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Aurora updates public-safety action plan: staffing gains, lower crime counts and new outreach efforts
Summary
Police and public-safety staff reported academy classes, lower overall crime counts, a youth call‑in event, expanded crisis response staffing and progress on homelessness services including a Navigation Campus under construction with an expected November opening.
Aurora public-safety leaders gave a status update on staffing, training, crime trends and community programs, reporting recruitment gains, lower overall crime counts and multiple outreach and crisis-response efforts now underway.
Police staffing and training: City police leaders reported several academy classes in progress. The transcript notes about 65 cadets across classes (references to "1B" and "2B" academies) with one class graduating in roughly a month and another later in the year; the department said it is planning additional lateral classes and exploring a "FastTrack" academy to recruit in-state officers already POST-certified to shorten transition time. "We've got, looks like 5 or 6 depending on acceptance that'll start next month, and then we're also looking at the potential of another October academy," the chief said.
Crime trends and enforcement: Officials said…
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