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Plainview police report cites staffing shortfalls, falling crime rates and heavy mental-health workload
Summary
City police leaders told the Plainview City Council that the department is authorized for 34 officers but is operating with 31, reported a small rise in calls for service and said mental-health response makes up a large share of work; council accepted the annual report by consensus.
Plainview Police Chief Derek Watson and Captain Carrillo presented the department's 2024 annual report to the Plainview City Council, saying the department is authorized for 34 full-time officers but was operating with about 31 for most of last year. The council accepted the report with thanks and no formal vote.
The presentation laid out staffing, calls and outcomes. “We're authorized for 34 full time officers,” Captain Carrillo said during the briefing, and he recapped how shifts and specialized units are organized. The department reported 30,901 total dispatch calls received by Plainview dispatch; of those, 27,552 were police calls, roughly 10,467 were traffic stops and the department documented 2,272 incident reports.
City police leaders emphasized the department's reliance on specialized…
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