A Brief History of Investigators in the Phoenix PD

A Project for the UC Berkeley Extension Mystery Fiction Class

The final assignment for this class on the history and art of writing Mystery Fiction is to create a report, presentation, or blog posting on some sort of mystery-related topic. I chose to look at the history of the Investigative Unit in my hometown police department, the Phoenix PD. Both the notes and the final product will be posted here.


Investigative Log

This started as my log, notes really, for my research into the Phoenix Police Department Investigative Division. Well, it was. Now, it is looking at a murder mystery. While digging into the history of detecting in Phoenix, I found this fascinating murder case in 1921 Phoenix. Rancher J M Dunn was shot while sleeping on…

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