COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR ON ARIZONA PBS, ON ARIZONA HORIZON, HERM EDWARDS IS OUT ARIZONA AS' HEAD FOOTBALL COACH.

LATER ON CRONKITE NEWS, AFGHAN REFUGEES STRUGGLE TO MAKE A LIFE IN THE U.S. THAT'S AHEAD ON ARIZONA PBS.

GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

QUEEN ELIZABETH II WAS LAID TO REST TODAY.

THE QUEEN'S COFFIN WAS LOWERED INTO THE VAULT WHERE HE SISTER, PARENTS AND HUSBAND LIE.

THIS INCLUDED THE CROWN SCHOOLER REMOVING THE STATE CROWN AND THE ORB AND SCEPTER FROM THE QUEEN'S COFFIN.

A FUNERAL PRECESSION ACROSS CENTRAL LONDON DREW MASSIVE, MASSIVE CROWDS.

QUEEN ELIZABETH II WAS BRITAIN'S LONGEST SERVING MONARCH AND EXCEEDED BY KING CHARLES III.

>>> A 7.6 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK THE PACIFIC COAST KILLING REPORTEDLY ONE PERSON WITH POWER OUTAGES AND RESIDENTS OF MEXICO CITY SCRAMBLED FOR SAFETY AND IT COMES WITH TWO PAST EARTHQUAKES THAT KILLED OVER TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE IN 985 1985.

>>> IN PUERTO RICO, MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER AND RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL.

RESCUE CREWS ARE WORKING TO HELP THOSE TRAPPED BY FLOODWATERS AND THEY'RE COMPARING FIONA TO HURRICANE MARIA IN 2017 TO WHICH THE ISLAND IS STILL RECOVERING.

>>> 20% OF VIDEOS THAT APPEAR WHEN DOING A SEARCH ON TIKTOK CONTAIN SOME FORM OF MISINFORMATION.

THE RESEARCH COMES FROM NEWS GUARD'S MISINFORMATION MONITOR AND SHOWS WHEN COMPARING SEARCH ENGINE RESULTS FROM TIKTOK WITH GOOGLE, THE TIKTOK VIDEOS REPEATEDLY DELIVERED FALSE INFORMATION ON THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THE WAR IN UKRAINE AND HEALTH AND MEDICAL CLAIMS.

TIKTOK RESPONDED TO THE REPORT BY SAYING THAT IT PARTNERS WITH INDEPENDENT FACT CHECKERS TO ASSESS THE ACCURACY OF THE CONTENT.

>>> HERM EDWARDS IS NO LONGER THE FOOTBALL COACH AT ASU.

THEY PARTED WAYS AFTER AN EMBARRASSING LOSS.

ASU'S RUNNINGBACK HAS BEEN NAMED THE INTERIM HEAD COACH AND FOR MORE, WE WELCOME A PUBLISHER OF DEVIL'S DIGEST FOCUSING ON THE SUN DEVIL SPORTS AND GOOD TO HAVE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

FIRST OF ALL, I CAN'T FIGURE OUT, WAS HE FIRED?

DID HE REDESIGN OR WAS IT BOTH?

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

I THINK IT WAS A LUNCH OF LEGALITIES IN THE DISMISSAL AND THE DIRECTOR REALLY DID DESCRIBE THIS AS A MEETING OF THE MIND AND HE EXPRESSED HIS OPINION IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION AND OFFERED HIS SACRIFICE, IF YOU WILL, LEAVING THE PROGRAM AND HOPEFULLY FOR THE PROGRAM BEING IN A BETTER PLACE.

>> Ted: WAS THAT ESPECIALLY EESPECIALLYEGREGIOUS?

>> THE WAY ASU LOST WAS EMBARRASSING.

YOU SAW A TEAM THAT GOT DOMINATED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

A THREE-TOUCHDOWN FAVORED AND EVEN THOUGH THEY LOST TO OKLAHOMA STATE, YOU SAW ENCOURAGING SIGNS AND SOMETHING YOU COULD BUILD ON.

THE LAST THING WAS ASU LAYING AN ABSOLUTE EGG, NOT BEING IN THE GAME FROM THE OPENING WHISTLE TO THE FINAL ONE.

