TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - An effort to rename a Tucson city park to honor a slain police officer is facing resistance.
The Arizona Daily Star reports many neighbors near Alvernon Park say the late Tucson Officer Jeffrey Ross has little historic connection to the midtown park.
But retired Tucson police Officer John Sainz says he and Ross used to play in the park as children. He is leading an effort to rename Alvernon Park to Jeffrey H. Ross Memorial Park.
Ross was part of a team of narcotics officers that raided the now-defunct Ranch House bar, a topless-dancer club and biker hangout when the bar manager shot him in the chest in 1982.
Resident Kathy Phelan says renaming the park isn’t the right solution and current plans don’t tell those who come to the park much about Ross.
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Information from: Arizona Daily Star, http://www.tucson.com
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