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Radford police chief asks council for raises to address nine-officer shortfall
Summary
Police Chief Jerry Holdaway told council the department is nine officers short, reported rising calls for mental-health incidents and gun seizures, and requested a $10,000 pay increase for sworn officers and $2,500 for non-sworn staff to improve retention; council approved the proposal by voice vote.
Chief Jerry Holdaway told the Radford City Council that the Radford City Police Department is operating with a critical staffing shortage and an increasing workload that has strained officers and support staff.
Holdaway said the department is currently nine sworn officers short and described call volume trends, including between 80 and 120 mental-health-related calls per month and a rise in firearms seizures (50 so far this…
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