PHOENIX (3TV / CBS 5) – Phoenix firefighters say an area in downtown Phoenix is so dangerous that police are now needed to secure areas before firefighters can respond to calls for the past few weeks they have had to call the police from Phoenix to help them do their job. They said it had never been this bad. “We saw hammers, samurai swords, chains, and a variety of things used as weapons,” said Dean. (Source: 3TV / CBS 5) “There is a problem. We can say that for sure,” said PJ Dean of the United Phoenix Firefighters Association. When the Phoenix firefighters answer a call, their first thought is to protect others. Now they said the tables have turned. “We saw hammers, samurai swords, chains, and a variety of things used as weapons,” said Dean. “We cannot protect ourselves; we can’t defend ourselves and medically treat people at the same time. ”In the past few weeks, Dean said that residents of 13th Avenue and Jefferson Street, especially those in tent camps, were violent towards firefighters who responded to any type of call, including the attacks on them and trying to get into their fire engines. Those who live near 13th Avenue and Jefferson Street, especially those who live in tent camps, have become violent towards firefighters (Source: 3TV / CBS 5). “That’s when they asked the Phoenix Police for help,” said Dean. Dennis Orender of the Phoenix Police Department.Orender works with Phoenix Fire, where now when firefighters are called to a call in the area, the Phoenix Police department first “orchestrates” the area to make sure it is safe and then the firefighters go inside. Dean said staging is normal when it comes to shooting or stabbing calls, but he said this situation is not normal. Arizona Homelessness Could Increase in 2021 “What’s unique about this situation is that we now have a Deployment Response Requirement for that particular location only, regardless of what the call is,” said Dean. According to the Phoenix Police Department’s 2020 crime statistics, this area is a hot spot, one of the most criminal places in the city. While both Phoenix Fire and Phoenix Police plan to evaluate this new protocol, both entities swear that calls for service will not be compromised. “Phoenix Fire, Pheonix PD, we work very well together. Nobody is going to date PD services.” “Nobody will go out without a fire department,” said Cmdr. Orender. Although there is a shelter for the homeless in the area, the City of Phoenix wants to do more to make the area safer. “Right now it’s a big help,” agreed earlier this month Phoenix City Council for adding 275 more beds to emergency shelters in the area to get people off the streets Copyright 2021 KPHO / KTVK (KPHO Broadcasting Corporation) All rights reserved.
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