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Lima police report cites new leadership, hires, cameras and a nascent drone program
Summary
Major Brown told Lima City Council the department added command staff and 11 officers in 2024, expanded downtown cameras and launched a drone program governed by a department policy meant to protect constitutional rights.
Major Brown, a major with the Lima Police Department, told the Lima City Council at its meeting that the department experienced personnel and technology changes in 2024 that officials say have strengthened patrol and investigative services.
Brown said the department added a new chief, promoted two majors — placing Major Leland over patrol services and Major Holman over investigative services — and hired 11 new officers. "Being able to pull that off has been...an astronomical boost to the police department," Brown said. He said officers responded to 34,162 calls for service last year.
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