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Police budget emphasizes recruitment, training and technology in 2025 plan
Summary
Police leaders told trustees the 2025 police budget focuses on recruitment and retention, additional training, and technology investments including drones, tablets and analytics software; the department is budgeted for a slight staffing increase but remains under the budgeted sworn complement.
Police leadership briefed West Chester Township trustees on Jan. 21 about staffing, training and technology investments proposed for the police fund in the township’s 2025 operational budget.
Chief (or department presenter) Burks (Police Department) said the department’s current authorized strength includes 92 sworn positions but that the force has fluctuated between 84 and 86 sworn officers since 2020. “Our current workforce is at, 85 sworn police officers,” Burks said, and he noted the department had 4 candidates in the recruiting process and several employees participating in retire–rehire programs.
Burks and Ken (Finance staff member) said the newly voter-approved police…
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