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Police report: calls for service up about 6,000 year-to-date; staffing and training updates
Summary
Police staff told the board calls for service are roughly 6,000 higher year-to-date (about a 10% increase), outlined training hours and community engagement, and reported staffing at 94 of 105 sworn positions with new recruits due in December and January hires pending approvals.
Speaker 4 delivered the monthly police report to the Board of Public Safety, saying, 'You'll see calls for service continue to increase' and that year-to-date the department was 'up, extra 6,000 plus,' roughly a 10% increase over the prior year.
Speaker 4 noted variability by category — some incident types are up and some down — and said final hate-crime reporting numbers will be available in January. The department highlighted training this month (about 500 hours), including designated marksman instruction, crash reconstruction, a 24-hour handgun course and specialized canine training. Speaker 4 also described 19 engagement events totaling 71 hours and community efforts such as Rad Nights and the Residence Academy.
On staffing, Speaker 6 reported the department currently has 94 of 105 full-time sworn positions filled and anticipated a short-term drop to 92 due to a retirement and a transfer. Speaker 6 said two candidates were proposed for hire with a planned start date of Jan. 5, pending pension board approval, and that five recruits are expected to graduate from the academy in mid-December and enter field training in January.
Speaker 6 described the background-check process as intensive and said 11 certified applicants had been interviewed recently with 10 forwarded for background checks. The department did not provide a dollar figure for hiring or lists of individual hire approvals beyond the two candidates later authorized by the board to complete their paperwork.
What’s next: the department will send final hiring paperwork to the pension board and expects to integrate new recruits into field training in January.
