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Committee backs reclassifying four police positions as detectives, sends recommendation to full board
Summary
The Public Safety Committee recommended the City Council consider reclassifying four Brentwood police roles — two criminal detectives, a retail/mental-health detective and a juvenile/SRO detective — to better reflect investigative duties; HR modeled a per-position salary impact that will be included in budget planning.
The Public Safety Committee voted to recommend that the full City Council reclassify four police positions into the detective bureau, a change the chief said reflects expanded investigative duties in retail theft, juvenile cases and mental-health–related incidents.
Chief Spies explained the package includes the two traditional…
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