Original Article Glendale fires police detective Accused of botching 242 cases Brent Whiting The Arizona Republic Apr. 13, 2005 12:00 AM Glendale has fired a police detective accused of botching nearly 250 domestic-violence cases in a three-year span. Brad Moore, 41, had been on paid leave since Feb. 3 when he was served with a formal notice of intent to end his employment. Moore was fired Monday from the $55,000-a-year job and his name removed from the city payroll, Julie Frisoni, a Glendale spokeswoman, said Tuesday. Moore, who has appealed the firing, could not be reached for comment. Nobody answered Tuesday when reporters knocked at his home. In the notice of termination, Glendale accused Moore of dropping the ball in at least 242 misdemeanor domestic-violence cases since January 2002. Officials said 158 cases have been scrapped because Moore filed reports falsely claiming the work had been completed. They said the cases cannot be reworked for prosecution because the one-year statute of limitations has expired. That leaves 84 cases that remain viable but need to be reworked by other detectives to complete the job that Moore failed to do, the notice said. Moore was hired in August 1985. He was fired just a few months short of a 20th anniversary that would have qualified him for a pension. Reach the reporter at brent.whiting@arizonarepublic.com or (602) 444-6937.