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Dalhart council accepts police racial-profiling report; chief warns of staffing gaps
Summary
At its Jan. 27 meeting the Dalhart City Council accepted the Dalhart Police Department92s annual racial-profiling report and heard a staffing update in which the police chief said the department is short six officers and relies on limited night coverage.
The Dalhart City Council accepted the Dalhart Police Department92s annual racial-profiling report at its Jan. 27 meeting and heard from department leadership about staffing shortages that affect patrol coverage and investigative capacity.
Police Chief Tom Hughes told the council the department received fewer stops in the reporting year than the year before, a change he attributed primarily to staffing. "Currently, we're 6 short," Hughes said. "4 of those slots are taken by people in the academy. So I got 2 that should graduate…
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