Overview
- The Phoenix Police Professional Standards Bureau is reviewing Sgt. Dusten Mullen’s off-duty conduct, and a spokesperson says he remains employed.
- Newly aired video shows him at a Chandler student protest with his face covered and a handgun on his hip with extra magazines.
- A Chandler police report quotes him saying he planned to let students assault him so officers could make arrests, and that supporters with rifles were coming.
- The report says he first withheld his name, then identified himself when he sought charges over water thrown at him, though prosecutors later rejected the case against the teen.
- Phoenix and Chandler elected officials condemned the conduct and pressed for discipline, as a councilwoman requested a briefing from Chief Matt Giordano and the ACLU warned about chilling students’ free speech.