Board hears police report showing rise in calls, outlines large hiring class and training

Summary

At the March 18 Board of Public Safety meeting, a police department representative reported a year-to-date rise in calls for service, summaries of training and community outreach, concerns about possible state and federal funding changes, and an active hiring pipeline expected to produce the department's largest recent class.

A police department representative told the Board of Public Safety on March 18 that Bloomington police had seen a modest increase in calls for service in early 2025 compared with the same period in 2024, and outlined training, community-engagement work and a large hiring pipeline aimed at filling vacancies.

The report, delivered during the board's regular March meeting, said the department had recorded about 13,000 calls for service through February and that year-to-date traffic stops were down. The representative said weather in January and February likely contributed to fewer traffic stops. "There's our calls for service for the month. We've had, again as we've typically seen, a little increase, from the same period in 2024, in 2025, with us having, 13,000 calls for service through through February," the police department representative said.

The nut of the update was staffing: the department reported 16 current vacancies and said 11 candidates were in the final hiring steps, with medical and psychological checks pending. "I…

Board hears police report showing rise in calls, outlines large hiring class and training

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