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Boone council opens 18th police position to cover extended military leaves and deployment
Summary
After learning two officers are on extended military leave, another is in the academy and a fourth has pending deployment orders, the council authorized opening/hiring an 18th officer to maintain staffing levels.
The Boone City Council voted to open and hire what the police chief described as an eighteenth sworn officer to backfill multiple vacancies and an imminent deployment.
Keith Wiebold, Boone police chief, told the council the department currently has two officers on extended military leave — one for about four months with no projected return date and another expected to remain out roughly two months — and one officer in the academy. In early…
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