Arizona Republic:  “With the city in the middle of a budget crisis, Sgt. Trent Crump acknowledges it’s probably a bad time for the Phoenix Police Department to break in a new $4.15 million surveillance plane.   Crump said he understands the plane likely will raise eyebrows among residents, because Phoenix also is eliminating jobs and cutting employees’ pay.”

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