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City adds public-safety positions; new police and fire chiefs outline priorities
Summary
City Manager and the new chiefs said the city added firefighters and police positions in the current budget and that new leadership will pursue recruitment, proactive enforcement and specialty-response capacity.
City leaders announced additions to public-safety staffing and introduced new police and fire chiefs who described priorities for recruitment, proactive enforcement and emergency-response capabilities.
City Manager Jared Atkinson said the current-year budget adds three firefighter positions in the fire marshal’s office (to provide 24-hour coverage), an additional division chief in Lubbock Fire Rescue, three new patrol positions at the Lubbock Police Department, four civilian public-safety officers and two new customer-service positions for a department described in the…
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