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Residents press Mobile City Council on crime, warrants and police staffing; officials say progress underway
Summary
A resident urged the council to make public safety the top priority, citing recent shootings, outstanding warrants and an aging police headquarters. City officials and the police chief answered with staffing numbers, budget context and prevention efforts but did not announce new policy decisions.
Matthew Miller told the Mobile City Council on Jan. 27 that the city is at an “inflection point,” listing recent homicides, a shooting that injured a police lieutenant, violent incidents at schools and what he said were “tens of thousands” of outstanding misdemeanor warrants.
“Is public safety truly the No. 1 priority of this city's government?” Miller asked, calling for clear evidence the city is measuring results from nearly $80 million in public safety funding and for steps to recruit and retain officers.
Director Graves, the city’s public safety executive director, told the council that public safety remains a top priority and that more than…
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