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Fairhope council green-lights consideration to expand police take-home vehicle radius to improve recruitment
Summary
Fairhope police asked the City Council to expand its take-home vehicle policy from a 15-mile radius to 30 miles to widen the applicant pool; councilors expressed support and asked for a parallel review of other recruitment and retention measures.
Fairhope police proposed expanding the department's take-home vehicle area from a 15-mile radius to a 30-mile radius to include Mobile County, a change Chief said is intended to broaden the applicant pool and help recruitment. The request came during a council work session when the police chief told the council the department has struggled to recruit qualified applicants and that other agencies in Baldwin County had expanded their take-home policies with positive results. "We are asking y'all to consider changing it to a 30 mile radius to include Mobile County," the chief said. Councilors voiced support…
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