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Committee reviews annual work plan; chief outlines staffing shortfalls and timeline to rebuild capacity
Summary
The Des Moines Public Safety Emergency Management Committee reviewed a proposed yearly meeting schedule and heard a staffing update from the chief: the department is authorized for 35 FTEs but is functionally down several officers due to training, deployment and disability, with an estimated improvement in May if officers complete field training.
The Des Moines Public Safety Emergency Management Committee reviewed a proposed yearlong work plan and discussed staffing levels, crime-data reporting and several planned briefings.
The chief presented a draft schedule that would bring regular reports to the committee on body-worn camera upgrades and related grant funding; the planned closure of a substation; comparative crime statistics (2023–24); accreditation renewal; chaplaincy program changes; summer events and staffing; development of a crime-reduction team and traffic unit; co-response team updates and grant funding; a new CAD dispatch system; the state crime…
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