The Casa Grande Police Department, as part of, and empowered by the community is committed to protecting the lives, property, and rights of all people, to maintain order, and enforce the law impartially.

Acting as partners with the community, we will respond to, and prevent crimes. We will promote safety and security while safeguarding the Constitutional Rights of all people.
We will endeavor to detect and investigate criminal activity, apprehend offenders, recover stolen property, and safely regulate the movement of vehicle traffic while maintaining the highest level of professionalism, through proper training, and direction.

Message from the Chief of Police Robert Huddleston

Hello and welcome to the Casa Grande Police Department. The community of Casa Grande is located in Southern Arizona between Phoenix and Tucson on Interstate 10. We have a population of about 48,000 and we have 77 sworn officer positions in our police department. Our community is an active and growing community with many new developments underway at all times. Our city government is supportive of their police department and we continue to grow with the rest of the city. The Casa Grande Police Department is dedicated to the principles of Community Policing, and we devote much of our effort towards reaching out to the members of our community to help them get involved, and to interact in problem solving as well as enforcement activities. These beliefs and efforts are paying off, as the city has experienced a decade long trend of crime reduction. We have also continued to be more aggressive in addressing crimes committed, by requiring more and more detailed investigations and reports, and encouraging physical arrest of identified suspects once probable cause is established. Arrests and case clearances continue to be at an all time high for the department.

Our goals for the Casa Grande Police Department include the continued ability to provide well trained, professional officers for police services to the community, and to continue to interact with our citizens in positive crime prevention efforts.

The Casa Grande Police Department also continues to reach out to the community through numerous crime prevention and educational programs such as Neighborhood Watch, Crime Free Multi-Housing Program, SALT, Silent Witness Night Out Against Crime, Citizen Police Academy, Senior Phone Patrol, and Traffic and Bicycle Safety events. Our programs continue to grow, with increases in volunteer participation, actual block watch groups in the neighborhoods, and increased responsibilities going to our very dedicated and valuable volunteers.

The Casa Grande Police Department is always looking for energetic, community minded individuals to join our ranks as new police officers, civilian staff, or as citizen volunteers. Please give us a call or an e-mail, and let's discuss how we can continue to work together to make Casa Grande a safe, enjoyable community in which to live.

Sincerely,
Robert Huddleston
Chief of Police
Casa Grande Police Department

Beginning July 1, 2009 Casa Grande has a new ordinance impacting parties and large gatherings, especially if underage drinking occurs.

1. If there is a party in your home and underage drinking or drug use occurs, the adult(s) present can be cited under the social host law. This applies whether the adults knowingly supplied the alcohol or not. This also applies to older peers, friends, siblings etc. who host parties in their parent's absence, or in their own apartment/home.

2. When a party of 5 or more people occurs, and police respond to a complaint for disturbing the peace, they can choose to 'tag' your house as having an 'unruly gathering', and the party host can be cited ($100). The owner of the property will also be notified by mail. If another unruly party occurs within 6 months, the party host can get a larger fine ($500), and the property owner can also be fined. Future offenses escalate the fines. Some landlords may choose to evict their tenants after the first unruly gathering posting.

What can you do?

• Learn about the new ordinance.

• Monitor all gatherings where youth are present.

• Make regular checks to make certain there is no underage drinking or drug use going on.

• If you plan a large gathering, notify your neighbors ahead of time and give them your contact information. Abide by City noise and traffic ordinances.

• Make your home a safe place for young and old alike to party safe/party sober.
  

Below are excerpts from the new ordinance.

City of Casa Grande Ordinance

No. 1397.09.05

9.16.050 - Permitting or Encouraging Underage Drinking

(a) No person eighteen years or older who owns or occupies any premises shall knowingly permit or fail to take reasonable action to prevent illegal consumption of spirituous liquor or drugs by any person.

(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.

9.08.010 - Unruly Gatherings

Synopsis

A peace officer may abate an unruly gathering by reasonable means, but not limited to, citation or arrest of violators and dispersal of the persons attending the gathering.

An unruly gathering Is a gathering of five or more persons on any private property In a manner which (abuses a disturbance of the quiet enjoyment of private or public property by any person or persons. Such disturbances include, but are not limited to, excessive noise or traffic, obstruction of public streets by crowds or vehicles, drinking in public, the service of alcohol to minors or consumption of alcohol by minors, fighting, disturbing the peace, and littering.

The premises shall be posted and any subsequent unruly gathering within 180 days shall result In liability for persons in attendance causing the unruliness or any owner, occupant or tenant, or sponsor of the event. The property owner of record will be notified by mail of the posting. Removal of the posting without court approval can result in a $100 fine.