Eighty-six percent of the respondents believe the department is headed in the wrong direction,” the union wrote in a news release issued Monday afternoon.

Phoenix is in the midst of a national effort to hire the city’s next police chief. The largest union of rank and file officers says the department is moving in the wrong direction under the interim chief’s leadership.

As the City of Phoenix continues its search for a permanent police chief, the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association is voicing its opposition to Interim Chief Michael Sullivan.