Mesa Police

Spotlight

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  Message from Chief Cost

  Mesa is now recognized as one of the safest big cities in the country and Mesa residents have so much to be proud about. Major crime numbers are down, calls for service are up and over the next 3 years we will add more than 300 sworn and professional staff members to the department. With a strategic plan in place, we are implementing state of the art technology throughout the department, including a Real-time crime center” and we are continuing to build relationships within our community through thoughtful forums, training and outreach. We hope once COVID restrictions are lifted we will continue to see attendance grow at our quarterly Community forums. Our newly created Community Engagement Academy has been highly successful as community members get to experience the true meaning of police work and be given a platform to ask questions and engage with officers who patrol their neighborhoods. We have increased our social media footprint. Through Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Next Door, we are sharing alerts, videos and stories and providing more platforms for our community to engage with us. We have made transparency a priority by releasing Critical Incident Briefing videos within 45 days of an officer involved shooting and providing easy online access to use of force and crime statistics. I am proud to serve this great City of Mesa and thankful for our engaged and supportive community members.