Council approves Arizona Department of Public Safety Local Border Support grant for SVPD

At its regular meeting on Thursday, the Sierra Vista City Council approved a $311,574.35 Arizona Department of Public Safety Local Border Support grant for SVPD.

The grant will cover the purchase of two new unmarked pickup trucks with outfitting ($184,474.60), one police K9 with training for the handler ($19,899.75), and two additional years of license plate reader monitoring service through FLOCK ($107,200).

The grant-funded purchases will help augment SVPD’s proactive posture toward combatting and intercepting the flow of lethal substances like fentanyl coming into our community as well as being smuggled northward through our region to other areas of the United States.

In other business:

  • Mayor Clea McCaa presented a Neighborhood Commission Award of Excellence to Todd Blackaby.
  • Council approved a new Off-track Wagering Permit at PC’s Lounge for Skyfall 7 LLC DBA Turf Paradise.
  • Council appointed Jessica Kunkel and Dr. Brian Stover to the Parks and Recreation Commission.
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