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Ithaca police report promotions, rehires and plans to send recruits to academy; board asks for monthly written metrics
Summary
Deputy Chief Matt Cowen reported promotions and rehiring at the Ithaca Police Department and outlined staffing plans; the Community Police Board pressed for a standard monthly written report of staffing, call activity and investigations.
Deputy Chief Matt Cowen told the Ithaca Community Police Board that the department has promoted and rehired officers and is working to send a new group to the police academy in March.
Board members said the staffing news is encouraging but reiterated a request that the police provide a consistent monthly written report listing vacancies, leaves, promotions, investigations and call-volume trends.
Cowen said the department promoted a patrol officer, Louis Morris, to sergeant and that Morris is in a field training officer (FTO) phase and “should be released into that fully…
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