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Camp Verde leaders vote unanimously to enter executive session for active-shooter training
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Summary
At a Nov. 6 special joint session, Camp Verde’s Town Council and two commissions voted 12-0 to enter an executive session to discuss confidential law-enforcement training protocols and active-shooter preparedness; the meeting reconvened at 7:22 p.m. with no action taken.
Camp Verde Mayor Marie Moore and members of the Town Council, Planning & Zoning Commission and Parks & Recreation Commission voted unanimously on Nov. 6 to enter executive session to discuss confidential law-enforcement training protocols and active-shooter preparedness.
Councilor Jessie Murdock made the motion to go into executive session for Item No. 4, and Vice Mayor Wendy Escoffier seconded. A roll-call vote was taken and recorded as 12-0 in favor. The motion record states, “Motion Carried 12-0.”
The agenda item cites Arizona law — A.R.S. § 38-431.03(A)(2) and (A)(9) — authorizing closed sessions for certain personnel and security matters. The minutes describe the session’s purpose as discussion of security plans, procedures and assessments related to the safety of public buildings and facilities and as providing active-shooter training to public officials. Staff resources listed for the session included Special Initiative Manager Clif Bryson and law-enforcement personnel Sergeant Dustin Richardson, Detective Kristin Robertson and Deputy Hannah Bowers.
The council reconvened the public meeting at 7:22 p.m.; the minutes state that no action was taken during the executive session. Mayor Marie Moore subsequently adjourned the special joint session at 7:22 p.m. The minutes were later certified by Town Manager Miranda Fisher.