charges against Detective Trow and fire and replace him and Chief Ryff? I've personally had almost all good interactions with Tempe police officers. I've enjoyed their friendly, professional manner. No police department is perfect but if the above is true, this behavior is an insult to their efforts and has cast a dark shadow over the whole department and my positive view. I wish you the best in the hard work required to truly correct this swiftly. Sincerely, NormMy additional question is, if the Tempe city council decides to investigate the detectives in depth, who are they going to get to do it? Are they going to use the Phoenix or Mesa police departments to do it? Are they going to use DPS? If they form a special committee of investigators, who will be on the committee? Certainly they don't want to call in the FBI, do they? Should they investigate each other to see if one of the council is on the take with some corrupt police officers?
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