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Village Board approves expanded organizational study for Northbrook Police Department
Summary
After discussion about scope and cost, the Village Board approved a contract for an organizational and staffing study for the Northbrook Police Department to update staffing and zoning analyses that were last completed decades ago; the study is intended to inform police facility planning and staffing decisions.
The Village Board voted to approve an outside organizational and staffing study for the Northbrook Police Department during its Aug. 12 meeting, authorizing the manager to proceed with a contract to evaluate staffing levels, zoning-related incident analysis and optimal deployment.
Chief Husted told the board the department’s staffing model has not materially changed since the late 1970s and that recent vendor proposals included additional scope to analyze whether policing zones, incident patterns and population density require different staffing or…
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