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The calls Phoenix PD may let others handle BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor
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onfronting a sea of unfilled uniformed and civilian positions, Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams last week laid out for a city council committee six types of service calls that might be kicked over to other departments so that her depleted force can focus on more serious ones. She said her department is not alone in
Club West HOA nixes appeal in Conservancy’s suit
studying Arizona State University’s recommendations as she and her top aides look to “maintain baseline service delivery.” “We’re looking at about 80,000 to 90,000 calls for service that we could off-board from patrol, thereby having them focus their efforts on other things,” Williams said. Some of those calls involve almost daily quality-of-life requests in Ahwatukee – such as complaints about abandoned vehicles and illegal parking, which are particularly common
in residential areas where homeowners associations are trying to maintain a high standard of orderliness. Others involve calls of concerns about people who may not have been seen or heard from in several days. Eliminating some of those call types is one of several strategies the department is considering to deal with what appears to be a long-term staffing problem that has been ag-
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BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor
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he Foothills Club West Association board unanimously decided last week not to appeal a Superior Court ruling that its predecessor improperly acquired the declarant rights to the golf course that could determine the embattled site’s future. Board members told homeowners last Thursday that, essentially, the decision was a no brainer because their insurer refused to pay the costs of any further litigation by the board and because the HOA would have to post a $10 million bond to carry on the appeal. That $10 million is the current appraised value of the 165-acre golf course. The lawsuit was filed by the then-newly formed Club West Conservancy in March 2020 after course owner The Edge presented a plan
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Hoping to find a bone under the Christmas tree, Lexie gave Santa, played by Steve Petruzzella, some love at Pecos Park during Ahwatukee mortgage planner Jill Waldrop's special pet-shootwith-Santa fundraiser for Adopt A Dog Rescue Dec. 4. (Special to AFN)
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