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Council approves police staffing increases funded by Measure D, adds nine positions
Summary
Following a year-long organizational review, council approved new sworn and civilian positions and a $341,543 budget adjustment from Measure D revenues to expand patrol, traffic and forensics capacity; the full Measure D program will fund roughly 45% of the department growth.
The Downey City Council unanimously approved an organizational assessment's staffing recommendations for the Police Department, authorizing nine positions and a fiscal-year budget increase funded by Measure D revenues.
City Manager Roger Bradley summarized the consultant-led study (Matrix Consulting Group), which compared current staffing to pre-recession levels and reviewed operations, retention and recruiting. Bradley said…
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