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Pleasant Grove police and fire report: hiring underway; crews returned from regional fires
Summary
At the Aug. 19 work session, Chief Brown reported the department is hiring officers and records staff; fire crews returned from mutual‑aid deployments and city staff described recent outage response to a fallen branch on State Street.
PLEASANT GROVE, Utah — Police and fire officials updated the Pleasant Grove City Council on staffing and recent emergency activity at the Aug. 19 work session.
Police staffing: Police Chief Brown told the council the department is seeking to hire a full‑time officer, two reserve officers and two part‑time records employees. “We should be hiring our two part‑time records people within the week, 10 days,” Chief Brown said. The chief described a difficult recent period for the department but said recruitment is ongoing.
Fire and regional activity: Fire staff said crews returned from a mutual‑aid deployment in Monroe and that other regional wildfires have kept crews busy across Utah and neighboring states. The department said some personnel rotations and training opportunities are scheduled, and that SWAT medics have attended advanced firearms and medical scenario training without charge to the city.
Local outage response: Council members and staff discussed a recent power outage on State Street. Chief Brown described how a broken tree branch landed on lines, sparked a transformer and brought down additional lines across the road; the incident caused traffic signal outages and required utility crews to secure lines before work could begin. No injuries were reported in the meeting account.
Ending note: No formal personnel actions were taken during the work session; staffing updates were informational and council members thanked the departments for recent deployments and training coordination.
