Editing Oro Valley, Arizona (section)

==Law and government==
Oro Valley employs the [[council-manager]] form of municipal government and is administered by a seven-member town council. The town council oversees all issues pertaining to Oro Valley including residential and commercial development and natural preservation.

Oro Valley residents elect all seven members of the town council including a directly elected mayor. The vice mayor is appointed by the council from amongst its elected members. The mayor and vice mayor have no special powers and duties beyond chairing meetings.
* Mayor: Mr. Joseph C Winfield (term expires November 2026)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Local Government Directory|url=http://lgd.azleague.org/|access-date=April 7, 2021|website=League of Arizona Cities and Towns}}</ref>
* Vice mayor: Mrs. Melanie Barrett (term expires November 2026)

The remaining members of the Oro Valley Town Council include:<ref name=":0" />
* Mr. Timothy Bohen (term expires November 2024)
* Mr. Harry "Mo" Green II (term expires November 2024)
* Mrs. Joyce Jones-Ivey (term expires November 2026)
* Mr. Josh Nicholson (term expires November 2026)
* Mr. Steve Solomon (term expires November 2024)

The current acting town manager is Mr. Chris Cornelison who took over the position in 2022 after Mary Jacobs resigned.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tucson.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/oro-valley-town-manager-resigns/article_416bb2da-40eb-11ed-9b4f-f7b46eeb64d9.html | title=Oro Valley town manager resigns | date=September 30, 2022 }}</ref>  The town manager's office provides executive-level leadership for the community by planning and directing town services. Communications, including Constituent Services, and Economic Development are under the town manager's department.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.orovalleyaz.gov/Town_Government/Town_Manager.htm |title= Town Manager|website=www.orovalleyaz.gov |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203181945/http://www.orovalleyaz.gov/Town_Government/Town_Manager.htm |archive-date=February 3, 2013}}</ref>

The legal services director, Mr. Tobin Sidles, is appointed by the town manager to act as the chief legal advisor to the mayor and council, boards and commissions, the town manager, and all town departments.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.orovalleyaz.gov/Town_Government/Town_Attorney.htm |title= Town Attorney|website=www.orovalleyaz.gov |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314102648/http://www.orovalleyaz.gov/Town_Government/Town_Attorney.htm |archive-date=March 14, 2013}}</ref>

The town magistrate is the Honorable James Hazel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.orovalleyaz.gov/Government/Departments/Magistrate-Court|title=Magistrate Court &#124; Oro Valley |publisher=Orovalleyaz.gov |date=June 15, 2020 |access-date=August 18, 2020}}</ref>

The primary law enforcement agency in the town is the Oro Valley Police Department (OVPD) headed by Chief of Police Kara M. Riley.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.orovalleyaz.gov/police/chief-police|title = Police}}</ref> As of 2014, the OVPD employed 100 sworn police officers with a ratio of 2.43 officers per 1,000 citizens.  In 2022, Oro Valley was ranked the safest place to live in Arizona based upon [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] crime statistics.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/new-survey-shows-marana-and-oro-valley-among-safest-places-to-live-in-arizona | title=New survey shows Marana and Oro Valley among safest places to live in Arizona | date=April 15, 2022 }}</ref>  It also ranked first every year from 2001 through 2006 for the lowest levels of violent crime and property crime among cities with populations of 5,000 or more.<ref name="idcide.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.idcide.com/lists/az/on-population-2006-violent-crime-rate.htm|title=Arizona 2006 Violent Crime Rate|publisher=Idcide.com|access-date=June 20, 2015|archive-date=June 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621014550/http://www.idcide.com/lists/az/on-population-2006-violent-crime-rate.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://www.idcide.com/lists/az/on-population-2006-property-crime-rate.htm|title=Arizona 2006 Property Crime Rate|publisher=Idcide.com|access-date=June 20, 2015|archive-date=June 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621031941/http://www.idcide.com/lists/az/on-population-2006-property-crime-rate.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>  The OVPD has received national recognition for being one of only a few communities in the country where police officers are present at every public school and some private schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/20617542/oro-valley-in-national-spotlight-for-school-resource-officer-program|title=National spotlight on Oro Valley's school resource officer – Tucson News Now|author=Sonu Wasu|date=January 17, 2013|publisher=Tucsonnewsnow.com|access-date=June 20, 2015}}</ref>  The OVPD holds many community events on a monthly basis such as the Dispose-A-Med program where citizens can dispose of unused or expired prescription medications, the Shred-A-Thon where citizens can securely dispose of sensitive documents and records, Digital Child Identification which provides parents with a "biographical docket" of their child's information, a [[Citizen's Police Academy|citizen's police academy]] to increase the public knowledge of the OVPD, and the Darkhouse program where homeowners can request police monitoring of their vacant residences while they are out of town.

Fire protection and emergency medical services for the town is provided by the [[Golder Ranch Fire District]] (GRFD).  As of 2017, the GRFD covered a total of 241 square miles and employed 152 personnel with ten stations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tucsonnewsnow.com/story/35906534/fire-merger|title=Golder Ranch, Mountain Vista fire districts agree to merge|author=Sonu Wasu|date=July 17, 2017|publisher=Tucsonnewsnow.com|access-date=October 8, 2017}}</ref>

The town is located in [[Arizona's 1st congressional district]], represented by Representative [[Tom O'Halleran]], a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]], and Arizona's 11th state legislative district, represented by Representatives [[Mark Finchem]] and [[Vince Leach]] and [[Arizona Senate|Senator]] [[Steve Smith (Arizona politician)|Steve Smith]], all [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]].