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Enid commissioners review police budget as department adds officers and studies unified 911

3256548 · May 9, 2025
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Summary

City commissioners discussed the police departmentbudget, including planned hiring, equipment needs and a feasibility study for a unified 9-1-1 dispatch, with no formal vote taken.

Enid commissioners spent part of a special budget meeting reviewing proposed police spending for fiscal 2025-26 and discussing plans to boost staffing and modernize dispatch operations.

City finance staff presented the police fund projections and noted personnel and technology costs rising next year. The department expects to outfit new officers with vehicles, tablets, radios, body cameras and other equipment as it brings recruits on and replaces aging technology.

Police leaders told commissioners the…

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