El Mirage approves $10,760 Know Your Talents contract using federal RICO funds

The El Mirage Common Council voted Sept. 16 to approve a $10,760 agreement with management consulting firm Know Your Talents (KYT) to provide employee-engagement workshops and certified ProScan assessments for the El Mirage Police Department. City staff said the contract will be paid from federal RICO forfeiture funds and will not affect the city’s general fund.

Police officials described the program as a behavioral assessment and team-cohesion tool aimed at increasing retention and improving communication. Police Chief Marzocca told the council, “The KYT firm employs a scientifically validated, behavioral assessment tool called the PDP ProScan,” and said command staff had already tested the workshop and found it helpful in identifying how individual strengths and work styles can lead to conflict.

Chief Marzocca also explained the planned rollout: command staff attended a Team Impact workshop and the department plans an initial workshop for line-level supervisors, with a longer-term objective of certifying a KYT‑trained staff member to administer ProScan internally. In response to council questions, staff said the initial supervisor cohort would include about “8 to 10” participants. Chief Marzocca said the police department would use RICO funds, which he described as monies seized from criminal activity and subject to civil forfeiture under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

Vice Mayor Parsons moved approval of the agreement and Council member Donna Winston seconded. The motion passed by voice vote with council support.