Wrongly fired AZDES Director Tim Jeffries starts process to sue the state for multiple false statements

For Immediate Release: Jeffries Files Notice of Claim For False Statement In DPS DES Audit

Contact: Thomas C. Horne, Esq., Horne Slaton, Phone (480) 483-2178

Former Arizona Attorney General, the Honorable Thomas C. Horne, Esq., has filed a Notice of Claim on behalf of former DES Director Timothy Jeffries against the State of Arizona. The Notice of Claim addresses false statements contained in the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) Firearms Program Audit of Arizona DES released on July 7, 2017. The Notice reads in part:

• The report stated that Jeffries carried a gun on state property. That was FALSE.

• The report stated the Jeffries wanted to arm every DES employee. That was FALSE.

• The report stated the Jeffries wanted to create his own police force and control it. That was FALSE.

• The report stated that Jeffries was involved in ammunition planning procurement and storage. That was FALSE.

• The report stated that Jeffries regularly took ammunition from the DES inventory that was FALSE.

• The report stated that Jeffrey's went to a gun range on a weekly basis. That was FALSE.

• The report stated the Jeffries would leave work early to go to a gun range. That was FALSE.

• The report stated Jeffries openly proclaimed to be going to the shooting range to shoot DES inventory. That was FALSE.

• There were other false statements in the report. The author of the report and witnesses quoted in the report or cited in the report and other State employees knew that the statements were false and acted with malice.