PHOENIX—For six years, Detective Dave Rich locked the incident away, a burden he couldn’t share, explain, or discard.
He was a hardened skeptic by nature and, above all, a seasoned and disciplined investigator.
Retired Arizona Cops Aid First Responders Facing the Unexplained
In 2022, Dave Rich and Marianne Robb co-founded the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon Police Department to help first responders cope with strange encounters.
Marianne Robb (L) and Dave Rich, both former Arizona police officers, founded the Unidentified Anamolous Phenomenon Police Department in 2022 as a way to help first responders deal with inexplicable things that happened on the job. Photo taken on March 18, 2026. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times
