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Newberg‑Dundee police chief briefs council on staffing, body cameras, drones and school safety
Summary
Newberg‑Dundee Police Chief Jeff Kossnick updated the Dundee City Council on staffing, technology investments (body‑worn cameras, dashcams, evidence management), special units and school safety programs, and answered council questions about traffic enforcement and homelessness response.
Newberg‑Dundee Police Chief Jeff Kossnick told the Dundee City Council that his department remains accredited and is investing in technology and community policing to serve roughly 30,000 local residents and about 4,000 college students. Kossnick said the department provides 24/7 policing, recently staffed a second school resource officer and is expanding detective and technical capacity.
Kossnick said the department has been accredited since February 2004 and uses Lexipol for policy updates tied to court decisions. He described the department’s structure, including five detectives in the special investigations unit and a computer‑forensics specialist who supports investigations across Yamhill County. “We are accredited,” Kossnick said. “We provide police services for Newberg and Dundee 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for about 30,000 folks.”
Why it matters: the department’s investments and staffing choices…
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