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On 6-22-26 Sparks City Council is voting on Agenda Item agenda items 10.1–10.3, a quiet amendment to the police contracts that expands retiree health‑insurance stipends & locks taxpayers into open ended payments tied to rising insurance premiums.
The deal adds new stipend tiers, one‑time catch‑up payouts, and guarantees extra money anytime premiums increase with no public cost breakdown.
Sparks keeps claiming budget limits, yet keeps expanding long‑term benefits for police leadership behind redlines and technical language. Residents deserve transparency before the City signs off on more lifetime financial commitments.
Sparks City Council will meet on June 22, 2026, and Agenda Item 9.2 asks the Council to approve Amendment Number One to Contract AC‑6073 with Axon for Automated License Plate Recognition products and services. The amendment would lock the city into a five‑year ALPR expansion costing $1,046,000.05. This is a major increase in police surveillance capacity, allowing Sparks PD to collect and store location data on every driver who passes an ALPR camera, not just people suspected of crimes. Axon’s system links to regional and national databases, creating a broad surveillance network with almost no public oversight. Sparks PD has never provided transparent reporting on how ALPR data is used, how long it is retained, or who it is shared with, yet the city continues to prioritize police technology over investments in housing stability, mental health care, non‑police crisis response, and other community resources that actually improve public safety. Residents should speak during public comment and demand full transparency about what data Axon collects, how it is stored, and who has access to it, and should push the Council to halt surveillance expansion until Sparks commits to funding community‑based safety instead of pouring another million dollars into police technology.
06/14/2026
The employees Washoe Sheriff Baby Balaam chooses to feature in his propaganda & promote speaks volumes about the culture he maintains at the Washoe County Sheriff's Office. Baby Balaam forgot this deputy was an accused wife beater----Washoe Deputy Levi Smith was sentenced as follows on 12/09/2021 by the dishonorable Judge Shelly T O’Neill.
NRS 484B.2974-INTOXICATED PERSON ON ROAD- 179 days confinement at the Washoe County jail suspended for 2 years with 90 days of electronic monitoring, no drugs or alcohol, obey all laws, 13 weeks of anger management, level 3 substance abuse counseling. NRS 203.010 (Disturbing the Peace) and NRS 8.06.010(b)(2)(Obstructing/resisting officer- both charges have been deferred on the condition Smith obey all laws and writes an apology letter to to arresting Officers Lawton, Baehr, Kendricks, Knox, Manning, Franzwa (one letter that can be address to all cops)
06/13/2026
A battery suspect was shot early this morning by Carson City deputies, with the investigation now taken over by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.
"At approximately 12:38 a.m., June 13, 2026 Carson City Deputies responded to a Battery (by knife) in progress at an apartment complex at the 900 block of East Long Street," a statement indiates.
"As Deputies arrived, they were confronted by the Suspect inside the residence. The suspect was shot by officers during the confrontation. Carson City Fire/Paramedics responded to the scene and treated the Suspect and one female victim. The Suspect was later transported to Renown Medical Center by Care Flight.
According to the original reports, the Suspect had stabbed one female victim who had barricaded herself in the bathroom and the Suspect was holding a knife to the throat of a second female victim.
The reporting person informed 911 Operators that the Suspect had said he was going to “kill everyone”.
At 12:43, Deputies engaged the Suspect in the apartment living room where he was shot at least twice during the confrontation.
All persons involved in this incident were related by family.
The Suspect was transported to Renown Medical Center with gunshot wounds, and one family member was transported to Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center with minor knife wounds for treatment.
No other injuries were reported."
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