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Sanger police chief reviews 2024 staffing, equipment and community outreach; no council action taken
Summary
Chief Chitty Casper briefed the Sanger City Council on 2024 crime and operations, citing near-18,000 calls tracked under Mark43, $150,000 in grants for Axon equipment, vehicle procurement delays, vacancies and plans to consider automated camera systems; council took no formal action.
Chief Chitty Casper presented a year-end review of the Sanger Police Department on behalf of the department, outlining staffing levels, crime statistics, equipment upgrades and community engagement efforts for 2024.
Casper said the department recorded “just under 400” offenses for the year and, after switching to the Mark 43 records system, tracked almost 18,000 dispatched or self-initiated calls, “about 1,500 a month.” He said traffic stops accounted for about 2,200 of those contacts.
The review highlighted technology and equipment investments funded in part by grants. “We applied for and were awarded $150,000 in grants,” Casper said, adding that the award funded Axon body cameras and that “the state grant for the body cameras paid for about 75% of the cam cost.”…
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