Kevin Robinson
AZ · Phoenix City Council Member, District 6
A retired Phoenix police executive with more than 36 years in law enforcement who also lectures in criminology at Arizona State University. He has served on the Arizona Judicial Council and the state peace officer standards board, and focuses on public safety and neighborhood services.
Where Kevin Robinson stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (9 records), Housing Affordability (1 record),
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (3 records)
Track record
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 support
Moved to approve a Phoenix Fire Department staffing restructuring. The plan used 14 frozen sworn positions and added four civilian administrative jobs. Fire staff said the department could absorb the cost. The subcommittee approved it 4-0.
February 7, 2024Supports Government Efficiency
Source: phoenix.gov
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 oppose
Co-signed a memo with the mayor and another councilmember setting extra police and homelessness steps after the U.S. Justice Department report on Phoenix police. The council adopted the memo and the linked staff items 9-0, including 14 permanent homeless services jobs and four new police positions. He also moved approval of the staff recommendation.
September 24, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: phoenix.gov
Moved to fund neighborhood crime-watch grants and recommend them to the full council. The plan fully funded 151 applications, partly funded six more, and raised the program's yearly funding. The subcommittee approved it 4-0.
May 1, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: phoenix.gov
Voted yes on a city law setting prevailing wages on large Phoenix construction jobs (Ordinance G-7217). The rule covers city projects costing $4 million or more. Staff estimated about $17 million a year in added capital costs. The council passed it 6-3.
January 9, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: phoenix.gov
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 9 support
Voted yes to apply for an Arizona Department of Public Safety border support grant (Ordinance S-52233). The authorization was retroactive. The council approved it 8-1.
August 27, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: phoenix.gov
Voted yes to award the city's photo enforcement camera contract (Ordinance S-51964). The item had been held over from two earlier meetings. The council approved it 7-1.
July 2, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: phoenix.gov
Voted yes to fund school resource officers through agreements with several school districts (Ordinance S-51999). The council approved it 7-1.
June 4, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: phoenix.gov
Voted yes on a city law setting a minimum age to ride electric scooters and electric bicycles (Ordinance G-7334). The council adopted it 8-1.
December 18, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: phoenix.gov
Co-signed a memo with the mayor and another councilmember setting extra police and homelessness steps after the U.S. Justice Department report on Phoenix police. The council adopted the memo and the linked staff items 9-0, including 14 permanent homeless services jobs and four new police positions. He also moved approval of the staff recommendation.
September 24, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: phoenix.gov
Voted yes on the reworked police oversight law after a colleague forced a second vote. The new version dropped the membership limits adopted two weeks earlier. The council passed it 6-1.
May 15, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: phoenix.gov
Made the motion that rewrote the city's police oversight law and created a Civilian Review Board (Ordinance G-7258). His motion kept an amendment barring current and former sworn officers, and people with claims against Phoenix police, from serving as voting members. The council passed it 6-3.
May 1, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: phoenix.gov
Moved to fund neighborhood crime-watch grants and recommend them to the full council. The plan fully funded 151 applications, partly funded six more, and raised the program's yearly funding. The subcommittee approved it 4-0.
May 1, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: phoenix.gov
Moved to send updated city fire code amendments to the full council for adoption. The changes added battery energy storage safety standards and simplified fire permits. The subcommittee approved it 3-0.
January 3, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: phoenix.gov
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Voted yes on a zoning change letting property owners build small second homes on their lots, known as accessory dwelling units. The council adopted it 8-1.
November 20, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: phoenix.gov
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Co-signed a memo with the mayor and another councilmember setting extra police and homelessness steps after the U.S. Justice Department report on Phoenix police. The council adopted the memo and the linked staff items 9-0, including 14 permanent homeless services jobs and four new police positions. He also moved approval of the staff recommendation.
September 24, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: phoenix.gov
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Moved to approve a five-year plan for high-visibility crosswalk markings and stop bars on Phoenix streets. Staff had offered four options and the subcommittee took the third. The vote was 4-0.
November 19, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: phoenix.gov
Track record — General
General · 6 records
Chaired the council's public safety subcommittee and ran its review of the city's police oversight office. The office reported it was fully staffed, had reviewed 159 police internal investigations and had published 37 reports.
January 7, 2026
Source: phoenix.gov
Voted yes to adopt the city's final 2025-26 operating budget (Ordinance S-52048). The council approved it 8-1.
June 18, 2025
Source: phoenix.gov
Declared a conflict of interest and sat out the vote on the police and fire pension funding policy. He retired from the Phoenix Police Department, which that plan covers. On the separate city employees' pension policy he moved approval, and it passed 8-0.
June 12, 2024
Source: phoenix.gov
Voted yes on the reworked police oversight law after a colleague forced a second vote. The new version dropped the membership limits adopted two weeks earlier. The council passed it 6-1.
May 15, 2024
Source: phoenix.gov
Made the motion that rewrote the city's police oversight law and created a Civilian Review Board (Ordinance G-7258). His motion kept an amendment barring current and former sworn officers, and people with claims against Phoenix police, from serving as voting members. The council passed it 6-3.
May 1, 2024
Source: phoenix.gov
Chaired the council's economic development and housing subcommittee. He led questioning of staff on city outreach to people living outside the downtown Human Services Campus and on how regional homelessness data reaches Phoenix.
September 13, 2023
Source: phoenix.gov
Past race Kevin Robinson ran in:
- Phoenix City Council, District 6 · November 3, 2026 · Phoenix City Council District 6 · incumbent