PPD Officer son gets privileged treatment instead of boot out the door
In January lusty Phoenix Police Officer Jeffrey Gordon was placed on paid administrative leave while the department’s Professional Standards Bureau conducted an investigation into allegations of “unprofessional conduct” performed on-duty, in uniform.
A report released yesterday said the younger Gordon, a married, six-year officer, violated an operations order that states, “Employees will not engage in sexual activity or contact at any time while on duty or when off duty at any departmental facility and/or grounds.” A tamer version of his inappropriate conduct both last December and in 2007, can be read in the newspaper account here. The Phoenix New Times has the real low down which you can find on your own. This is a family blog, after all.
But despite Officer Gordon’s repeated and salacious sexual misconduct, he was recently allowed to return to work, and then given the exceedingly light penalty apparently becoming the son of the Mayor of Phoenix — a ridiculous 32-hour suspension. This after spending the better part of the year on paid leave courtesy of Phoenix taxpayers.
Phoenix Police Sgt. Tommy Thompson released the following statement on behalf of the department:
“Consistent with department policy, Officer Jeffrey Gordon was investigated for allegations of misconduct by the Professional Standards Bureau of the Phoenix Police Department. A seven member Disciplinary Review Board, consisting of members of the public, peer officers, police commanders and an assistant police chief reviewed the investigation and findings and recommended a 32-hour suspension to Acting Police Chief Joe Yahner. Officer Gordon, who has returned to duty in the Estrella Mountain Precinct, will serve that suspension.”
Dad Philly Gordon has had his own odd romantic madcap adventures. It must run in the family.
This is rich….in ore ways than one. Philly’s son Jeffy makes out like a bandit, receiving a salary and benefits while not working for months, then finally goes back to work and is “punished” for his longtime and ongoing sexual escapades with a 32 hour suspension. What a joke. This guy was engaging in sex acts (Yes, I found the real story on his exploits on the Phoenix New Times site last night.)
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2011/08/phoenix_mayor_phil_gordons_son_2.php
while on duty and gets less than a slap on the wrist. If his father wasn’t the mayor, he’d have been out on his ass.
It appears the only real punishment he’ll receives will have to come from his wife.
“Officer Gordon’s repeated and salacious sexual misconduct,…”
Given that the (rotten) apple doesn’t fall far from the (rotten) tree, I would expect that his misconduct was with ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CRIMINALS, i.e. the officer does to ILLEGAL what his father does to American citizens.
The title of this post says it all. Phil Gordon’s first and second wives both divorced him for running around. Father and son are both pigs.
Well…at least it was a female.
Hmmm…Should the unthinkable happen and Gullett be elected – he’ll keep the tradition alive.
Read something interesting in a book the other day that is somewhat applicable here. Paraphrased, it said something like this:
“The allegations about [politician] were brought to light by the Village Voice, a publication that leans strongly left but which also tends to be pretty equal in the number of corruption stories it prints about left & right wing candidates. When it comes to corruption, the Voice skewers both sides equally.”
Much the same can be said about the Phoenix New Times. This is something that it is good to keep in mind.
Seeing Red is usually good on headlines, but you guys missed the mark with this one. Instead of “The apple doesn’t fall far from the Phil Gordon tree,” it should have been the FOOL Gordon tree.
Father and son are obviously both stupid and arrogant, a bad enough combination, as well as oversexed. From what I’ve seen this combination often comes from incompetents exceeding their abilities. In this case a jerkwater like Phil Gordon being elected as Phoenix mayor.
Jeffrey Gordon should have been fired. He wasn’t. He still should/could be, but won’t. Judging by his past performances, there will be future chances for the city to get rid of this predator. His daddy won’t always be mayor with the ability to bring down the ax on anyone who has the good judgement to take out his sicko boy.
It seems the consensus is that it must be in the jeans…oops, genes.
Clan Gordon in Scotland must be hanging its collective head.
Of course the daily RAG, runs a “story” on this, WITHOUT COMMENTS ALLOWED, but has NO PROBLEM allowing comments every time Russell Pearce’s son gets arrested. Biased much are they? The RAG doesn’t even try to hide it.
I noticed the same thing, Chick. The newpaper’s agenda is huge and blatant. Today they ran a puff piece on Jerry Lewis the recruited LDS Bishop who is challenging an American Patriot, AZ Senate president Russell Pearce. May God bless Pearce in this race.
Nothing new, just more corruption in the Phx PD. If the citizens only knew of how corrupt this dept really is and their City Manager & Council (who are truly aware) is doing nothing!
I read that Officer Jeffrey Gordon lopped off some of his fingers while doing penance for his sex acts with other women. He was installing wood floors in his home while on month’s long paid leave. Maybe his wife was “helping him” with the saw? Who’d blame her? I’d have aimed a little lower.