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Am curious as to why no mention of S.W.A.T.
Is "Phoenix S.W.A.T." not part of the Phoenix Police Department?
If so, what 'department' is it under?
Either way, I think there should be some mention of S.W.A.T. in this article; even if it's a reference to another article. 2600:8800:784:8F00:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D ( talk) 09:51, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
@ Magnolia677: Having had a look over the sources, I'm not sure how you've reached the conclusion that they don't support this claim. You're right that the Fox 10 article says "There is not a particular race, age group, or part of the city that appears to be targeted the most.... There is no obvious trend when it comes to who Phoenix Police have shot or killed." – I assume this is what you're referring to when you say "one source cited disagrees". But the other two sources clearly say that black people have been disproportionately targeted: as mentioned in my edit summary, one says "The [police] shooting surge in Phoenix ... disproportionately affected black residents", while the the other says "Black and Native American people were disproportionately shot when compared with their population numbers in the city." Note also that the apparent disagreement in the Fox source isn't actually a disagreement, though it's not very clearly worded: saying that no group is targeted the most is not the same as saying that no group is targeted disproportionately. Finally, I'm not seeing anything in any of the sources "indicat[ing] this is due to racial crime rates", nor am I entirely sure what that means, though the AZCentral piece is very long and I may have missed something. – Arms & Hearts ( talk) 21:19, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
Per the cited source, this was a "commemorative" coin and it "celebrated" the shooting. Just saying "a coin" was created without clarifying its purpose and context is a violation of npov and inconsistent with the cited source. [1] Snooganssnoogans ( talk) 01:11, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
It's a very minor issue, but should we be using "Phoenix Police Officer" or "Phoenix Police officer" (or, perhaps, "Phoenix police officer") in this article? I went with "Police officer" here, but I see that Ihiyotl has changed some of them back. My thinking was that "(police) officer" is a common noun, but one could also make the case that "Officer" is a rank like "Sergeant" and the like, and thus a proper noun. MOS:JOBTITLES may or may not apply. – Arms & Hearts ( talk) 20:27, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT ( talk) 06:34, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
Am curious as to why no mention of S.W.A.T.
Is "Phoenix S.W.A.T." not part of the Phoenix Police Department?
If so, what 'department' is it under?
Either way, I think there should be some mention of S.W.A.T. in this article; even if it's a reference to another article. 2600:8800:784:8F00:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D ( talk) 09:51, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
@ Magnolia677: Having had a look over the sources, I'm not sure how you've reached the conclusion that they don't support this claim. You're right that the Fox 10 article says "There is not a particular race, age group, or part of the city that appears to be targeted the most.... There is no obvious trend when it comes to who Phoenix Police have shot or killed." – I assume this is what you're referring to when you say "one source cited disagrees". But the other two sources clearly say that black people have been disproportionately targeted: as mentioned in my edit summary, one says "The [police] shooting surge in Phoenix ... disproportionately affected black residents", while the the other says "Black and Native American people were disproportionately shot when compared with their population numbers in the city." Note also that the apparent disagreement in the Fox source isn't actually a disagreement, though it's not very clearly worded: saying that no group is targeted the most is not the same as saying that no group is targeted disproportionately. Finally, I'm not seeing anything in any of the sources "indicat[ing] this is due to racial crime rates", nor am I entirely sure what that means, though the AZCentral piece is very long and I may have missed something. – Arms & Hearts ( talk) 21:19, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
Per the cited source, this was a "commemorative" coin and it "celebrated" the shooting. Just saying "a coin" was created without clarifying its purpose and context is a violation of npov and inconsistent with the cited source. [1] Snooganssnoogans ( talk) 01:11, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
It's a very minor issue, but should we be using "Phoenix Police Officer" or "Phoenix Police officer" (or, perhaps, "Phoenix police officer") in this article? I went with "Police officer" here, but I see that Ihiyotl has changed some of them back. My thinking was that "(police) officer" is a common noun, but one could also make the case that "Officer" is a rank like "Sergeant" and the like, and thus a proper noun. MOS:JOBTITLES may or may not apply. – Arms & Hearts ( talk) 20:27, 30 November 2021 (UTC)