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Police superintendent highlights staffing, academy class and declines in homicides; seeks to build sworn headcount
Summary
Superintendent Larry Acres presented a level-service police budget, highlighted a drop in homicides and other declines in certain crime categories, described FIU firearms seizures, reported a recruit class approaching graduation and asked for a higher sworn headcount over time to stabilize patrol coverage.
Police Superintendent Larry Acres presented the department's proposed FY26 level-service budget and reviewed operational developments, staffing and crime trends.
Acres said the department requested a level-service budget that primarily covers personnel obligations and training needs. He reported the department's current workforce at roughly 605 full-time positions (one covered by grant funding) and summarized recruitment: an academy class scheduled to graduate in early May had 47 recruits in training and that number…
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