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Goodyear council approves expanded duties for unarmed police assistants amid transparency concerns
Summary
The Goodyear City Council approved an ordinance amending city code to allow unarmed, non‑sworn police assistants to perform traffic and parking enforcement duties. Supporters say the change frees sworn officers for patrol; a resident raised transparency concerns and said license‑plate readers logged her vehicle 243 times in 185 days.
The Goodyear City Council on Dec. 8 approved an ordinance amending City Code chapter 13 to authorize unarmed police assistants to perform certain traffic and parking duties, a measure council members said will free sworn officers for patrol work.
Police Chief Brian described police assistants as “basically a non‑sworn professional staff member” who wear a uniform but “are not authorized to conduct any criminal arrest,” and said the change corrects an inconsistency between the job description and the city…
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