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Mayor Donovan outlines bolstered policing, new outreach and traffic enforcement plans
Summary
Mayor Donovan described steps to increase police and fire staffing, add traffic enforcement, expand undercover drug enforcement and embed a nurse practitioner with outreach teams after a year of understaffing and concentrated crime activity in the North River commercial area.
Mayor Donovan said Mount Vernon is increasing police and fire staffing, restoring traffic enforcement and expanding outreach after a year of understaffing and a concentrated public-safety emphasis in the North River commercial area.
The mayor told attendees that public safety is a top priority and that the city has recruited officers and added resources in response to resident concerns and recent crime activity.
Mayor Donovan said the city recruited and swore in six new police officers last year and has “a couple more in the pipeline” as it works to reverse a staffing level that matched 1996 budgeted…
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