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Akron council approves study to evaluate police staffing levels
Summary
Council approved a study to evaluate Akron police staffing after the Budget & Finance Committee recommended suspension of rules; the ordinance passed 13-0.
Akron City Council voted unanimously to authorize a study of the police department’s staffing levels, a move the Budget and Finance Committee described as a review of force staffing needs.
Councilman Lombardo, speaking for the committee, said the ordinance would fund “a study that is going to, evaluate our Akron police force staffing,” and asked for immediate passage. The council suspended its rules and passed the ordinance 13-0.
The meeting record does not specify the study’s budget, timeline or contractor; council members voted to move the item forward and treated it as a committee-backed priority. The action was procedural: approval to study staffing, not a direction to change staffing levels or budgets immediately.
Council did not record follow-up deadlines, required deliverables, or whether the study will include external consultants or be conducted by city staff. Those details were not specified in the evening’s remarks and will need to be provided by the administration or committee staff for additional public review.
