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State police brief Northwest Hills council on resident-trooper staffing and new data dashboard
Summary
Lieutenant Colonel Chris Fonsmee told the Northwest Hills Council of Governments the state is rebuilding trooper ranks, will introduce a data dashboard for resident-trooper towns and will provide troop-level staffing figures at a follow-up meeting. He cited classes of new troopers starting and urged local recruiting help.
Lieutenant Colonel Chris Fonsmee, who commands field operations for the state police, told members of the Northwest Hills Council of Governments that the resident-trooper program remains a priority even as the state works to rebuild staffing levels.
The colonel said the agency will introduce a data scientist and a dashboard to give town officials “at your fingertips” access to real-time measures such as calls for service, proactive policing and car stops, and he invited town officials to the Western District meeting in Bantam on Jan. 20 for a fuller discussion of that rollout. He…
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