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Police budget seeks crime analyst, cameras and taser upgrade as department reports openings
Summary
Police Chief outlined FY26 operating requests including a city-funded crime analyst position, continuation of body-worn camera program via CIP, taser replacement on a 5‑year plan, equipment cost increases and six current patrol vacancies.
Police Chief Boudreaux presented the department’s FY26 operating and capital requests at the May 9 budget retreat, saying most of the O&M budget increase reflects salary and benefit costs and several issues and options seek to address staffing and equipment gaps.
The chief said his department submitted five issues and options and that “most of [the increase] is the salaries and benefits.” He described a request to convert a contracted crime analyst to a city position after LexisNexis told the department it could not recruit for the embedded analyst at prior contract rates; the city‑position total cost was listed at about $93,286 in salary and benefits.
Why it matters: the crime analyst provides investigative…
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