Tempe opens first hearing on police license-plate reader rules — Sep 23–Oct 6

Tempe City Council — September 24, 2026

• PUBLIC HEARING ITEM: Introduce and hold the first public hearing to adopt an ordinance addressing public health, safety, and welfare by amending Chapter 26 of the Tempe City Code relating to police and adding a new Article VI: Tempe holds the first public hearing on a new article in the city code that covers its police department. The ordinance and a public-input summary attached to the item deal with automated license plate readers, the cameras that scan plates, a topic that drew hundreds of written comments from residents. View item
• Approve the utilization of a one-year National Purchasing Partners (NPP) cooperative contract with LION First Responders PPE, Inc. for the purchase of firefighting turnouts and protective gear.: Uses a one-year National Purchasing Partners cooperative contract with LION First Responders PPE, Inc. to buy firefighting turnouts and protective gear. View item
• PUBLIC HEARING ITEM: Introduce and hold the first public hearing to adopt an ordinance to transfer cash from Fund 56 Fire Capital to Fund 52 General Obligation Debt Service Fund in Fiscal Year 2025/26 and Fiscal Year 2026/27.: A public hearing on an ordinance (O2026.47) to transfer cash from the Fire Capital Fund (Fund 56) to the General Obligation Debt Service Fund (Fund 52) in fiscal years 2025/26 and 2026/27. View item
• Approve the utilization of a one-year City of Mesa contract with Meridian Rapid Defense Group, LLC for the purchase of vehicle barriers.: Approves the use of a one-year City of Mesa contract with Meridian Rapid Defense Group, LLC for the purchase of vehicle barriers. View item

Board of Supervisors — September 30, 2026

• DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH MARICOPA COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE: Maricopa County would sign a five-year DEA task force agreement with the County Attorney's Office, detailing one experienced county detective to the DEA's Phoenix division for at least two years. The detective's overtime is reimbursed up to an annual federal cap, and the deal runs Oct. 1, 2026, through Sept. 30, 2031, continuing a partnership that dates to 1998. View item
• AGREEMENT WITH GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY FOR SWORN TRAINING ACADEMY: Lets Grand Canyon University police recruits train in the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Sworn Training Academy at $1,500 per recruit, as space allows. The deal runs Sept. 1, 2026, through Aug. 31, 2028, with two automatic one-year renewals, and GCU covers its recruits' pay, benefits, uniforms and workers' compensation. View item
• AGREEMENT WITH US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION FOR THE DEA PHOENIX TASK FORCE FFY2027: Accepts up to $66,465.75 from the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration to repay overtime for three Sheriff's deputies assigned to DEA Phoenix drug task forces. That is a maximum of $22,155.25 per deputy for the year starting Oct. 1, 2026, and the Sheriff's Office absorbs $16,869.01 in indirect costs. View item
• MARICOPA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS BUREAU (PSB) STAFFING FUND BUDGET ADJUSTMENT: Moves $574,246 from the county's contingency account into the Sheriff's Office Professional Standards Bureau staffing fund. The shift has no net effect on the countywide budget. View item
• FILL THE GAP: Releases $5,364,568.43 in court fees held back under the state's "Fill the Gap" law: $1,159,283.24 to the County Attorney fund, $1,101,345.90 for indigent defense, $3,077,652.91 to local courts and $26,286.38 to the state Department of Law. View item
• PUBLIC SAFETY SURVIVING SPOUSE MEDICAL PLAN BUDGET ADJUSTMENT: Adds $9,000 to the Human Resources budget that pays medical benefits for the surviving spouses of public safety personnel, moving the money from the county's contingency line with no net budget impact. View item
• PROPOSED PEORIA COUNTY ISLAND FIRE DISTRICT IMPACT STATEMENT APPROVAL: Sets an Oct. 21, 2026, 9:30 a.m. hearing on the impact statement for a proposed Peoria County Island Fire District in the unincorporated county land inside Peoria's Municipal Planning Area, and requires organizers to file a $2,000 bond. Every property owner inside the proposed district gets a notice, and the board decides whether to let organizers circulate petitions. View item
• REPLACEMENT WARRANTS: Reissues $8,242.39 in restitution checks to two crime victims whose original warrants went uncashed, under the county's felony pretrial intervention and diversion programs. View item
• PERMANENT ADDITIONS TO THE FLEET: Adds four Ford Explorer SUVs, about $53,000 each for a total of $212,000, for Adult Probation teams that supervise sex offenders and domestic violence cases. View item
• AGREEMENT WITH HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: A no-cost agreement that lets jail medical providers call Hospice of the Valley doctors for palliative care advice about patients in the county jail system. It starts on board approval, runs one year and can be extended up to 48 months. View item
• AFFILIATION AGREEMENT WITH ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY: A five-year, no-cost agreement with Arizona State University for students to do supervised clinical rotations inside Correctional Health Services, which cares for people in county jails. View item
• 260056-ROQ, DURANGO JUVENILE COURTS DEMOLITION: Pays Shive-Hattery up to $783,960 for design and construction oversight to demolish a vacated part of the Durango Juvenile Detention Facility on the county's Durango campus in Supervisor District 5. Design is estimated to take 545 days. View item
• 260053-CMR, MARICOPA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (MCSO) FOOD FACTORY REFRESH, PHASE I – PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES: Pays Kitchell Contractors, Inc. of Arizona $701,817 for construction manager at risk services on a refresh of the 104,782-square-foot MCSO Food Factory at 3150 West Lower Buckeye Road in Phoenix, with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2027. View item
• AMENDMENT TO MOU WITH DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS: Extends the county public health department's South Phoenix Health Start doula and parenting agreement with the state prison system for 12 more months, to Sept. 2, 2027. It also adds a rule barring paper products, pens, vaping products and aerosols from being brought into state prison complexes to reduce contraband, including narcotics. View item
• REPLACEMENT WARRANTS: Reissues one $75.50 victim compensation check through the County Attorney's victim compensation program after the original warrant went uncashed. View item
• DONATIONS TRANSFER TO SHERIFF DONATIONS FUND: Accepts a $150,000 donation from the Sheriff's Office MASH nonprofit to buy a 2027 Ford F450 4x4 truck and a 30-foot animal rescue and adoption trailer for the MASH unit. View item
• DONATIONS TO SHERIFF'S OFFICE: Accepts about $1,361 in non-cash donations from Bark N Luv for the Sheriff's Animal Safe Haven, where animals held as evidence in criminal animal abuse cases are housed and cared for. View item
• PERMANENT ADDITIONS TO THE FLEET: Adds four crossover SUVs, about $48,000 each for a total of $192,000, to replace Juvenile Probation vehicles bought in FY 2014 that have reached the end of their useful life. View item
• PERMANENT ADDITIONS TO THE FLEET: Adds one 1½-ton stake bed truck, about $107,000, for Superior Court Facilities staff who moved off the Durango Detention facility to an offsite location and need to haul equipment between sites. View item

