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Police chief outlines staffing shortfalls, homicide-clearance gains and drone pilot in budget briefing
Summary
The Cincinnati Police Department told the Budget & Finance Committee it is running below authorized sworn staffing, has improved homicide clearance rates above its target, is meeting a NIBIN evidence-entry requirement and is developing a drone program — while continuing to pursue recruitment, diversion and alternative-response strategies.
Police Chief (Cincinnati Police Department) told the Budget & Finance Committee Wednesday that staffing remains the department’s principal budget challenge while homicide-clearance and evidence workflows have improved.
The department reported it is maintaining a multi-year sworn complement below authorized levels and described ongoing recruiting challenges while highlighting performance gains, including a 79.2% homicide closure rate in the first quarter (July–September) and full compliance with a 30-day National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) shell-casing-entry requirement.
The chief emphasized staffing constraints and recruiting headwinds as the biggest near-term obstacles. “The pool of people interested in joining law enforcement is smaller,” the Police Chief said, adding that retirements and resignations mean numbers are “ever changing.” She said the department is running robust recruiting efforts and has begun…
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