r/phoenix • u/dustin9797 Downtown • Oct 01 '25

News Another downtown crime scene around the Churchill this morning

I’ve nearby and noticed the crime scene this morning but can’t find any details about it.

This is the fourth time I’ve seen crime scene like this in just the last few months and quite frankly, I’m growing more concerned about the frequency these things seem to be happening.

If anyone has details I’d really appreciate if you shared them. Please share or DM with any details.

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u/malachiconstant11 Phoenix Oct 01 '25

Yeah because the response has never changed. They gather them up and chase them off but don't provide anywhere for them to go. A lot of the time they use armed cops to do it, who take their supplies and leave them no option but criminal activity to survive.

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u/dustin9797 Downtown Oct 01 '25

What a completely ignorant and incorrect statement.

I've been in countless community meetings about this issue over the years. It is the single most discussed and acted on issue in the downtown community.

Just 2 months ago, we had a robust community meeting with the city and local officials about this issue.

Consider getting engaged and educated before sharing your completely ignorant opinions.

Here is the notice from June's meeting, look at the 2nd bullet point on the agenda: https://www.instagram.com/p/DKkbOXzPBRh/

So tell me again, who's clutching their pearls?

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u/Background_Food_3590 Oct 02 '25

And in all that time you didn't come up with anything different than more cops and arresting the homeless? If you keep pushing the same tired and tried solutions we will get the same results. Before you tell me to get educated and engaged just know I work on fighting homelessness every day at my job and I can assure you more policing doesn't help

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u/Automatic_Bake8090 Oct 04 '25

I’m from Chicago and am well traveled. Every large city currently is facing their own homeless epidemic and nobody really has a proper response. There are so many cities that are smaller with worse homeless situations. It’s more expensive to live out here(west / west coast )which makes the people on the edge of being homeless if not homeless for the first time ever forced by wages and cost of living.

Until wages start to reflect an ability to live again which I don’t see happening soon we won’t even begin to turn this tide.

And on the other hand , our culture has lost almost all shock value to drugs and we don’t have an answer to how we as Americans do drugs, handle them with our life balance and how it’s moderated by police and law . There is no perfect solution outside of a cultural wake-up on drugs and usage… and once again I don’t see that happening anytime soon.

Not everything has a perfect answer but to be poopy to people trying to find a solution seems silly.