Phoenix City Council — September 23, 2026

• Enter Into Fiscal Year 2026 National Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) Response System Readiness Cooperative Agreement (Ordinance S-53214) - Citywide: Phoenix would enter the federal Fiscal Year 2026 National Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) Response System Readiness Cooperative Agreement (Ordinance S-53214), citywide. View item
• Authorization to Apply for Federal Fiscal Year 2026 Homeland Security Grant Program Funds (Ordinance S-53195) - Citywide: Authorizes Phoenix to apply for federal Fiscal Year 2026 Homeland Security Grant Program funds (Ordinance S-53195), citywide. View item
• Agreements with the State of Arizona Department of Administration for the 9-1-1 Program (Ordinance S-53224) - Citywide: Approves agreements with the State of Arizona Department of Administration for the city's 9-1-1 program (Ordinance S-53224), citywide. View item
• Police Public Records and Services Fees and Increased Staffing Level (Ordinance S-53215) - Citywide: Sets Phoenix Police Department public records and services fees and adds staff to handle the requests (Ordinance S-53215). The attached fee schedule lists $16.50 per 911 recording, $4.00 per photo, and a $10 flat fee plus $0.25 a page for commercial document requests, with free digital copies for non-commercial requests. View item

Scottsdale City Council — October 06, 2026

• Police Records Management System Grant: Accepts a one-time $125,900 state grant through the Arizona Department of Administration's Records Management Program for a police records management system, and moves up to that same amount out of the special programs contingency budget to track the grant. Police Chief Joseph LeDuc is the staff contact. View item
• City of Scottsdale 10-Year Public Art Plan: Council takes up a 10-year public art plan (Resolution No. 13793), and the same agenda adds item 16: a presentation, discussion and possible direction to staff by Police Chief Joseph LeDuc on continued use of Flock camera technology by the Scottsdale Police Department. View item
• Desert Dog Police K9 Trials & Public Safety Expo Event Funding Agreement: Provides up to $7,500 in tourism funds and approves an event funding agreement (Contract No. 2026-160-COS) with the Arizona Law Enforcement Canine Association, Inc. for the Desert Dog Police K9 Trials & Public Safety Expo. View item

Mesa City Council — October 05, 2026

• Use of a Cooperative Contract for the Purchase of One E-ONE Cyclone Chassis 95' Rear Mount Platform (Replacement) for the Mesa Fire and Medical Department (Funded by Apparatus Public Safety Bond Funds) (Citywide): Buys one E-One Cyclone 95-foot rear-mount ladder truck for the Mesa Fire and Medical Department for up to $2,428,503 through the Sourcewell cooperative contract with Fire Truck Solutions, paid from public safety bond funds. It replaces a 2016 unit with 112,000 miles, and the city canceled a previously approved Pierce tiller truck because a tiller needs two engineers and extra training. View item

Mesa City Council — September 28, 2026

• Three-Year Term Contract with Two-Year Renewal Options for Parts and Repair Services for Pierce Fire Apparatus for the Mesa Fire and Medical Department (Sole Source) (Citywide): Awards a three-year contract, with up to two more renewal years, to sole-source vendor Hughes Fire Equipment for parts and factory-certified repairs on the fire department's 45 Pierce trucks. Spending is capped at $475,000 a year, with annual increases of up to 5% or the change in the Consumer Price Index. View item
• Approving and authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Grant Agreement with the Arizona Department of Public Safety to accept $475,076 in Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grant funds.: Accepts $475,076 in federal Victims of Crime Act money through the Arizona Department of Public Safety for the Mesa Prosecutor's Office Victim Services Unit. The grant covers about 40% of program costs for 11 staff — six victim services assistants, one senior assistant and four victim notification clerks — and is about 7% less than the $510,012 the unit received in FY 2025; the unit served 14,847 victims in FY 2026. View item
• Ten-Month Use of a Cooperative Term Contract with Renewal Options for the Purchase of Security and Protection Systems for the Mesa Police Department (Citywide): Authorizes use of the State of Arizona cooperative contract with APL Access and Security, Inc. for security and protection systems — electronic door access, intrusion alarms and cameras — at police and other city buildings, staying inside an existing $1,000,000 combined annual amount with no increase. The term runs Sept. 28, 2026, through July 27, 2027, with up to four years of renewals. View item