Flagstaff police outline staffing, technology and a roughly $30 million capital ask

Flagstaff City police officials on Jan. 28 presented a multi‑part plan asking the committee to consider new staffing, technology upgrades and capital improvements to bring the department closer to national workload standards.

Chief Sean Conley opened the presentation by saying the department was using a recent PFM workload assessment as a baseline for staffing and capital decisions. "We're gonna be aggressive," he said, framing the request around officer safety, training and community engagement.

Support services director Allison Hughes gave a granular look at records and evidence operations. "Right now our staffing is 2 customer service reps, 4 records technicians, 2 lead technicians, and 1 supervisor," she said. Hughes told the committee the unit handled more than 10,000 report requests in 2025, processed about 288 body‑camera video requests requiring roughly 500 staff hours of review and redaction, and has an average body‑camera turnaround of about four to six weeks. She said many workflows remain manual and are tracked in spreadsheets.

Hughes described evidence storage as a pressing capital problem: inventory tops 100,000 items across two locations, intake exceeded about 6,800 items in 2025, and staff routinely maintain paper vouchers because the current records…