Hunt joined APD at just 18 years old and rose through the ranks to lieutenant working with attorney Thomas Clear the third and his paralegal Ricardo Rick Mendez taking bribes to get DWI cases dismissed or never file them. In DWI cases officer testimony is critical. No officer, no case. Federal court records show officers repeatedly failed to appear in court and those cases were dismissed. Missing court once can happen. Missing court over and over changes the conversation. That's why prosecutors didn't call this a mistake. They called it coordination. The full timeline and why this matters is in the long form breakdown. Thin blue lies, baby.