Discussion and possible action on any and all matters regarding Order No. 2023-08.  An order of the Mayor and City Council of the City of San Luis, Arizona, to authorize the City of San Luis Police Department to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Yuma, on behalf of the Yuma Police Department (YPD), Yuma County, on behalf of the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO), Arizona Western College, on behalf of Arizona Western College Police Department (AWCPD), the City of San Luis, on behalf of San Luis Police Department (SLPD), the City of Somerton, on behalf of the Somerton Police Department (SPD), and the Town of Wellton, on behalf of the Wellton Police Department (WPD). (Nigel Reynoso, Administrative Lieutenant)

The purpose of this Yuma Regional Critical Incident Response Team Intergovernmental Agreement (“Agreement”) is to create a local multi-agency task force to conduct criminal investigations of law enforcement officers involved in Critical Force Incidents in order to promote transparency and public confidence that objective investigations are being conducted. The incidents to be investigated by the task force include, but are not limited to:

1. Intentional and accidental shootings by peace officers; and
2. Use of force by a peace officer resulting in death or serious physical injury to another; and
3. In-custody deaths; and
4. Peace officer suicides