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Police outline staffing, crime‑gun unit and technology upgrades as ShotSpotter debate resurfaces
Summary
Chief Saucier presented a $63.4 million FY26 police budget that includes patrol classes, community engagement patrols, crime‑gun unit work and proposed technology subscriptions; committee discussion reopened a request for independent research on ShotSpotter efficacy.
WORCESTER, Mass. — Police Chief Saucier told the finance committee on Tuesday the Worcester Police Department’s FY26 recommended appropriation is about $63,400,000, a 4% increase driven mainly by COLAs and step increases, modest regrades and safety equipment purchases.
The chief described several operational priorities: continuing community engagement patrols that require officers to leave their vehicles for 30 minutes per shift to walk and meet residents when not on calls; expanding the Crime Gun Intelligence Center that investigators say has led to arrests and recovered firearms; an upcoming summer…
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