SO I THINK THAT WAS THE LAST STRAW AND I THINK THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT, DR. MICHAEL CROW, DEFINITELY EXPRESSED HIS DISPLEASURE WITH THE STATE OF THE PROGRAM AND NOBODY THOUGHT ASU WOULD BE 1-2, FINISHING THE NONCONFERENCE SLATE.

>> Ted: THOSE ARE WINS AND LOSSES.

TALK ABOUT THE NCAA INVESTIGATION AND THAT IS HONG HONG HOVERING OVER THE PROGRAM.

>> YOU LOOK AT NOT ONE BUT FIVE COACHES DATING BACK TO THE SUMMER OF 2021 WHO ARE NO LONGER IN THE PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THAT NCAA INVESTIGATION AND THAT DEFINITELY HAD A FACTOR, THE FACTOR THAT ACU LOST A LOT OF PLAYERS AND THE NCAA INVESTIGATION AND THE PROGRAM IS AFFECTED BY THAT AND THE INVESTIGATION REALLY DOES RUN AT A SNAIL'S PACE.

HOPES FOR RESOLUTION BY THE CALENDAR YEAR AND IT'S A COIN TOSS AND THE FUTURE OF THIS PROGRAM IS VERY MUCH IN DOUBT UNTIL WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TERMS OF THE SANCTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO COME AS A RESULT OF THE INVESTIGATION CONCLUDING AND, AGAIN, THAT'S AN INVESTIGATION THAT COULD SPILL INTO THE BEGINNING OF 2023 AT THIS RATE.

>> Ted: HOW DIFFICULT WILL IT BE TO GET A GOOD QUALITY, HIGH QUALITY OR HIGH PROFILE HEAD COACH IN HERE IN?

YOU HIT THE NAIL ON ET ON THE HEAD.

THE OBSTACLES THEY'LL HAVE FIGHTING THROUGH THE SANCTIONS IN THE FIRST YEAR OR TWO OF THEIR JOB, SIT GOING TO BE WORTH IT?

IF YOU GO UP AND COMER YOUNG COACHES, HAPPY TO HAVE A JOB IN A MAJOR CONFERENCE FOR THE BIGGEST UNIVERSITY IN THE COUNTRY, SURE, BUT DO YOU CHARACTERIZE THAT AS A QUALITY CANDIDATE, AS A HEAD COACH TO TAKE ASU OVER THE HUMP AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS VERY MUCH IN DOUBT.

SO RIGHT, THE INVESTIGATION MAKES THE JOB A LOT DIFFERENT AND MORE DIFFICULT THAN IT WAS FIVE YEARS.

>> Ted: I WANT TO GET TO THAT, BUT THE INTERIM COACH CAME FROM CHANDLER HIGH SCHOOL AND IS THIS A STOP-GAP MEASURE AND WHAT DO YOU EXPECT OUT OF THIS PROGRAM FROM HERE ON IN?

>> WHEN ANDERSON ANNOUNCED THE HIRE OF THE INTERIM HEAD COACH, HE LEFT THE DOOR OPEN AS BEING A VIABLE CANDIDATE.

WAS THAT LIP SERVICE OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE REALITY IN A FEW MONTHS?

WE'LL SEE.

BUT IN TERMS OF A HIRE FROM WITHIN, SOMEBODY WHO -- I ATTENDED THE PRESS CONFERENCE AND I SAW A LOT OF STATE PRIDE AND YOU DON'T SEE THAT FROM REALLY ANY HEAD COACHES.

IT'S RARE TO GET AN ALUMMIST OR SOMEBODY WHO HAS LIVED IN THE STATE OVER A DECADE AND THAT'S WHAT HE REPRESENTS.

HE WAS VERY EMOTIONAL AND DID NOT HAVE ANY POSSIBLES CRYING CRYING BECAUSE OF THIS EXCITEMENT.

THERE'S A SAYING ABOUT WINNING THE PRESS CONFERENCE AND HE DID THAT.

BUT NOT TO SOUND TOO CYNICAL IN TERMS OF WINS ON SATURDAY AND THAT WILL DETERMINE A LOT IN SHAWN'S CHANCES OF BEING THE PERMANENT HEAD COACH IN 2023 AND BEYOND.

>> Ted: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE HIRING OF HERM EDWARDS AND THE FORMER KLINE OF RAY CLIENTS AND RAY ANDERSON.

THE FACT THEY WERE ASSOCIATED THERE.

