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Resident urges council to condemn police use-of-force incident and seek accountability
Summary
A resident told the council a man was thrown to the ground by officers and criticized council silence and the police response. The speaker urged the town to demand better policing and accountability; council took no formal action during the meeting.
During the Call to the Public, resident Noah Sundberg told the Sahuarita Town Council he had lived in the community 18 years and said he opposed the town’s recent approach to policing in a specific incident. Sundberg alleged an individual was thrown to the ground by officers, questioned the basis for an arrest and said an investigation (he referenced a Miranda report) did not substantiate claims the person had assaulted an officer.
Sundberg criticized what he described as a failure by the council and police leadership to acknowledge wrongdoing and called for improved policing practices and accountability. He said he wants a police force “we can trust” and urged the council to rebuke conduct he described as violent rather than remain silent. The speaker was a member of the public offering comment; no town staff presentation or report accompanied the remarks.
Council did not take immediate action or make public findings during the meeting. Under the town’s call‑to‑public rules, council members may later direct staff to place the matter on a future agenda for further review. No such direction was recorded in the meeting transcript.
