The Pima County Attorney's Office 15.1 List, formally LEAD List, formally Brady List, can be described in many different ways. Ultimately, in most cases, it is a list of police personnel with credibility issues. The Pima County Attorney's Office Rule 15.1 Disclosure Committee Protocol is listed below.

The criteria to be placed on this list is laid out in the above document. But what happens if a law enforcement agency is compromised? Section 1c states, "PCAO may also receive such information from any source, and is not limited to information received from LEAs." But what if the Pima County Attorney's Office is compromised and refuses to follow their own rules?

So we'll start with a couple of easy ones. Assistant Chiefs Ramon Batista and Carla Johnson, based on sections b1 and b3, should be on the 15.1 list. The Tucson Police Department's Office of "Professional" Standards conducted a substandard investigation into Batista's Cinco de Mayo hit-and-run collision. Our notification should've been a safeguard to allow the PCAO to deal with this corruption accordingly. It was not.

Roger Nusbaum is a Special Agent employed with the Arizona Attorney General's Office. He is a retired detective with the Tucson Police Department where he was assigned to among other things, the Office of "Professional" Standards. Roger Nusbaum is on the AZ Attorney General's Brady List reference the below listed investigation that we obtained in June 2015. We have been advised that Roger Nusbaum investigates elder-abuse cases that can overlap with investigations conducted by detectives from the Tucson Police Department. Many of these cases are prosecuted by the Pima County Attorney's Office. We can't figure out why they are ignoring this information as Roger Nusbaum's tainted testimony could destroy a prosecutable case.

Here are some examples of the unfairness in regards to Tucson Police Personnel and how they are treated...

Again, we will continually update this list

-An officer was arrested for domestic violence charges.  The officer completed diversion and all other requirements.  He is NOT on the 15.1 list.  He is currently working at the Pima County Jail booking prisoners brought in by other Tucson Police Officers.  He has been advised by commanders that he will be in his current assignment indefinitely.

-A different officer was arrested for domestic violence charges.  The charges were dropped.  The officer is NOT on the 15.1 list.  He is assigned to patrol with no restrictions.  

-A Tucson Police Officer got frustrated with the laptop computer in their patrol car and slammed the lid shut.  The damage to the computer was catastrophic ($2,350.00).  The officer was untruthful in a written report regarding the damage, he was untruthful in his interview with the Office of "Professional" Standards before he finally clarified that he probably caused the damage.  This officer is NOT on the 15.1 list.  The officer has since been promoted to detective and then to sergeant.  The employee currently holds the rank of sergeant and is in a special assignment.  

-A current Tucson PD Assistant Chief, while as a sergeant, used his department issued cell phone to romance another department member that was not his wife.  An audit revealed that the bill for the department issued cell phone was several hundred dollars.  The employee was given an opportunity to repay the money for the phone bill.  Again, this discretion was discovered in an audit meaning the employee did not own this mistake until he was confronted.  He is NOT on the 15.1 list.

-An Officer used appropriate force during an arrest.  The arrestee suffered extensive injuries.  The officer was disarmed and placed on imposed leave for over a month.  He was then ordered to a modified assignment and removed from a special assignment.  This went on for approximately 5 months.  The officer was told he was cleared and the investigation was closed.  Several months later, the officer found that he had been added to the PCAO's 15.1 list.  He confronted PCAO personnel about their mistake.  They apologized and immediately removed his name from the list.  The officer now carries a letter from the PCAO that states that he was briefly on the 15.1 list due to an "administrative error" for every court case he attends.

This investigation is on going...