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Clovis Police present five-year Measure Y staffing plan aiming to rebuild investigations, traffic and homeless outreach
Summary
Police Chief Kirk Fleming outlined a five-year plan funded by Measure Y that would add professional and sworn staff, restore specialty units, expand traffic enforcement and build a real-time crime center and drone responders. Council requested continued review and budget-level detail.
Police Chief Kirk Fleming presented a detailed five-year staffing and program plan tied to Measure Y revenue during the Feb. 20 council meeting, seeking to restore units cut over the prior decade and to add investigators, traffic officers, homeless liaisons and professional support staff.
Chief Fleming told the council the department has grown to 125 sworn officers (with five funded by a retail theft grant) but remains below historic per-capita staffing; he urged the council that Measure Y provides a chance to restore a "30/30" staffing balance between proactive and reactive duties. The plan…
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