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Rota police report vacancies, aging vehicles and communication gaps to House committee
Summary
Rota's resident head of Public Safety described multiple vacancies, dated patrol vehicles and lack of radios as operational risks; lawmakers and OMB signaled they can proceed with hiring funded positions and urged rapid action to avoid losing budget authority.
Christine Cabrera, resident department head for the Department of Public Safety (DPS) in Rota, and Capt. Noel Cabo testified June 5 about persistent vacancies, broken patrol vehicles and limited communications equipment that constrain policing and emergency response.
Cabrera said DPS had multiple vacancies and that OMB had recently lifted a hiring blackout that had delayed filling funded positions. OMB later confirmed 10 vacancies for the department, seven of which are funded and three unfunded. Cabrera said the department is seeking reclassification and promotion opportunities to create supervisory PO‑3 posts to help career progression and retention.
"We do not have any working radios," Capt. Cabo told lawmakers, describing reliance on…
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