Cochise County joins Arizona Statewide Public Safety Radio System via IGA with Yuma and DPS

The Cochise County Board of Supervisors approved an intergovernmental agreement on Sept. 16 that allows the county to join the Arizona Statewide Public Safety Radio System alongside the city of Yuma, Yuma County and the Arizona Department of Public Safety.

Alan Gordon, the county’s information‑technology presenter, described the agreement as an interoperability expansion that carries no immediate cost to Cochise County while improving communications with neighboring jurisdictions. “It is going to allow us to join our radio system, with the radio systems from Yuma, Yuma County, DPS, and it also gives us the potential to then expand beyond that. There's no cost to us. It's just gonna, increase our operational capabilities,” Gordon said.

Board members voted to approve the IGA by voice vote, recorded as 3–0. The motion directs county staff to execute the agreement and coordinate technical integration with partner agencies.

The IGA will allow the county’s public‑safety radio network to interoperate with Yuma and Arizona DPS radio systems; staff said the partnership could be expanded to additional partners in the future. The county did not report any immediate capital costs tied to the agreement at the meeting.