W e e k l y RIALTO RECORD
Vol 24, NO. 19
December 11, 2025
Drone Policing Coming to Rialto as City OKs $14.3 Million Axon AI Deal, Prompting Privacy Concerns
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PHOTO MANNY SANDOVAL Rialto Police Chief Mark Kling, center, stands with Councilman Ed Scott, second from left, and Councilman Andy Carrizales, second from right, as officials display trophies during a community event in Rialto.
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n Nov. 25, the Rialto City Council approved a nine-year, $14.3 million contract with Axon Enterprise Inc., formerly TASER International, expanding the police department’s surveillance, software, and AI-driven technology through the company’s Officer Safety Plan 10 (OSP 10). The agreement was adopted as part of a 2025-26 budget amendment allowing the
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city to lock in contract pricing, service continuity and reduce administrative costs. The Rialto Police Department, the first department in the nation to implement body-worn cameras and participate in a controlled study, adopted the use of body cameras in 2012, initiating the department’s use of Axon’s AI-driven assistance suite. Rialto Police Captain Lamont Quarker, a 22-year veteran of the department, said the investment positions officers to work with modern tools designed to improve investi-
gations and response times. “We’re going to be arming our officers with the best technology that we have available right now that is going to really help officers do the job, which is ultimately going to help serve our community better,” he said. The Axon package includes upgraded body-worn and in-car cameras, digital evidence platforms, automated video analysis, license-plate readers and Rialto’s first Drone-as-First-Repsonder (DFR) program Drone Policing, cont. on next pg.
Teamsters Local 1932 Holiday Open House Gets Real: 80% of Near-Retirement Workers Lack a Retirement Plan
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PHOTOS ROBERT GONZALEZ From left, IECN co-publisher Manny Sandoval, Teamsters Local 1932 Principal Officer Randy Korgan and IECN co-publisher Denise Berver attend the union’s Holiday Open House in San Bernardino on Dec. 3.
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“Now you see a very small percentage of workers that can actually retire,” Korgan said. “More than 80% of workers in the workforce do not have a retirement vehicle upon retiring at this given point right now. It is a shocking, absolutely shocking statistic.”
tanding in a union hall filled with families lining up for free photos with Santa on Dec. 3, Teamsters Local 1932 Principal Officer Randy Korgan said the most urgent issue facing Inland Empire workers isn’t holiday spending — it’s whether they will be able
Korgan said too many people who spend decades on the job are being pushed out just when they should be able to slow down. “People get into their 50s or early 60s and inevitably what happens is you run into a health issue that then forces you to retire Teamsters Local 1932, cont. on next pg.