Our Voices
Tempe Business Owner Creates True Blue Tempe to Support His City’s Police Department Local Resident Starts Advocacy Group to Stand Behind Law Enforcement Mike Bradley, a Tempe business owner, recently created the advocacy group True Blue Tempe to encourage other business leaders to stand together to show their support for their local police department. After…
Behind the Badge — Sergeant Heather Penner Why did I become a police officer? That question is not easy to answer because the answer has changed over the years. I feel the best way to answer is first to tell you a little about me. I’m a real Arizona native. I have spent my entire…
5 Ways Companies Can Show Support for Local Police Local law enforcement’s positive impacts on the community need to be celebrated! Businesses and community members don’t have to participate in an over the top gift or experience to show their support. Instead, there are plenty of ways people can demonstrate their appreciation for their local…
Behind the Badge — Sergeant Heather Penner Why did I become a police officer? That question is not easy to answer because the answer has changed over the years. I feel the best way to answer is first to tell you a little about me. I’m a real Arizona native. I have spent my entire…
Spectra Electrical Services — Being an Advocate for Local Police John Brunia, President of Spectra Electrical Services, is an active local police supporter who is working to encourage other community leaders to stand behind local police forces. Recently, he pledged his support and joined the True Blue Tempe advocacy team. Although his company has (luckily)…
Behind the Badge — Officer Denison Dawson My name is Denison Dawson. I have worked at the City of Tempe Police Department for 18 years. During my tenure, I have served in various assignments including as a patrol officer, field training officer, hostage negotiator, solo motor officer within the traffic bureau, school resource officer,…
ECD Systems — Being an Advocate for Local Police For Mike Bradley, the president and CEO of local security and life-safety solutions company ECD Systems, his appreciation for police officers and their commitment to the communities they serve started at a young age. His father was a Phoenix police officer for 18 years and retired…
Our Voices I was inspired in June when my daughter and her husband decided to do something to counter the loud, but minority voices wanting to tear down the institutions that make our country the greatest in the world. They struggled the most with the way some voices inside and outside our community were treating…
