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Temple police outline equipment, staffing and community-response requests including drones and co-responder funding
Summary
Police leaders presented a long list of budget requests tied to crime-scene accreditation, analytics and drone-as-first-responder capability, and asked council to consider continued funding for a co-responder mental-health position and additional animal-shelter staffing and resources.
Temple — Temple Police leaders used the budget retreat on March 27 to ask the City Council to fund a bundle of technology, staffing and operating items aimed at speeding investigations and expanding non‑arrest responses to mental‑health calls.
The department asked for recurring funding for crime‑scene investigator accreditation, software to speed traffic analyses, upgrades to evidence‑handling equipment and an expansion of the department’s drone program. Police also asked the city to continue funding a co‑responder mental‑health position currently supported with federal ARPA money, and to accelerate staff and vehicle requests for the animal shelter.
The requests were presented as a set of operational priorities tied to the police mission statement and the city’s strategic plan. Among the specific items: an annual line item of $15,000 to support…
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