The Surprise Police Department is scheduled to host courtroom testimony training classes that will be led by a disgraced former prosecutor who’s under State Bar investigation for falsely charging protesters as gang members.
SURPRISE, AZ — The Surprise Police Department is scheduled to host courtroom testimony training classes that will be led by a disgraced former prosecutor who’s under State Bar investigation for falsely charging protesters as gang members and presenting false information to the court.
The full-day sessions led by April Sponsel also have the backing of the state police board, according to a flyer obtained by ABC15. Sponsel was fired from the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office and placed under State Bar investigation after ABC15’s Politically Charged investigation.The former prosecutor colluded with Phoenix officers to invent a fictional gang and then charge anti-police demonstrators as members.
After ABC15’s reports, the court, MCAO, and multiple outside investigations concluded that Sponsel presented clearly false information to grand jurors to obtain charges in multiple cases.The courtroom testimony trainings are set up through a company called Five Eight Group, which is run by retired Mesa Police officer Michael Pezzelle, according to online business filings.
The flyer announcing the upcoming events in April and July also says the course is approved for eight hours of training credit from the state’s police board, AZPOST.MCAO declined to comment."The Surprise Police Department is hosting a training called Courtroom Testimony on April 11, 2023, which is open to all law enforcement agencies in the Valley to sign up to attend.
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