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Residents press council on police staffing; mayor, council cite grants and staffing options
Summary
A resident urged the council for more police officers as the city grows; the mayor and council discussed a federal grant application for five officers and the possibility of 12-hour shift scheduling to increase patrol coverage.
A resident told the La Porte Common Council on Sept. 15 that the city lacks sufficient road patrol officers and urged elected officials to add officers to cover growth and annexations. The citizen said only three road officers were on duty at the time and that domestic calls often require two officers, leaving the city thinly covered.
The council and mayor responded that the police and fire budgets…
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