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Plaistow Selectmen approve police budget; chief outlines staffing gains and a $1 million prelim grant for radio infrastructure
Summary
The Board approved the police department budget after Chief John Santoro described full patrol staffing, equipment and training needs, and said the town has preliminarily received a $1,000,000 grant to begin addressing radio and repeater infrastructure.
The Plaistow Board of Selectmen voted to approve the police department’s budget during the Oct. 28 meeting after Chief John Santoro reviewed staffing, equipment and communications needs and described a preliminary $1,000,000 grant for radio infrastructure.
Chief Santoro said the department is currently fully staffed in patrol (18 of 18 positions filled) and noted that a recently allocated 19th position remains to be filled. “We typically average 2 to 3 vacancies,” Captain Jason Maza said, and the chief credited recent…
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