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Police budget presentation: hiring pipeline, 22-week training and shared-service shifts explained
Summary
Copperton council heard UPD/EPD staff describe recent cuts, reorganization and a recruitment pipeline of about 43 candidates; presenters said frontline training takes roughly 22 weeks and that shared-service changes and county departures increased direct operational costs.
Representatives of Copperton's police service presented a budget briefing at the Nov. 20 council meeting, describing personnel cuts, operational changes and an active hiring pipeline to refill patrol vacancies.
An UPD/EPD presenter summarized a multi-page packet of changes that reduced some shared-service costs but increased direct-cost obligations: "Our biggest part of our budget is salaries and paying for people," the…
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