Starting Wednesday night, the U.S. military will be conducting training exercises in Phoenix, according to an advisory from the Phoenix Police Department posted to Facebook. The exercises will occur primarily in the “evening and night hours,” according to the post, and will continue through Feb. 13.
The department’s post contains few details about the nature of the exercises. It says that the exercises “will occur at select City of Phoenix-owned locations” and that “a limited number of military personnel and equipment will be participating solely for training purposes.” It does not specify the nature of the training or the locations, but does say that the training “will not impact city services, park or facility access, or facility operations” and that “visibility to the public is expected to be minimal.”
The post goes on to stress that the training in question “is NOT related to immigration enforcement and does NOT involve any federal immigration operations.” The department said Phoenix police officers will not be participating in the training but “will be on-site solely to ensure community safety during the exercises.”…