WHAT IS THE LEGACY OF HERM EDWARDS OF ASU?

>> VERY DISAPPOINTING ONE AND BEFORE THE INVESTIGATION AND THE FIRST THING.

NOT LIKE HIS WIN, LOSS RECORD.

HE REPLACED THE COACH IN TODD GRAHAM WITH BACK-TO-BACK AND DID THE DIVISION IN ONE OF HIS YEARS.

HERM EDWARDS NEVER EVEN CAME CLOSE TO ACHIEVING THOSE FEATS.

YOU HAD THIS PRO MODEL THAT RAY ANDERSON WANTED TO ENACT AND/OR PLAYERS TO CREATE SOMETHING NEW AND CREATE A DIFFERENT PROGRAM CULTURE THAT WOULD ATTRACT A LOT OF GOOD RECRUITS.

THERE WERE GOOD RECRUITING CLASSES WITH HERM EDWARDS AND NEVER MATERIALIZED TO DOUBLE DIGITS OR WINNING THE CONFERENCE OR EVEN WINNING A DIVISION.

SO I THINK MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT AND ONE THING INTO THE INVESTIGATION FOR VIOLATIONS DURING THE NONCONTACT PERIOD, DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC AND THAT REALLY ALMOST FELT DOOM AND GLOOM AND WHEN AND NOT IF THEY WOULD PART WAYS.

>> Ted: WHAT HAPPENS TO RAY ANDERSON?

WILL HE BE INVOLVED?

IT SOUNDS LIKE HE MAY NOT BE INVOLVED IN THE NEXT COACHING HIRE?

AND WHAT WILL HE DO?

>> THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.

I DON'T THINK CANDIDATES ARE UNEDUCATED ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU AND I ARE EDUCATED ABOUT AND THEY KNOW ONCE THEY COME OUT WITH THEIR FINDINGS, THE JOB SECURITY OF RAY ANDERSON IS IN TOUT.

SODOUBT.

I THINK THEY'LL BE DRIVING THE BUS AND NOT THAT RAY ANDERSON WON'T BE INVOLVED AT ALL, BY THEY JILL WILL HAVE TO GIVE A SAMPLE STAMP OF APPROVAL AND MAYBE HE WON'T BE MY BOSS IN A YEAR OR TWO AND I NEED FULL APPROVAL OF MICHAEL CROW AND IF YOU GET THAT, THAT'S SOMEBODY TO COME ON BOARD.

LIKE I SAID, UNFORTUNATELY, NO SHORTAGE OF CHALLENGES IN TEMPE.

>> Ted: THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, TED.

>> Ted: UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, CONCERNS OVER CASES OF MEASLES SHOWING AN UPTICK IN THE STATE.

CASES OF MEASLES ARE POPPING UP IN ARIZONA AND THAT'S A CONCERN WITH FEWER CHILDREN BEING VACCINATED FOR MEASLES AND THIS COMES AS FLU SEASON IS APPROACHING AND A NEW COVID BOOSTER SHOT IS AVAILABLE AND JOINING US NOW IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ASSOCIATION.

DO WE PANIC ABOUT MEASLES?

>> NO, WE SHOULDN'T PANIC.

WE HAD INITIAL CASES A FEW WEEKS AGO AND THE CASE CAME -- IT WAS WHAT WE CALL A TRAVEL CASE AND SOMEONE OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND DIAGNOSED IN ARIZONA AND SAME FAMILY MEMBERS DIAGNOSED AND ALSO, THEY WERE UNVACCINATED.

SO WE WERE CONCERNED THAT THERE COULD HAVE BEEN EXPOSURES THAT HAPPENED EITHER IN THE COMMUNITY, AT BIRTHDAY PARTIES AT, LET SAY, AT SCHOOL THAT WOULD CREATE SECONDARY OR DOWNSTREAM CASES.

HASN'T HAPPENED YET AND I THINK WE'RE OUT OF THE WOODS THERE.

WE'VE BEEN THROUGH AT LEAST ONE INCUBATION PERIOD AND NO SECONDARY CASES AND THAT'S A GOOD THING.

IT'S A TESTAMENT TO A, GOOD CASE INVESTIGATIONS BY THE MARICOPA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND B, A CLINICIAN WHO UPON THE INITIAL PRESENTATION PICKED UP THE RASH RIGHT AWAY.

