Fired Phoenix cops had prior disciplinary actions

New at four. We're learning more about the two phoenix police officers who were fired and arrested after a violent traffic stop last month. The city of phoenix today released the officer's disciplinary records. This is pretty unusual this early on and they revealed that both had been reprimanded before former officers Antonio Felix and Luis Vasquez were arrested on several charges including kidnapping and aggravated assault after a traffic stop ended up particularly violent on august 5th. Investigators say they used excessive force, failed to turn on both of them, their body worn cameras and never reported the incident during the traffic stop. Investigators say the officers used a taser dozens of times on a man and a woman and then repeatedly punched the man in the face. Fox 10's Jacob Luthi combed through those hundreds of pages of their personnel files. He joins us now with what they show Jacob. Yeah, Christina, john, you know, john, look, you had mentioned that they had released this information, right? One thing that they're trying to push heavily right now is transparency because they believe that the actions of these officers undermine the public's trust in their department and these weren't new officers to the department, right? One had been there for eight years, the other for nine. And in looking through their files, both of them had previous incidents where they didn't report according to police policy, even one officer in one incident failing to turn on his body worn camera. And that's something that police say happened on that night last month during that traffic stop, which ultimately led to their arrest. Former officer Luis Vasquez, his record includes an officer involved shooting in 2025 that was later determined to be within policy following a review. That same year he was disciplined for failing to properly activate his body worn camera while he was investigating a collision. His record also shows four missed court appearances which resulted in supervisory counseling. But his record also includes 14 commendations between 2019 and 2026. Antonio Felix, the other former officer involved also has a history of disciplinary issues. In 2018, while working as an officer in training, Felix failed to notify his training officer about a use of force incident in which he punched a suspect three times in the head. In 2025 he failed to complete a report on a call for service involving theft and threatening messages. And earlier this year he again failed to complete an incident report involving a missing juvenile. That case was still pending when he was terminated. His record also includes five commendations between 2020 and 2022. In all the cases, the Phoenix Police Department disciplined the officers with written reprimands and supervisory coaching. Councilman Kevin Robinson says guardrails were in place to hold officers accountable when they to follow policy. He says over their eight and nine year tenures, there were no glaring issues with either officer. But he says the current investigation is now looking at whether any warning signs were missed. The big question on everyone's mind is, is this the first time they've done this or has it happened before? And I did ask, um, as recently as late last week, have we in any way in either departments, either in the Office of Accountability and transparency or in the police department or in the mayor's office or in the city council offices or the city manager's offices? Have we received any additional complaints about that type of behavior? The answer has been no, we have not. Now, the Phoenix Police Department says they're currently investigating this right now. They're going through a review of both officers, including their former police reports, their body worn camera footage, as well as all their interactions with the community. But it's again, it's not just for these officers, right? They mentioned that it's also for their squads, their precincts again, trying to make sure that these actions aren't a systemic problem in the department reporting live in Phoenix tonight, Jacob Luthi Fox 10 News.