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Public raises police-transparency and detention concerns as council approves security contract extension
Summary
Speakers at the April 20 Mesa City Council meeting urged more police transparency, raised worries about private security and homelessness interactions, and described alleged inhumane conditions at a federal ICE facility; council approved a three-month extension to the private security contract for Mesa Police Department.
Multiple public commenters at the Mesa City Council meeting on April 20 raised concerns about policing, use of private security officers, 287(g) immigration enforcement, and reported conditions at a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility located at Mesa Gateway Airport. Council approved a three-month extension and dollar-limit increase to the contract for private security officer services for the Mesa Police Department (item 4C).
Nathan Allen, who identified himself during public comment, said he has seen private security “harassing homeless” people and argued that…
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