IT'S NOT A DISEASE YOU SEE IN CLINICAL PRACTICE OR RESIDENCY, DID YOU THAT CLINICIAN PICKED IT UP AND THAT PREVENTED DOWNSTREAM EXPOSURES BECAUSE THE FAMILY WENT INTO ISOLATE.

>> Ted: ARE THESE NUMBERS, THEY SEEM TO BE GOING DOWN AND WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE?

>> SO CHILDHOOD VACCINES, THE VACCINATION RATES HAVE BEEN GOING DOWN FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS.

WHEN I WAS AT THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, IT WAS GOING DOWN AND WE DID OTHER THINGS AND IT WOULD STABILIZE BY THE TIME I LEFT AND IT'S BEEN A CONTINUED EROSION.

AS YOU JUST SAID, IT'S NOT UNIFORM ACROSS THE STATE.

WHAT WE ARE SEEING AND CONTINUE TO SEE ARE ESPECIALLY HIGHER NEXT PARENTS, COLLEGE EDUCATED AND SO FORTH, CHOOSING NOT TO VACCINATE THEIR KIDS.

NOT THAT THEY DON'T IS ACT ES ACCESS, THEY'RE CHOOSING NOT TO IN INCREASING AMOUNTS AND ESPECIALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHARTER SCHOOLS -- SO WE HAVE DATA ON THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, WHAT THE VACCINATION RATES ARE.

IN THE CHARTER SCHOOLS, IT'S QUITE LOW AND SO YOU HAVE AN OVERLAP WITH PARENTS SENDING THEM TO CHARTER SCHOOLS AND NOT GETTING THEIR KIDS VACCINATED.

>> Ted: WHY?

>> WE DID FOCUS GROUPS ON IT AND A LOT IS MISINFORMATION FROM PLACES LIKE FACEBOOK OR A FRIEND GROUP.

ONE PARENT SAYING I'M NOT VACCINATING MY KID AND WHY NOT.

IT'S ALSO GEOGRAPHIC.

IF YOU LOOK IN YAVAPAI, IT'S EXTREMELY LOW.

YOU CAN GO DOWN TO TUCSON AND YUMA AND IT'S GREAT.

THERE'S A GEOGRAPHIC PIECE AND A DEMOGRAPHIC INCOME PIECE.

>> Ted: IT'S INTERESTING AND A WILD DIAGRAM THERE.

LAST QUESTION ON THIS, PERSONAL EXEMPTIONS.

>> WE HAVE TO CHANGE IT AND THAT WOULD TAKE A CHANGE AT THE LEGISLATURE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AND I KNOW IT'S A CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DID AN OP-ED AFTER I LAST MY JOB AT THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT URGING A CONCERTED EFFORT TO DO MORE INFORMED CONSENT BEFORE PARENTS CHOOSE TO OPT OUT AND BASICALLY MAKING THIS MORE -- PUT IN PLACE MORE INFORMED CONSENT TO TRY TO DRIVE THAT EXEMPTION RATE DOWN.

THEY STARTED IMPLEMENTING THAT, BUT WITH THE FIRST AMOUNT OF BLOW-BACK, THEY BAILED ON IT AND NEVER DID IMPLEMENT THAT AND NOW WE'VE SEEN THE CONTINUED EROSION.

IN THE STATES THAT HAVE GOTTEN RID OF THE PERSONAL EXEMPTION, THE VACCINATION RATES WENT UP, LIKE, IMMEDIATELY.

>> Ted: WHAT ABOUT THE CASES, THOUGH?

ARE YOU SEEING MORE CASES IN AREAS WITH FEWER VACCINATIONS?

>> NOT MEASLES.

THERE'S ARE APART OF THE WORLD WITH MEASLES BUT IN THE U.S. AND WESTERN EUROPE, IT'S BEEN ERADICATEED.

COUNTRIES ROUTINE OUTBREAKS AND RARE IN ARIZONA.

>> I >> Ted: I WANT THELATE THE LATEST ON THE COVID BOOSTER AND WHAT DO WE DO?

WE'RE LOSING COUNT.

>> THIS IS A BIVALENT, WITH THE ANCESTRAL STRAIN AND A COMPONENT IN THAT VACCINE THAT TARGETS THIS SPECIFIC OMICRON VARIENT, THE BA4 AND 5.

