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Chief asks board to back bigger sworn force; matter sent to Public Safety committee
Summary
Police Chief Gil Cullen urged the Board of Aldermen to support increasing sworn staffing toward 39 positions to sustain service levels; the board referred recruitment and funding questions to the Public Safety committee for further review.
Rutland City — Police Chief Gil Cullen asked the Board of Aldermen on June 16 to consider increasing the number of funded sworn officer positions to 39 over time to restore staffing and to guide recruitment spending.
The request is important to city residents because sworn staffing levels affect response capacity, overtime budgets and long‑term recruitment strategy.
Cullen reminded the board that the department had historically been funded for about 41 sworn officers but that separations and hiring cycles had left the force smaller in recent years. The…
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