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Flandreau council leaves police staffing at six for now, vows to monitor impact
Summary
City councilors heard a lengthy briefing from Police Chief Zach Weber about staffing, response-time limits and on-call expectations and agreed to keep the budgeted six-officer model while tracking operational data after a planned year-long deployment reduces active staff later this year.
Flandreau — The Flandreau City Council on Monday discussed whether to operate with five or six sworn officers and, without a formal personnel vote, left the council’s budgeted six-officer staffing model in place while directing staff to track performance and report back.
Councilors heard a detailed briefing from Police Chief Zach Weber about the operational impacts of running the department with fewer officers, including officer fatigue, training opportunities and coverage gaps when an officer is deployed or on leave. Weber described the department’s normal shift pattern and said that with five officers he must perform a weekday office…
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