The Alamosa City Council voted unanimously to adopt Ordinance No. 1-20-25, approving an intergovernmental agreement among San Luis Valley law enforcement agencies to formalize a regional SWAT team.

Supporters told the council the change will formalize an existing practice and expand access to manpower, training and funding. "Essentially, we're an intra governmental agency running a SWAT team just solely based on Alamosa Police Department officers," Sergeant Kinchu, the SWAT team leader, told the council. "All we're asking is the approval of this regionalization so we could essentially formalize a regionalized team, which will open up manpower, training, and other funding streams."

The item came before a public hearing; no members of the public offered comments in person or on Zoom. After brief discussion, Councilor Jan Vigil moved to approve the ordinance on second reading; the motion was seconded and carried unanimously.

Chief Dingfelder and other local officers attended the meeting and were acknowledged in the discussion; Sergeant Squires and Sergeant Gilliland were identified as members of the team. Council members did not request further amendments to the IGA during the meeting.

The council did not record separate conditions or an immediate implementation timeline in the meeting minutes. The ordinance and the intergovernmental agreement were approved as presented.