Not Enough Sworn Officers: A Billion-Dollar City Tries to Expand Police Assistant Powers Without a New Public Discussion

At its core, this report is about transparency—and how policing decisions made without public scrutiny can shape safety, trust, and the way a community functions.

Goodyear has a $1.24 billion budget, yet — like many cities across Arizona — it still can’t staff enough sworn police officers.

Tonight, the police chief is asking for relief. Again. And it appears city leadership is trying to slip this open conversation past the public.

Tucked inside the consent agenda, Goodyear is proposing what looks like a simple traf…