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Staffing study recommends 12 more patrol officers and additional support positions for Cedar City Police over five years
Summary
An independent staffing study presented to the council recommends adding 12 patrol officers over five years plus a patrol captain, a second patrol lieutenant, two detectives, two civilian police services specialists and two full‑time records/evidence positions to keep response times and investigative capacity aligned with projected growth.
The Cedar City Police Department presented an independent five-year staffing study March 26 proposing a phased increase in sworn and civilian positions to keep pace with rising calls for service and to reduce current response times.
Dr. Eric Frisch (report and slides), a consultant in police staffing, told the council the department currently operates with roughly 25 patrol responders (21 officers plus four corporals) and that a validated workload model tied to local call activity projects a 7.7% annual growth in…
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