Public Safety, Courts & Civil Service Policy Committee - November 2026

The Public Safety, Courts & Civil Service Policy Committee met on November 12, 2026. The committee heard that Aurora Municipal Court is exploring outsourcing probation services to a private provider as caseloads have declined to roughly 40–50 non-domestic-violence cases. Court staff are developing an agreement and scope of work, with the goal of having them in place by year-end; probation clients would pay the provider directly. Staff said the change could generate additional savings in the 2027 budget. No provider was named, and no contract award or spending vote was reported. Proposed municipal-code amendments concerning the public defender were moved forward to a study session, with questions raised about their relationship to state law and a court order.

The police chief presented crime, response-time, staffing, and use-of-force trends. He said the department had ordered enough less-lethal Sage rounds for all officers and, following an increase in funding, equipped patrol and other forward-facing personnel with Tasers. The committee also discussed police response practices and reported reductions in crime and response times; no additional procurement action or specific dollar amount was identified.