WHEN FOLKS GET THAT, IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE PREVIOUS BOOSTERS AND THINK OF IT AS A 2.0 AND UPDATING YOU.

SO MY TAKE-HOME MESSAGE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, OVER 70 AND A CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITION AND IF YOU HAVE OTHER UNDERLYING HEALTH PROBLEMS THAT MAKE THIS VIRUS STILL RISKY, TALK TO YOUR PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR.

THE VACCINE IS AVAILABLE AND THE PHARMACIES HAVE IT AND IT'S A REALLY GOOD THING, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE AT HIGHER RISK.

>> Ted: IF YOU'RE AT HIGHER RISK, HOW LONG BEFORE WE GET THE NEXT BOOSTER?

>> TWO MONTHS.

>> Ted: THAT'S A QUICKER TURN-AROUND THAN THE LAST ONE, HUH IN.

>> YEAH.

>> Ted: SO TWO MONTHS AND MARCH OFF AND GET YOUR FLU.

>> IF YOU HAVE -- LET'S SAY YOU'VE HAD THE FOURTH BOOSTER AND THAT'S WHERE I'M AT.

FOUR SHOTS AND TWO BOOST ES,ERS, I WOULD KNEE TO WAIT FOUR MONTHS.

>> Ted: GO DOWN THE HALL AND GET YOUR FLU VACCINE.

>> A LOT ARE GETTING THEM BOTH.

MY PARENTS, I THINK FRIDAY, THEY GOT BOTH THE BIVALENT AND FLU.

>> Ted: WHY?

>> SIDE EFFECTS.

>> BOTH OF THOSE TOGETHER PACKS A WALLOP AND MY MOM DIDN'T FEEL GOOD.

>> Ted: WILL, GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> TAKE CARE.

♪♪ >> PUERTO RICO IS SLAMMED BY ANOTHER DEVASTATING STORM AND NEARLY FIVE YEARS TO THE DAY AFTER HURRICANE MARIA.

COMING UP AFTER YOUR HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS ON ARIZONA PBS.

>> Ted: THE PHOENIX VICTIM'S CENTER OFFERS A SAFE SPACE FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS EACH YEAR.

THE CENTER IS UNDERGOING A MASSIVE RENOVATION AND TO TELL US MORE, WE WELCOME THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE PHOENIX POLICE FOUNDATION AND PHOENIX POLICE DEPARTMENT.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.

>> Ted: TIM, THE PHOENIX POLICE CENTER, GIVES US A DEFINITION.

>> THIS IS THE BUREAU AND A PLACE WHERE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THE FIRST STOP AFTER THAT DRAMATIC EVENT AND SO, IT'S WHERE LIEUTENANT FILEDS WORKS AND THE DETECTIVES WORKS ON SOLVING THESE CASES AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THEM IN AND BRING THEIR ACCUSERS TO JUSTICE AND GET THEM BACK TO A PLACE OF DIGNITY.

>> Ted: THE IDEA IS TO MAKE A SAFE PLACE AND NOT ONLY WHEN YOU GET MORE INFORMATION, I WOULD IMAGINE, BUT IT'S BETTER FOR THE VICTIM.

>> THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICES THAT HAVE IMPROVED SINCE THE CENTER OPENED IN 1998.

A LOT OF VALLEY AGENCIES AND CENTERS OF THEIR OWN AND STATE-OF-THE-ART AND THEY GOT UP TO PAR.

IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARE TRAUMATIC EVENTS.

SO A VICTIM IN THAT SPACE NEEDS A SAFE SPACE TO RELAX FROM IT AND ALSO THE INVESTIGATIVE STEPS CAN BE LENGTHY AND NICE TO HAVE A PROTECTED SPACE.

>> Ted: UNDER GOINGUNDERGOING A MASSIVE RENOVATION.

>> THIS WAS A REQUEST TO RAISE $550,000 TO RENOVATE THE EXISTING SPACE TO MAKE IT WARMER TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL AMENITIES FOR THOSE VICTIMS AND REALLY, THE CENTER IS OVER 20 YEARS OLD AND IT'S TIME THAT IT NEEDS A FACE-LIFT.

>> Ted: S >> Ted: ADDING MORE PRIVACY.

