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Council hears plan to reallocate funds for police radio replacements; neighborhood-watch changes draw concern
Summary
Police requested transferring $785,000 from a records management cash capital account to accelerate a multi-year portable and mobile radio replacement project; neighborhood-watch coordinators said police officers have largely not attended watch meetings since July 1, prompting calls from councilors for restored in-person officer participation.
Police officials told the Common Council they want to redirect $785,000 currently earmarked for a new records management system toward a multi-year project to replace portable and in-vehicle radios citywide, aiming to complete the radio upgrade this year rather than in phases.
The request would consolidate funds to finish the radio replacement program, the department said, because county coordination on the records management system likely will push that project beyond the fiscal year. First Deputy…
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