While the Daniel Shaver killing back in January 2016 has somehow managed to drop off the radar screen while attorneys for the victim's widow-and-children and attorneys for the City of Mesa are negotiating a potential settlement approaching $100-Million dollars, there's a campaign by the Mesa City Council to make Public Safety the linchpin in a campaign can end up on the ballot in this year's General Election asking voters to approve or reject a sales tax increase.
That action item is in front of tonight's 7-member City Council to let voters and taxpayers make the decision if city officials can make the case, using slow 911 response-times to bolster their arguments, to increase transaction sales taxes ostensibly for public safety when the data clearly says the crime rate is down.
However, in another timely report after a series of claims of use-of-excessive-force by the Mesa Police Department in the past two years, another episode from last month got the headlines over the weekend due to a very-rapid-response:
That action item is in front of tonight's 7-member City Council to let voters and taxpayers make the decision if city officials can make the case, using slow 911 response-times to bolster their arguments, to increase transaction sales taxes ostensibly for public safety when the data clearly says the crime rate is down.
However, in another timely report after a series of claims of use-of-excessive-force by the Mesa Police Department in the past two years, another episode from last month got the headlines over the weekend due to a very-rapid-response:
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