>> THE FINAL BIGGEST CITY, WE CAN OFFER BETTER AMENITIES FOR OUR VICTIMS AND WE SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE COME THROUGH OUR CENTER AND THIS WILL CREATE SOME PRIVATE ROOMS FOR THEM TO SIT AND SOMETIMES THEY COME WITH A PARTNER, A SISTER, A FRIEND AND SOMETIMES WITH CHILDREN AND NICE TO GIVE THEM PRIVATE SPACES SO THAT THEY CAN HEAL AND START THAT PROCESS.

>> Ted: EXAMINATION ROOMS WITH NURSES AND THEY'LL BE UPDATED, AS WELL?

>> THOSE WERE UPDATED RECENTLY, THE NURSE'S EXAMINATION ROOMS AND BRINGING THE REST OF THE CENTER UP TO PAR.

>> Ted: THE CONCEPT OF DIGNY CITY AND RESPECT,DIGNITYAND RESPECT WOULD BE HUGE.

>> A LOT OF WOMEN DON'T REPORT AND SEXUAL REPORTS ARE ONE OF THE MOST UNDERREPORTS AND THE #METO MOVEMENT AND 90% ARE WOMEN AND STARTING TO REPORT IT AND WE GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME AND HELPS TO BUILD TRUST WITH OUR VICTIM AND A GOOD RAPPORT WITH THEM.

>> Ted: TRAUMA INFORMED, HOW HAVE THEY CHANGED OVER THE YEARS IN.

>> I WOULDYEARS?

>> I WOULD DEFER TO SARAH AND I DON'T HAVE THE BACKGROUND.

WE'RE MORE OF THE FUNDER HERE.

>> Ted: HOW HAVE THINGS CHANGED?

>> WE'RE ASKING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR VICTIMS TO HAVE THE SAFE SPACE AND THEY CAN TAKE TIME FOR THEMSELVES AND JUST THAT FIRST IMPRESSION WHEN THEY'RE TAKEN TO THE CENTER TO UNDERSTAND THE SEPARATE CENTER AND SUSPECTS ARE NOT ALLOWED AND THEY'RE SAFE.

PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THERE IS A SPECIAL CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF SPECIAL AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND WE PUT THAT WORD OUT, AS WELL, AND TREATED WITH TRAUMA INFORMED DETECTIVES AND PEOPLE INFORMED.

WE HAVE A TEAM OF NURSES, VICTIM ADVOCATES, AND WE CALL THIS IS SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE TEAM AND HOUSED IN THE SAME AREA.

JUST ONE-STOP SHOP.

>> Ted: THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY OF PHOENIX, THE FOUNDATION AND EVERYONE INVOLVED.

>> SO THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHERE THE FOUNDATION CAN HELP MOVE SOMETHING ALONG MAYBE QUICKLY THROUGH PRIVATE FUNDING AND THIS IS IMPORTANT TO EVERYBODY AND WE HAD UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FROM COUNCIL AND THE MAYBE TO GO THROUGH WITH THIS PROJECT.

SO WHILE WE'RE LOOKING FOR PRIVATE MONEY, THIS IS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER TO SAY THIS IS IMPORTANT AND WE'LL DO THIS IN AN EXPEDITION MANNER.

>> Ted: YOU MENTIONED THE PHOENIX POLICE.

WHAT IS THAT?

>> WE SPOUT SUPPORT IT AND LIKE TO USE FUND, HONOR AND EXIST.

>> Ted: IS THE WOMEN IN BLUE AND TELL US MORE?

>> ON WEDNESDAY, FIFTH ANNUAL WOMEN IN BLUE AND AWARD'S RECIPIENTAND LAW ENFORCEMENT RECIPIENT AND WORK ADVOCATING FOR VICTIMS AND THIS CEREMONY IS REALLY DESIGNED TO BRING TO LIGHT THE AMAZING WORK THAT FEMALES DO IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

IT'S STILL THE PERCENTAGE-WISE, FEMALES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT STILL SMALL AND THAT'S CHANGING AND WE LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SHOW AND HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THAT THEY DO IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>> Ted: THE RENOVATION AND VICTIM'S CENTER AND IT'S ENCOURAGING AND NICE TO SEE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

AND THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

COMING UP IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR ON ARIZONA PBS, A CLOSER LOOK AT STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES FOR READING AND AMONG.

MATH.